preen

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

complimenter

féliciter

saluer

Synonymes

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

Traductions

putzen

pavoneggiarsi

lisciarsi le penne

abillar-se

sich brüsten

καλλωπίζομαι

στολίζομαι

abbigliarsi

gladstrijken

enfeitar-se

limpar-se

envaidecer-se

alisar as penas com o bico

limpar as penas

maquiar-se

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɹiːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pren

Hérité de ancien anglais: prēon

Appartenant à islandais: prjónn

Appartenant à danois: pryne

Appartenant à lituanien: briaunà

Appartenant à albanais: brez

Appartenant à allemand: Pfriem

Hérité de moyen anglais: prenen

Appartenant à allemand: 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.