Meaning

prendre

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

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʁi/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French pris, from Latin prēnsus, variant of prehensus.

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