precoce

See also: précoce

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French précoce.

Adjective

precoce (comparative more precoce, superlative most precoce)

  1. (obsolete) precocious

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for precoce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Interlingua

Adjective

precoce (not comparable)

  1. precocious, precoce

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praecox, praecocem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /preˈkɔ.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃe
  • Hyphenation: pre‧cò‧ce

Adjective

precoce (masculine and feminine plural precoci)

  1. premature, untimely
  2. hasty
  3. precocious, early

Derived terms

Portuguese

Adjective

precoce m or f (plural precoces, comparable)

  1. precocious (characterised by exceptionally early occurrence or development)
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