prendre

From Old Occitan prendre, from Latin prendere, alternative form of prehendere, present active infinitive of prehendō, from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“I take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpən.dɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.dɾe/

prendre (first-person singular present prenc, past participle pres)

1. to take

• corprendre

• aprendre
• comprendre

• “prendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prendre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “prendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin prendere, variant of prehendere (“to seize”), present active infinitive of prehendō.

prendre

1. to take

From Middle French prendre, from Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prendere, alternative form of prehendere (“to seize”), present active infinitive of prehendō, from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“I take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-; confer English apprehend.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɑ̃dʁ/

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prendre

1. to take

   prends ma main.

   take my hand.

2. to eat; to drink

   elle prend un café

   she is drinking a coffee

3. to get; to buy
4. to rob; to deprive
5. (of fire) to break out

   prendre feu

   to catch fire

6. (reflexive) to get (something) caught (in), to jam

   je me suis pris la main dans la porte

   I caught my hand in the door

7. (in various idiomatic expressions, followed by a partitive) to gain

   prendre de la vitesse ― to gain speed

   prendre du galon ― to gain a promotion

   prendre de l'avance ― to gain ground

   prendre de la hauteur ― to gain some perspective

   prendre du recul ― to take a step back

   prendre du poids ― to gain weight

   prendre de la bouteille ― to gain experience

   prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre ― to get a paunch

   en prendre de la graine ― to take away a lesson

8. to make

   prendre une décision ― to make a decision

   prendre des mesures draconiennes ― to take draconian measures

This verb is quite irregular, with the following patterns:

• In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs).
• In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem prenn- before mute ‘e’ and the stem pren- elsewhere.
• In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre.

• apprendre
• comprendre
• reprendre

• “prendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• reprend

From Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prendō, prendere, from prehendō.

prendre

1. to take

• French: prendre

• prende (Guernsey)
• prenre (France)

From Old French prendre, prandre, from Latin prendō, prendere, an alternative form of prehendō, prehendere (“lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch”).

prendre

1. (Jersey) to take

• bailli, donner (“to give”)

• panre
• penre
• prandre
• preindre

From Latin prendere, present active infinitive of prendō, alternative form of prehendō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprẽn.drə/, (later) /ˈprãn.drə/

prendre

1. to take
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce
     Que je preigne mari a force,
     Je m'enfuirai en aucun leu

     Know that if my uncle forces me
     To take a husband against my will
     I will flee to any place [but here]

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: prendre
  • French: prendre
• Norman: prendre

• penre
• perne
• prener
• prenze

From Latin prendere, variant of prehendere, present active infinitive of prehendō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French prendre.

prendre

1. to take

• Catalan: prendre
• Occitan: prendre

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “prehendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 90, page 339