preen

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
2. (dialectal) A pin.
3. (dialectal) A bodkin; brooch.

Verb

To pin; fasten.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
2. (intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
3. (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
4. (transitive) To flatter.
5. (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
6. (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
7. (broadly, transitive) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

Conceptes

empolainar-se

arreglar-se

abillar-se

Sinònims

plume

dress

👗

congratulate

spruce

primp

get up

groom

prink

rake

reconcile

settle

smarten up

smooth out

smooth over

smarten oneself up

untwist

doll oneself up

doll up

rig out

spruce up

tog up

curry

🍛

currycomb

do up

dress up

Traduccions

putzen

pavoneggiarsi

lisciarsi le penne

στολίζομαι

complimenter

féliciter

saluer

abbigliarsi

gladstrijken

enfeitar-se

limpar-se

envaidecer-se

alisar as penas com o bico

limpar as penas

maquiar-se

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɹiːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: pren

Heretat de anglès antic: prēon

Cognat amb islandès: prjónn

Cognat amb danès: pryne

Cognat amb lituà: briaunà

Cognat amb albanès: brez

Cognat amb alemany: Pfriem

Heretat de anglès mitjà: prenen

Cognat amb alemany: pfriemen

In summary

From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem.
The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.