prem

See also: Prem, prèm, and prém

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹɛm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

prem (plural prems)

  1. (informal) A prematurely born infant.
    • 2007, Wilbur Smith, Rage, page 200:
      Men are such clots, dates don't mean much to them, and if he does start counting, you can always bribe the doctor to tell him it's a prem.

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Catalan

Verb

prem

  1. inflection of prémer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Noun

prem m (plural prems)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) prune

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