"précieux" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /pʁe.sjø/ Audio: Fr-précieux.ogg Forms: précieuse [feminine], précieux [masculine, plural], précieuses [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -jø Etymology: First attested in Old French as precïus. Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus (“precious, of great value”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{bor|fr|la|pretiōsus|t=precious, of great value}} Latin pretiōsus (“precious, of great value”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} précieux (feminine précieuse, masculine plural précieux, feminine plural précieuses)
  1. precious Derived forms: précieusement Related terms: apprécier, prix

Inflected forms

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