# princ
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɪnt͡s]
* Hyphenation: princ

### Noun

princ m anim (female equivalent princezna)
* prince (male descendant of a monarch)

#### Derived terms

* korunní princ
* princátko n
* princezna f

#### See also

* kníže m

### Further reading

* “princ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “princ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “princ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prī̆nceps.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprint͡s]
* Hyphenation: princ (one syllable)
* Rhymes: -int͡s

### Noun

princ (plural princek)
* (informal) prince
    Synonym: herceg
* (informal) pet, darling (a person especially cherished and indulged)
    Synonym: kedvenc

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ princ in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprint͡s/
* Rhymes: -int͡s
* Syllabification: princ

### Noun

princ m pers (female equivalent princesa)
* (rare) prince
    Synonym: ksążã

#### Derived terms

* princów

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “princ”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “książę”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “princ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Old English
### Etymology

Of obscure origin, but probably related to the root of modern pry (“to look, inquire closely”). The word survived as Middle English prinken and modern English prink (sense 1) (“to look”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prink/, [priŋk]

### Noun

princ ?
* the twinkling of an eye, wink
** On prince ēages ― In the twinkling of an eye
* a moment, instant

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prînt͡s/

### Noun

prȉnc m (Cyrillic spelling при̏нц)
* prince
* (soccer, chiefly in plural) Paris Saint-Germain player

#### Derived terms

* princéza
* prȉnčevskī

### References

* “princ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Derived from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin princeps (“first head”), from primus (“first”) + ceps (“head”), related to capitus (“head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [print͡s]

### Noun

princ m pers (female equivalent princezná)
* prince (descendant of a monarch)
    Synonyms: cárovič, kráľovič, knieža

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “princ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Prinz, from French prince, from Latin prīnceps.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /príːnt͡s/

### Noun

prȋnc m anim (female equivalent princẹ̑sa)
* prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)