per-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin per and per-.

Prefix

per-

  1. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate.
  2. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect.
  3. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert.
  4. (non-productive) In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid.
  5. (chemistry) Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide.
  6. (chemistry) Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion to denote the number of atoms of that element (usually four).
Synonyms
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with per-

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French per (modern French par).

Prefix

per-

  1. (non-productive) Denoting the sense "by" or "per", as in perchance or perhaps.

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin per-.

Prefix

per-

  1. used to make superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
    perguapu
    very beautiful
    perblancu
    very white
    perbién
    very well
    perlloñe
    very far

See also

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from per.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [per]
  • Hyphenation: per

Prefix

per-

  1. denotes that the action expressed by the root becomes a means to attain a goal
    per- + labori (to work)perlabori (to earn)
    per- + ludi (to play)perludi (to win)
    per- + flati (to flatter)perflati (to coax)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with per-

French

Etymology

From Latin per-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ/

Prefix

per-

  1. per-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with per-

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin per (through).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛr]
  • Hyphenation: per
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Prefix

per-

  1. (chemistry) per-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with per-

References

  1. 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

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay per-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀ. Cognate with Tagalog pag-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pər-/
  • Hyphenation: pêr

Prefix

per-

  1. causative voice imperative mood intransitive verb prefix of a transitive verb
    per- + buat (to do [something])perbuat (do [something])
  2. causative voice imperative mood intransitive verb prefix of an adjective
    per- + besar (big)perbesar (make bigger something big)
  3. imperative mood transitive verb of a noun: treat the object as [base], take the object as [base]
    per- + istri (wife)peristri (take as wife, marry)
  4. nominal patient used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with ber-
    per- + ajar (to teach)pelajar (learner)
    per- + kerja (to work)pekerja (worker)
  5. denominator of a fraction
    per- + dua (two)perdua

Usage notes

  • When this suffix is combined with the prefixes meng-, di-, ter-, and ke-, the imperative aspect is lost
  • pe- is used in word with initial /r/ or word with final /-ər.C-/ in first syllable
    • However, some words that don't have /-ər.C-/ used this suffix inconsistently (per- + desa + -an > pedesaan).
  • pel- is only used in the words ajar and unjur together with their derivatives.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with per-

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *peri-. Related to per (through).

Prefix

per-

  1. Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very" something.
    magnus (great, large)permagnus (very great, very large)
    multī (many)permultī (very many)
  2. Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with per-

See also

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *paR- (divide into x (x = numeral)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pər/
  • Rhymes: -ər

Prefix

per- (Jawi spelling ڤر)

  1. abstraction, place, goal, result
    PerlawananMatch (game)
  2. divided by X numeral
    Satu perduaOne divided by two
  3. each, per
    Synonyms: tiap-tiap, se-
    40 km per jam40 km per hour

Derived terms

Malay terms prefixed with per-

Descendants

  • Indonesian: per-

Further reading

  • per” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*paR-₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Spanish

Prefix

per-

  1. per-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with per-

Further reading

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