préf
French, noun
préf is spelled P-R-É-F (4 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préf is a French masculine noun meaning “pref (preference)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, préf. is a different word: “alternative spelling of préf”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préfecture, charge de l’administrateur de département appelé préfet, dans l’organisation administrative…”.
What does préf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepref (preference)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of préf
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Préféré.
noun: 1. Préfecture, charge de l’administrateur de département appelé préfet, dans l’organisation administrative actuelle de la France.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of préf
- préfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is préf in French?
préf appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).