Wiktionary

per

See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

per

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Persian.

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. For each.
    Admission is £10 per person.
    miles per gallon
    beats per minute
    $2.50 per dozen
  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
    12 inches per foot
    100 centimeters per meter
  3. (medicine) By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
    Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
    The medication is to be administered per os.
  4. In accordance with, as per
    I parked my car at the curb per your request.
    Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
    Note that while the walkthrough illustrates that words may be separated by more than one space, you may assume, per the specifications above, that no sentences will contain more than one space in a row.
Usage notesEdit
  • In senses equivalent to "each", per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner.
    Take one pill per day, not *Take one pill per a day.
  • The common exception is its use with plural noun phrases, although these are almost always limited to large round numbers such as 100, 1,000, 10,000...
    The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.
  • In medical senses, per is followed by the name of an orifice in Latin rather than English.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit

shortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

PronounEdit

per (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, accusative per, possessive adjective pers, possessive noun pers, reflexive perself)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    • 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet:
      This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?
  2. (rare, nonstandard) Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
    • 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet:
      This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?
    • 1998, Phelps, Katherine, “Odysseus, She”, in Storytronics‎[1]:
      "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.
    • 2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160:
      Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

per (not comparable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
    • 2006, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160:
      Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin pilus. Compare Romanian păr.

NounEdit

per m (plural peri)

  1. hair
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin pirus. Compare Romanian păr.

NounEdit

per m (plural peri)

  1. pear tree
Related termsEdit

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per.

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. by means of, by way of, by
  2. for
    per trés díes
    for three days
  3. through

Derived termsEdit

BretonEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Breton per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum. Cognate with Cornish per, Welsh pêr.

NounEdit

per f (singulative perenn)

  1. pears
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos. Compare Cornish per, Welsh pair.

NounEdit

per m (plural perioù)

  1. cauldron
Related termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan per, from Latin per, appropriating the senses of Latin prō as well.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. through, via: used in indicating the medium through which passage occurs.
  2. at, during, in: used in indicating the time at which an event occurs.
  3. during, for: used in indicating the duration of time for which an event occurs.
  4. because, because of: used in indicating the reason an action was undertaken.
  5. (when followed by a verbal noun) Used in indicating the activity one intends to do because of an action.
    El meu germà anirà a Tahití per vacar a la platja.
    My brother will go to Tahiti (in order) to vacation on the beach.
  6. by: used in indicating the agent responsible for an action.
  7. for each; for every.
  8. a, for, per: used in indicating a rate of exchange.

Usage notesEdit

  • When the preposition per is followed by a masculine definite article, el sg or els pl, it is contracted with it to the forms pel sg or pels pl respectively. If el would be elided to the form l’ because it is before a word beginning with a vowel, the elision to per l’ takes precedence over contracting to pel.

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

CimbrianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with German Bär, English bear.

NounEdit

per m

  1. (Luserna) bear

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją (“berry”). Cognate with German Beere, English berry.

NounEdit

per n (plural pern)

  1. (Luserna) berry
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Cornish per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum. Cognate with Breton per, Welsh pêr.

NounEdit

per f (singulative peren)

  1. pears

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

per

  1. genitive plural of pero

VerbEdit

per

  1. second-person singular imperative of prát

DanishEdit

PrepositionEdit

per (abbreviated pr.)

  1. For each; for every
    Motoren roterer 1000 gange per minut.
    The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. For each; for every; per
    De motor draait 1000 toeren per minuut.
    The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.
  2. by means of
    Kom je per auto of per spoor?
    Are you coming by car or by rail?

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin per.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. by means of, with
    Li skribis per plumo. ― He wrote with a pen.

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈper/, [ˈpe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -er
  • Syllabification(key): per

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. per (for each, to each)
    Viisi euroa per metri ― Five Euros per metre
    {synl|fi|kohden|kohti|-lta}}
  2. (business, accounting) per (indicating date, due date, date of maturity, etc.)
    Laskumme 1 000 e per 15.6. ― Our invoice for Eur 1,000 due on 15 June
    Tilin saldo per 31.12. ― Account balance on 31 December

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per (+ accusative or dative)

  1. per, via, by, in acccordance with
    per Gesetz ― according to the law

Usage notesEdit

  • per is followed by a noun in either the accusative or dative case. No semantic distinction is made between the cases here. Examples from Duden: per ersten / erstem Januar, "as of the first of January"; per eingeschriebenen / eingeschriebenem Brief, "by registered letter".

ReferencesEdit

  • “per” in Duden online
  • “per” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Back-formation from perel.[1]

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

per (plural perek)

  1. (law) action, suit, lawsuit
    Synonyms: eljárás, kereset
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative per perek
accusative pert pereket
dative pernek pereknek
instrumental perrel perekkel
causal-final perért perekért
translative perré perekké
terminative perig perekig
essive-formal perként perekként
essive-modal — —
inessive perben perekben
superessive peren pereken
adessive pernél pereknél
illative perbe perekbe
sublative perre perekre
allative perhez perekhez
elative perből perekből
delative perről perekről
ablative pertől perektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		peré pereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		peréi perekéi
Possessive forms of per
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. perem pereim
2nd person sing. pered pereid
3rd person sing. pere perei
1st person plural perünk pereink
2nd person plural peretek pereitek
3rd person plural perük pereik
Derived termsEdit
Compound words
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin per (“through”).[2]

AdverbEdit

per

  1. per
    kilométer per óra ― kilometers per hour
  2. (mathematics) divided by
    3/5, három per öt ― 3:5, three divided by five
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ per in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further readingEdit

  • (action, lawsuit): per in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (per, divided by): per in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Esperanto per, English per, French par, Italian per, Spanish por, ultimately from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *per.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. by means of, by, with (some means)
    Ilu batis me per bastono. ― He beat me with a stick.
  2. (mathematics) multiplied by, times
    Quar per kin esas duadek. ― Four times five is twenty.
    Un per un esas un. ― One times one is one.

Derived termsEdit

  • per ke (“through the fact that”)

See alsoEdit

  • da (“by”)
  • kun (“with (in company with)”)

IndonesianEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

  • pir (nonstandard)

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch veer (“feather, spring”), a contraction of veder, from Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethara, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to resume their shape when bent.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛr]
  • Hyphenation: pèr

NounEdit

pèr (first-person possessive perku, second-person possessive permu, third-person possessive pernya)

  1. spring, a mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
    Synonym: pegas
  2. (colloquial) arc lamp.
    Synonyms: bohlam, bola lampu listrik, lampu busur
Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch per, from Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpər]
  • Hyphenation: pêr

PrepositionEdit

pêr

  1. per,
    1. for each.
      Synonym: tiap
    2. to each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
      Synonyms: bagi, demi
    3. by the, by means of the, via the, through the.
      Synonym: dengan
  2. since
    Synonyms: mulai, sejak

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per, which is the predecessor of French par, Italian per, Spanish par and Spanish pro.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. through, during, throughout
    Io evadeva per un tunnel secrete.
    I escaped through a secret tunnel.
    Per uso pote formar vapor inflammabile.
    May form flammable fumes during usage.
  2. by (the agency of), through, by means of
    Su via a successo era per opera dur.
    His/her path to success was through hard work.
  3. per, for each
    Admission costa 10 € per persona.
    Admission costs €10 per person.

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /per/
  • Rhymes: -er
  • Syllabification: per

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. for
    Ma io l'ho fatto per te! ― But I did it for you!
    Te lo vendo per appena trecento euro ― I'll sell it you for only three hundred euro
    Ho studiato per tre ore ― I studied for three hours
    Questo è il treno per Londra ― This is the train for London
  2. to (indicates direction)
  3. through
    Sono passato per il centro ― I passed through the center
  4. in or on
    Camminava ansiosamente per la stanza ― He was pacing anxiously about the room
  5. by
    Te lo invio per posta ― I'll send it to you by post
  6. with
  7. as

Usage notesEdit

  • When followed by the definite article, per can be combined with the article to give the following combined forms (old-fashioned, very rarely used, except for pel, pei):
per + article Combined form per + article Combined form
per + il pel per + i pei
per + l' pell'
per + lo pello per + gli pegli
per + la pella per + le pelle

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

AnagramsEdit

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per.

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. for
  2. through
  3. in or on
  4. by
  5. with
  6. as

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • ꝑ (Mediaeval sigil)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *per, from From Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (perí), Sanskrit परि (pári), Lithuanian per, Albanian për and English for.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per (+ accusative)

  1. through, by means of
  2. throughout, during

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: pri, pi, pre
    • Romanian: pre, pe, pă, pi
  • Istriot: par
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: per
  • Old Leonese:
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old French: par
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: per
    • Portuguese: per
  • Old Spanish:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Venetian: par
  • → Danish: per
  • → Dutch: per
  • → English: per
  • → Finnish: per
  • → German: per
  • → Hungarian: per
  • → Norwegian: per
  • → Swedish: per

ReferencesEdit

  • “per”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “per”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to bring a stream of water through the garden: aquam ducere per hortum
    • to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
    • to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
    • to pass a thing from hand to hand: de manu in manus or per manus tradere aliquid
    • in a dream: per somnum, in somnis
    • in a dream: per quietem, in quiete
    • under the pretext, pretence of..: per causam (with Gen.)
    • when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: per occasionem
    • a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
    • to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    • to pass one's life in luxury and idleness: per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere
    • to take a false step: per errorem labi, or simply labi
    • I said it in jest: haec iocatus sum, per iocum dixi
    • to correspond with some one: colloqui cum aliquo per litteras
    • apparently; to look at: per speciem (alicuius rei)
    • under pretext, pretence of..: per simulationem, simulatione alicuius rei
    • by craft: per dolum (B. G. 4. 13)
    • in sport, mockery: per ludibrium
    • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
    • to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword: gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)
    • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    • to break through the enemy's centre: per medios hostes (mediam hostium aciem) perrumpere
    • to lead some one in triumph: per triumphum (in triumpho) aliquem ducere
    • that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc per se intellegitur
    • I have no objection: per me licet
  • per in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

per

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of pērt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of pērt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of pērt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of pērt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pērt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pērt

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (perí), Sanskrit परि (pári), Latin per and English for.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per (with accusative)

  1. through
  2. during

Megleno-RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pilus. Compare Aromanian per, Romanian păr.

NounEdit

per m

  1. hair

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English pere, peru.

NounEdit

per

  1. Alternative form of pere (“pear”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Medieval Latin pera.

NounEdit

per

  1. Alternative form of pere (“bridge pillar”)

Etymology 3Edit

From Old French per.

NounEdit

per

  1. Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

AdjectiveEdit

per

  1. Alternative form of pere (“equal”)

MòchenoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with German Bär, English bear.

NounEdit

per m

  1. bear

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją (“berry”). Cognate with German Beere, English berry.

NounEdit

per n

  1. berry
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin per (related to native for).

PrepositionEdit

per (abbreviated pr.)

  1. For each, for every, per.
    Motoren roterer 1000 ganger per minutt. ― The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.
    per porsjon ― for each portion
    per dag ― per day

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin per (related to native for).

PrepositionEdit

per (abbreviated pr.)

  1. For each, for every, per.
    per porsjon ― for each portion
    per dag ― per day

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin per, from Proto-Italic *per, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Doublet of przeciw.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. (literary) Forms adverbs from nouns. [+nominative]
    Synonym: na

Further readingEdit

  • per in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • per in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomaniEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old Armenian փոր (pʿor, “belly, abdomen”). Doublet of pori.

NounEdit

per f (plural pera)

  1. (anatomy) abdomen, belly

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870), “per”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 422

SardinianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. per, by, through

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

per

  1. For each; for every
    Motorn roterar 1000 varv per minut.
    The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.

AnagramsEdit

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

per (nominative plural pers)

  1. loss

DeclensionEdit

declension of per
singular plural
nominative per pers
genitive pera peras
dative pere peres
accusative peri peris
vocative 1 o per! o pers!
predicative 2 peru perus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

ZazakiEdit

NounEdit

per

  1. page
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