prems
French, interjection/pʁœms/
prems is spelled P-R-E-M-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prems is a French interjection meaning “dibs (used to claim right to something before anyone else)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Je suis le premier. Note d’usage : Lancé pour signifier qu’on entend être le premier à profiter d’un avantage”.
What does prems mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informaldibs (used to claim right to something before anyone else)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Je suis le premier. Note d’usage : Lancé pour signifier qu’on entend être le premier à profiter d’un avantage.
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 prems
- prem's alternative
- preum's alternative
- preums alternative
- prem’s
- preum’s
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prems?
- /pʁœms/
- \pʁœms\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prems
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prems in French?
prems appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).