prey

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From Middle English preye, prei, preyȝe, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French preie, one of the variants of proie, from Latin praeda. Compare predator. Doublet of prede.

From Middle English praien, prayen, preyen, partly from the noun and partly from Old French praer, preer, earlier preder, from Late Latin praedō, collateral form of Latin praedor, from praeda (“plunder, booty, loot”) + -ō (verbal suffix). Doublet of prede.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: buit — booty, anything taken by force
• Southern Altai: олјо (olǰo) — booty, anything taken by force
• Arabic: غَنِيمَة (ḡanīma) — booty, anything taken by force
• Aromanian: pradã — booty, anything taken by force
• Belarusian: здабы́ча (zdabýča) — booty, anything taken by force
• Belarusian: спажы́ва (spažýva) — booty, anything taken by force
• Bulgarian: пля́чка (pljáčka) — booty, anything taken by force
• Czech: kořist — booty, anything taken by force
• Danish: bytte — booty, anything taken by force
• Dutch: buit — booty, anything taken by force
• Esperanto: predo — booty, anything taken by force
• Estonian: saak — booty, anything taken by force
• Finnish: saalis — booty, anything taken by force
• French: butin — booty, anything taken by force
• French: prise — booty, anything taken by force
• Galician: prea — booty, anything taken by force
• Galician: presa — booty, anything taken by force
• German: Beute — booty, anything taken by force
• Greek: λεία (leía) — booty, anything taken by force
• Ingrian: saakki — booty, anything taken by force
• Italian: preda — booty, anything taken by force
• Kyrgyz: олжо (oljo) — booty, anything taken by force
• Macedonian: плен (plen) — booty, anything taken by force
• Māori: pārurenga — booty, anything taken by force
• Māori: ori — booty, anything taken by force
• Neapolitan: preda — booty, anything taken by force
• Norwegian Bokmål: bytte — booty, anything taken by force
• Polish: zdobycz — booty, anything taken by force
• Portuguese: preia — booty, anything taken by force
• Portuguese: presa — booty, anything taken by force
• Romanian: pradă — booty, anything taken by force
• Russian: добы́ча (dobýča) — booty, anything taken by force
• Russian: трофе́и (troféi) — booty, anything taken by force
• Russian: пожи́ва (požíva) — booty, anything taken by force
• Russian: приз (priz) — booty, anything taken by force
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — booty, anything taken by force
• Serbo-Croatian: пле̑н — booty, anything taken by force
• Serbo-Croatian: плије̑н — booty, anything taken by force
• Serbo-Croatian: plȇn — booty, anything taken by force
• Serbo-Croatian: plijȇn — booty, anything taken by force
• Slovak: korisť — booty, anything taken by force
• Slovene: plen — booty, anything taken by force
• Spanish: botín — booty, anything taken by force
• Swahili: windo — booty, anything taken by force
• Swedish: byte — booty, anything taken by force
• Ukrainian: здоби́ча (zdobýča) — booty, anything taken by force
• Ukrainian: добу́ток (dobútok) — booty, anything taken by force
• Zazaki: seyd (diq) — booty, anything taken by force
• Afrikaans: prooi — that which may be seized by animals
• Albanian: pre — that which may be seized by animals
• Arabic: فَرِيسَة (farīsa) — that which may be seized by animals
• Armenian: որս (ors) — that which may be seized by animals
• Belarusian: здабы́ча (zdabýča) — that which may be seized by animals
• Belarusian: спажы́ва (spažýva) — that which may be seized by animals
• Bulgarian: пля́чка (pljáčka) — that which may be seized by animals
• Bulgarian: плячкосване (pljačkosvane) — that which may be seized by animals
• Burmese: သားကောင် (sa:kaung) — that which may be seized by animals
• Catalan: presa — that which may be seized by animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 獵物 /猎物 (lièwù) — that which may be seized by animals
• Czech: kořist — that which may be seized by animals
• Danish: bytte — that which may be seized by animals
• Dutch: prooi — that which may be seized by animals
• Esperanto: predo — that which may be seized by animals
• Estonian: saak — that which may be seized by animals
• Finnish: saalis — that which may be seized by animals
• French: proie — that which may be seized by animals
• Friulian: prede — that which may be seized by animals
• Galician: presa — that which may be seized by animals
• German: Beute — that which may be seized by animals
• Greek: βορά (vorá) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ancient Greek: ἄγρα (ágra) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ancient Greek: θήραμα (thḗrama) — that which may be seized by animals
• Hebrew: טֶרֶף (téref) — that which may be seized by animals
• Icelandic: bráð — that which may be seized by animals
• Indonesian: mangsa — that which may be seized by animals
• Ingrian: saakki — that which may be seized by animals
• Irish: creach — that which may be seized by animals
• Italian: preda — that which may be seized by animals
• Japanese: 獲物 (emono) — that which may be seized by animals
• Korean: 먹이 (meogi) — that which may be seized by animals
• Korean: 포획물 (pohoengmul) — that which may be seized by animals
• Korean: 수렵물 (suryeommul) — that which may be seized by animals
• Macedonian: плен (plen) — that which may be seized by animals
• Malay: mangsa — that which may be seized by animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: byttedyr — that which may be seized by animals
• Norwegian Bokmål: bytte — that which may be seized by animals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byttedyr — that which may be seized by animals
• Occitan: preda — that which may be seized by animals
• Iranian Persian: طُعْمِه (to'me) — that which may be seized by animals
• Plautdietsch: Wiltfank — that which may be seized by animals
• Polish: żer — that which may be seized by animals
• Polish: zdobycz — that which may be seized by animals
• Polish: pastwa — that which may be seized by animals
• Portuguese: presa — that which may be seized by animals
• Romanian: pradă — that which may be seized by animals
• Russian: добы́ча (dobýča) — that which may be seized by animals
• Russian: еда́ (jedá) — that which may be seized by animals
• Russian: пожи́ва (požíva) — that which may be seized by animals
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — that which may be seized by animals
• Serbo-Croatian: пле̑н — that which may be seized by animals
• Serbo-Croatian: плије̑н — that which may be seized by animals
• Serbo-Croatian: plȇn — that which may be seized by animals
• Serbo-Croatian: plijȇn — that which may be seized by animals
• Slovak: korisť — that which may be seized by animals
• Slovene: plen — that which may be seized by animals
• Spanish: presa — that which may be seized by animals
• Swahili: windo — that which may be seized by animals
• Swedish: byte — that which may be seized by animals
• Ukrainian: здоби́ча (zdobýča) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ukrainian: здо́бич (zdóbyč) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ukrainian: до́бич (dóbyč) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ukrainian: спожи́ва (spožýva) — that which may be seized by animals
• Ukrainian: пожи́ва (požýva) — that which may be seized by animals
• Vietnamese: mồi — that which may be seized by animals
• Afrikaans: prooi — ravage
• Czech: kořist — ravage
• Dutch: prooi — ravage
• German: Beute — ravage
• Greek: λεία (leía) — ravage
• Italian: squartamento — ravage
• Portuguese: predação — ravage
• Romanian: sacrificiu — ravage
• Russian: же́ртва (žértva) — ravage
• Russian: еда́ (jedá) — ravage
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — ravage
• Serbo-Croatian: пле̑н — ravage
• Serbo-Croatian: плије̑н — ravage
• Serbo-Croatian: plȇn — ravage
• Serbo-Croatian: plijȇn — ravage
• Bulgarian: же́ртва (žértva) — victim of a disease
• Czech: oběť — victim of a disease
• Māori: ori — victim of a disease
• German: lauern — act as a predator
• German: auflauern — act as a predator