precies

See also: preciés

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French precis, from Latin precisus, from praecīsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prəˈsis/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cies
  • Rhymes: -is

Adjective

precies (comparative preciezer, superlative meest precies or preciest)

  1. exact, precise
  2. accurate, careful

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: presies
  • Petjo: persies, presies
  • Indonesian: persis
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adverb

precies

  1. exactly, precisely
  2. (Belgium) seemingly
    Synonyms: net alsof, blijkbaar, schijnbaar
    't Is hier precies een feest - de Lotto gewonnen ofzo?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Alternative forms

  • (Brabantian) percies, persies
  • (text messaging) prc

Descendants

References

Spanish

Verb

precies

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of preciar
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