peregrine

See also: Peregrine, peregriné, and pérégrine

English

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/

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Adjective

peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

   The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential debility.
4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     peregrine and preternatural heat

   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:

     As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.

Noun

peregrine (plural peregrines)

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): alien, outlander, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

Related terms

• peregrine hawk
• peregrinate
• peregrination

Galician

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.reˈɡri.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: pe‧re‧grì‧ne

Adjective

peregrine

1. feminine plural of peregrina

Latin

Noun

peregrīne

1. vocative singular of peregrīnus

Portuguese

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾeˈɡɾine/ [pe.ɾeˈɣ̞ɾi.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧gri‧ne

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative