preen

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Hevwate

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

Werger

putzen

pavoneggiarsi

lisciarsi le penne

abillar-se

sich brüsten

καλλωπίζομαι

στολίζομαι

complimenter

féliciter

saluer

abbigliarsi

gladstrijken

enfeitar-se

limpar-se

envaidecer-se

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/pɹiːn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: pren

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: prēon

Hevwate bi îzlendî: prjónn

Hevwate bi danmarkî: pryne

Hevwate bi lîtwanî: briaunà

Hevwate bi elbanî: brez

Hevwate bi almanî: Pfriem

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: prenen

Hevwate bi almanî: 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.