The word is in the Wiktionary

21 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• precious adj. Of high value or worth.
• precious adj. Regarded with love or tenderness.
• precious adj. (Derogatory) Treated with too much reverence.
• precious adj. (Informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned.
• precious adj. (Derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming.
• precious adj. (Colloquial) Thorough; utter.
• precious n. Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.
• precious adv. Very; an intensifier.
• Precious prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a male or female nickname.
• Precious prop.n. A female given name from English.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Cebuano
  • Precious prop.n. A female given name from English.

— English words, defined in French —

• precious adj. Cher, coûteux, précieux.
• precious adj. Rare.
• precious n. Personne chère, aimé, chéri.
• precious adv. Adverbe à valeur intensive, très.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• precious s. Precioso.
• precious adj. Querido.
• precious adj. Afectado.
• precious adv. Muy.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• precious adj. Precioso.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• precious agg. Prezioso.

42 English words from 11 English definitions

Blasted charming Colloquial Contrived cute damned darling derogatory English female from given given␣name high Informal intensifier love loved male much name nickname originating or␣something Regarded reverence Someone something surname tenderness the Thorough too too␣much transferred Treated utter value Very who with worth

5 English words from 10 foreign definitions

Cher intensive Muy Prezioso Rare

12 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

Adverbe Afectado aimé chère chéri coûteux Personne précieux Precioso Querido très valeur

12 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

preciouses preciously preciousest preciousness Precious␣Blood precious␣coral precious␣metal precious␣stone precious␣little precious␣metals preciousnesses precious␣stones

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unprecious nonprecious non-precious overprecious semiprecious semi-precious eight-precious

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CIO IOU IOUs -ious ous -ous pre pre- prec. rec rec. Recio

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CER ERP ice Ice ICE -ice Ice. icer oic OIC -oic OIc.

20 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

auriscope coin␣purse crepitous croupiers croupiest cuspidore euphorics Lupercios occupiers Occupiers outprices perifocus perioecus periœcus precoitus prescious prices␣out supercoil superloci uroseptic

18 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

copiers cries␣up croupes cup-rose cuspier europic oupires persico Perušić piceous poisure Purecos recoups scourie Serpico soupier upcries upscore

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

pretious previous

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

prescious

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (12 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.