English Explanatory Dictionary

prestige

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
  2. Delusion; illusion; trick.
  3. The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
  4. A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.
adj
  1. Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
verb
  1. To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
  2. To start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

Pronunciation

/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/ /pɹɛsˈtiːʒ/ /pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ/ /pɹəsˈtiːʒ/ /ˈpɹɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-prestige.ogg

Word forms

prestige prestiges præstige prestiging prestiged

Etymology

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

Related words

prestigious prestigiousness new game plus

Derived words

covert prestige masstige nonprestige overt prestige prestigeful prestigeless

Translations

Southern Altai: тоомјы Arabic: سُمْعَة Arabic: كَرَامَة Arabic: سُمْعة Arabic: هِيبة Arabic: برستيج Asturian: prestixu Belarusian: прэсты́ж Belarusian: аўтарытэ́т Bulgarian: прести́ж Bulgarian: авторите́т Catalan: prestigi Chinese Mandarin: 威信 Chinese Mandarin: 威望 Chinese Mandarin: 名譽 /名誉 Czech: prestiž Danish: anseelse Danish: prestige Dutch: aanzien Dutch: prestige Esperanto: prestiĝo Estonian: prestiiž Faroese: mæti Faroese: tign Finnish: maine Finnish: arvovalta French: prestige Galician: prestixio Georgian: პრესტიჟი Georgian: ავტორიტეტი Georgian: რეპუტაცია German: Prestige German: Ansehen German: Geltung German: Wertschätzung Hindi: प्रतिष्ठा Hungarian: presztízs Indonesian: prestise Indonesian: gengsi Italian: prestigio Japanese: 名誉 Japanese: 威信 Korean: 위신 Korean: 명망 Korean: 명예 Latvian: prestižs Lithuanian: prestižas Malay: prestij Māori: whakahirahiratanga Norwegian Bokmål: prestisje Persian: اعتبار Persian: پرستیژ Polish: prestiż Portuguese: prestígio Romanian: prestigiu Russian: прести́ж Russian: авторите́т Serbo-Croatian: пре̏стӣж Serbo-Croatian: prȅstīž Shan: မုၼ် Slovak: prestíž Slovene: prestiž Spanish: prestigio Spanish: prestancia Swedish: anseende Swedish: prestige
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