pregon

See also: pregón and preĝon

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan preon, from Latin profundus. Doublet of profund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾəˈɣon]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾeˈɣon]

Adjective

pregon (feminine pregona, masculine plural pregons, feminine plural pregones)

1. profound, deep

   Synonyms: profund, fondo, enclotat

   un llac pregon ― a deep lake

Derived terms

• apregonar
• pregonesa

Further reading

• “pregon” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pregon”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pregon”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish pregón.

Noun

pregōn

1. A proclamation.

References

• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written Stanford University Press, p. 230.