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prise

French, noun

prise is spelled P-R-I-S-E (5 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written French, the 755th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prise is a French feminine noun meaning “socket, wall socket (also prise électrique)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pris. With an accent, prisé is a different word: “priced”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté de prendre, de saisir”.

What does prise mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesocket, wall socket (also prise électrique)

  2. 2

    femininehold

  3. 3

    femininehold (of a climbing wall)

  4. 4

    femininegrip

  5. 5

    femininea strike

  6. 6

    femininea taking or capture

    la prise de la Bastille

  7. 7

    femininea take

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of pris

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as prisé
  1. 1

    priced

verb

as prisé
  1. 1

    past participle of priser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Faculté de prendre, de saisir. 2. Action de prendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 3. Action de s’emparer d’un navire ; le navire capturé. 4. Succession de mouvements ayant pour but de neutraliser un adversaire ou de s’en libérer.

adjective: 1. Apprécié, aimé.

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 prise

  • prises plural
  • prisée feminine
  • prisés masculine plural
  • prisées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to prise

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is prise in French?

prise appears 110 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).

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