periphery

English

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Etymology

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphereia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherēs, “moving around, round, circular”), from περιφέρω (peripherō, “I carry around, move around”), from περί (peri) + φέρω (pherō, “I bear, carry”).

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

   The suburbs are a city's periphery

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

• center

Related terms

• peripherad
• peripheral

Translations

outside boundary, parts or surface

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周邊 (cmn), 周边 (cmn) (zhōubiān), 外圍 (cmn), 外围 (cmn) (wàiwéi)

• Czech: okraj (cs) m
• Danish: periferi, udkant
• Dutch: periferie (nl), buitenkant (nl)
• Finnish: syrjäseutu (fi)
• French: périphérie (fr) f
• German: Peripherie (de) f
• Greek: περιφέρεια (el) (periféreia) f

• Hungarian: periféria (hu)
• Italian: periferia (it) f
• Japanese: 周辺 (ja) (しゅうへん, shūhen)
• Romanian: periferie (ro) f
• Russian: периферия (ru) (periferíja) f, окраина (ru) (okráina) f
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall (gd) m
• Spanish: periferia (es) f
• Turkish: çevre (tr), dolay (tr), etraf (tr), civar (tr)

Greek administrative region

• Greek: περιφέρεια (el) (periféreia) f
• Russian: периферия (ru) (periferíja) f

• Turkish: periferi (tr)

External links

• periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• periphery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911