Per
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English
Etymology
From Latin per "through, during", from Proto-Indo-European *peri.
Pronunciation
| General American | Received Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|
| IPA | /pɝ/ | /pɜː/ |
| SAMPA | /p3`/ | /p3:/ |
Preposition
- For each
- Admission is £10 per person
- used in expressing ratios of units
- miles per gallon, beats per minute
- (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
- Introduce the endoscope per nasum
- The medication is to be administered per orum
Derivatives
Related terms
- per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)
Translations
- Finnish: per
- French: pour chaque (1); au + masculine noun beginning with a consonant or an aspirated h, à la + feminine noun, à l' + noun beginning with a vowel or mute h (2)
- 100 kilometres per hour - 100 kilomètres à l'heure
- Italian: per ogni (1); al + masculine noun, allo + masculine noun beginning with impure s, gn, pn, ps, x or z, alla + feminine noun beginning with a consonant, all' + noun beginning with a vowel (2)
- 100 kilometres per hour - 100 chilometri all'ora
- Latin: per
- Portuguese: per
- Spanish: per
Italian
Preposition
per
Combined forms
When followed by a definite article, per may optionally be combined with the article to give the following combined forms:
| Per + article | Combined form |
|---|---|
| per + il | pel |
| per + lo | pello |
| per + l' | pell' |
| per + i | pei |
| per + gli | pegli |
| per + la | pella |
| con + le | pelle |
Latin
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (peri), Sanskrit परि (pári), and Lithuanian per.
Pronunciation
| IPA | /per/ |
| SAMPA |
Preposition
per (with accusative)
Related terms
- per-
