preen

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

putzen

sich brüsten

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

lisciarsi le penne

pavoneggiarsi

arreglar-se

abillar-se

καλλωπίζομαι

στολίζομαι

complimenter

féliciter

saluer

abbigliarsi

gladstrijken

enfeitar-se

limpar-se

envaidecer-se

alisar as penas com o bico

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/pɹiːn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: pren

Geerbt von Altenglisch: prēon

Verwandt mit Isländisch: prjónn

Verwandt mit Dänisch: pryne

Verwandt mit Litauisch: briaunà

Verwandt mit Albanisch: brez

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Pfriem

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: prenen

Verwandt mit Deutsch: 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.