pree

[pɹiː]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

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verb

name

A surname from French.

"We do our own ting, I don't even pree dem"
"Niggas be preeing I call the duppy, that nigga gon leave em"
"And the fans, they watch me on phones / So everybody’s preeing, that’s how the ting goes"
"Lately, I don't want the fame, but I pree'd it, I'm famous"

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole pree.

prees (present, singular) preeing (participle, present) preed (participle, past) preed (past) Prees (plural)

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How do you pronounce pree?

The recorded pronunciation is [pɹiː].

What does pree mean?

to heed, to take notice of or pay attention to

Where does pree come from?

It is traced to French.

How to pronounce pree

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