Perse

See also: perse and per se

English

Alternative forms

• Persa
• Perseis

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”)

Proper noun

Perse

1. (Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, with who she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.

Translations

one of the Oceanids

Further reading

• Perse at theoi.com

Etymology 2

A variant of Piers.

Proper noun

Perse

1. A rare surname, from given names​.

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Prees, Reeps, Spree, esper, peers, pères, speer, spere, spree

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French

Etymology

Latin, itself from Old Persian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁs/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Perse f

1. Persia

Noun

Perse m or f (plural Perses)

1. Persian person

Related terms

• persan
• Persan
• persaniser
• perse
• persique

Anagrams

• pères, peser, serpe