prier

See also: Prier

English

Alternative forms

• pryer

Etymology

From pry +‎ -er.

Noun

prier (plural priers)

1. A person who pries.

Anagrams

• Perri, irrep, riper

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *per(i)-era, a prefixal verb, cognate to Hittite [Term?] (/⁠arnumi⁠/, “to move, to shift”), Sanskrit ऋणुते (ṛṇóti, “to arise, to move”), Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to stir up”), Latin orior (“to rise”).

Verb

prier (aorist prora, participle prierë)

1. to incline, lean, turn aside

Related terms

• pjerr

French

Etymology

From Old French proiier, preier, from Latin precārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.je/

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Verb

prier

1. (transitive) to pray
2. (transitive) to beg, to beseech, to pray to

   Vous devez prier Dieu. You must pray to God.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	prier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	priant /pʁi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		prié /pʁi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	prie /pʁi/	pries /pʁi/	prie /pʁi/	prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/	priez /pʁi.je/	prient /pʁi/
	imperfect	priais /pʁi.jɛ/	priais /pʁi.jɛ/	priait /pʁi.jɛ/	priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/	priiez /pʁi.je/	priaient /pʁi.jɛ/
	past historic2	priai /pʁi.je/	prias /pʁi.ja/	pria /pʁi.ja/	priâmes /pʁi.jam/	priâtes /pʁi.jat/	prièrent /pʁi.jɛʁ/
	future	prierai /pʁi.ʁe/	prieras /pʁi.ʁa/	priera /pʁi.ʁa/	prierons /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/	prierez /pʁi.ʁe/	prieront /pʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/	prierais /pʁi.ʁɛ/	prierait /pʁi.ʁɛ/	prierions /pʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	prieriez /pʁi.ʁje/	prieraient /pʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	prie /pʁi/	pries /pʁi/	prie /pʁi/	priions /pʁi.jɔ̃/	priiez /pʁi.je/	prient /pʁi/
	imperfect2	priasse /pʁi.jas/	priasses /pʁi.jas/	priât /pʁi.ja/	priassions /pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/	priassiez /pʁi.ja.sje/	priassent /pʁi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	prie /pʁi/	—	prions /pʁi.jɔ̃/	priez /pʁi.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• je t’en prie
• je vous en prie
• se faire prier

 

Related terms

• prière

Further reading

• “prier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• périr, riper

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French proiier, from Latin precari, present active infinitive of precor.

Verb

prier

1. to pray
2. to implore; to beg; to beseech

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of prier

infinitive	simple	prier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	priant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		prié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	prie	pries	prie	prions	priez	prient
	imperfect	priois, prioys	priois, prioys	prioit, prioyt	priions, priyons	priiez, priyez	prioient, prioyent
	past historic	pria	prias	pria	priasmes	priastes	prierent
	future	prierai, prieray	prieras	priera	prierons	prierez	prieront
	conditional	prierois, prieroys	prierois, prieroys	prieroit, prieroyt	prierions, prieryons	prieriez, prieryez	prieroient, prieroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	prie	pries	prie	prions	priez	prient
	imperfect	priasse	priasses	priast	priassions	priassiez	priassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	prie	—	prions	priez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: prier

Norman

Etymology

From Old French proiier, from Latin precor, precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-, *perḱ- (“to ask, woo”).

Verb

prier

1. (Jersey, religion) to pray

Old French

Verb

prier

1. Alternative form of proiier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of prier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		prier			avoir prïé
gerund		en priant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		priant
past participle		prïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pri	prïes	prïe	prions	prïez	prïent
	imperfect	prioie, prïeie, prioe, prïeve	prioies, prïeies, prioes, prïeves	prioit, prïeit, priot, prïeve	priiiens, priiens	priiiez, priiez	prioient, prïeient, prioent, prïevent
	preterite	priai	prias	pria	priames	priastes	prïerent
	future	prïerai	prïeras	prïera	prïerons	prïeroiz, prïereiz, prïerez	prïeront
	conditional	prïeroie, prïereie	prïeroies, prïereies	prïeroit, prïereit	prïeriiens, prïeriens	prïeriiez, prïeriez	prïeroient, prïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pri	pris	prit	prions	prïez	prïent
	imperfect	priasse	priasses	priast	priissons, priissiens	priissoiz, priissez, priissiez	priassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	prïe	—	prions	prïez	—

Romanian

prier

Etymology

Inherited from Latin (mensis) Aprīlis. Compare Aromanian aprir, prir, prilj, Albanian prill. Doublet of aprilie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprjer/

Noun

prier m (uncountable)

1. (popular/folk usage) April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

   Synonym: (standard/most common) aprilie