princípe
Princípe is a term that appears in some historical or regional spellings as a variant of the Portuguese word príncipe, meaning "prince." In contemporary standard Portuguese, the masculine royal title is príncipe. Princípe is not widely used today and is generally encountered only in older texts, regional archives, or in stylized or literary contexts where archaic orthography is preserved.
The word príncipe derives from Latin principēs, meaning "first" or "leader," via the Romance-language lineage that
Today, príncipe is the accepted form in formal and everyday use. Princípe may be encountered in historical
Prince, Príncipe, Principality. Further reading on the evolution of royal titles in Iberian and Lusophone contexts