prendre

Betekenis (Engels)

1. to take
2. to eat; to drink
3. to get; to buy
4. to rob; to deprive
5. to make
6. to catch, to work, to start
7. to get (something) caught (in), to jam
8. to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess)
9. to start having a negative feeling towards someone
10. to gain
11. (colloquial) to take (a certain amount of time)
12. (colloquial) to take (a certain number or amount of)
13. to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pʁɑ̃dʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Middle French prendre, from Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prēndere, alternative form of prehendere (“to seize”), present active infinitive of prehendō, from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

Sinne

On aurait mieux fait de prendre le parapluie avec nous .

We should have taken the umbrella with us.

C'était justement par le pain qu'il voulait prendre Paris .

It was precisely by the bread that he wanted to take Paris.

Il ne peut prendre Coventry et se livre spontanément .

He cannot take Coventry and indulges spontaneously.