pre-

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from the preposition.

Prefix

 * 1) Before; physically in front of;  anterior.
 * 2) Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

Usage notes

 * This prefix is usually prefixed to words without using a hyphen (for example, prefix, predate). A hyphen is used in the following cases:
 * Where excluding a hyphen would be likely to lead to a mispronunciation of the word because "pre" appears not to be a complete syllable (for example, "pre-yaw course", which could be read as "prey aw course" if unhyphenated).
 * Always in British English before the letter e (for example, pre-existing)
 * Often in British English before other vowels (for example, pre-operative);
 * Always in all varieties of English before a character other than a letter (for example, pre-1960).

Translations

 * Armenian: նախա-
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: před-
 * Esperanto: antaŭ-
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: (before a word) ; (before a number) d'avant (to form adjectives, for example a pre-1960 car - une voiture d'avant 1960), (to form adverbs, for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960)
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: טְרוֹם,
 * Ido: pre-
 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: മുൻ-
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pre-
 * Nynorsk: pre-
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ro-
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: dipa-
 * Tatar: алдан-

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) before; used to form words meaning "in front of" or "before"
 * 2) before; used to form words meaning superiority or excellence

Etymology
From.

Derived terms
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from, , , , ,.

Prefix

 * 1) pre-

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1)  before

Etymology 1
, with a few cases influenced by. .

Prefix


Examples: presăra, prelinge. Compare also prevedea, priveghea

Etymology 2
,.



Etymology
.

Prefix

 * 1) ; too, excessively, over-
 * 2) ; re-, over-
 * 1) ; re-, over-

Usage notes
The suffix matches the usage of all mentioned prefixes in English for all adjectives and majority of verbs. When "pre-" may cause confusion or cannot be prefixed to a verb in order to indicate repetition, or  ("again" / "anew") followed by the verb construction is used instead, e.g. "redo" would be " " ("do again") rather than  ("rework").

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) through, across
 * 2) re-, again
 * 3) over-, too much
 * 4) for a certain time
 * 1) re-, again
 * 2) over-, too much
 * 3) for a certain time
 * 1) over-, too much
 * 2) for a certain time
 * 1) for a certain time

Etymology
, from the Latin preposition.