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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Preposition 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Asturian 2.1 Preposition 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Catalan 3.1 Preposition 3.1.1 Usage notes 4 Danish 4.1 Preposition 5 Dutch 5.1 Preposition 6 Esperanto 6.1 Preposition 6.1.1 See also 7 Hungarian 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension 7.2.2 Derived terms 8 Ido 8.1 Preposition 9 Italian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Preposition 9.2.1 Usage notes 9.2.2 Derived terms 9.3 References 10 Latin 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Pronunciation 10.3 Preposition 10.3.1 Related terms 10.3.2 Derived terms 11 Norwegian 11.1 Preposition 12 Romani 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 12.2.1 Derived terms 12.3 References 13 Swedish 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɜː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /p£:(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /pɝ/, SAMPA: /p3`/
  •  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

[edit] Preposition

per

1. for each

   Admission is £10 per person.

2. used in expressing ratios of units

   miles per gallon

   beats per minute

3. (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.

4. in accordance with

   I parked my car at the curb per your request.

[edit] Derived terms

• per annum
• per anum
• per capita
• percent
• per nasum
• per orem

[edit] Related terms

• per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)

[edit] Translations

• 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
• Norwegian: per (abbreviated pr.) (1,2)
• Spanish: por

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: epr
• rep

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Preposition

per

1. by means of, by way of

[edit] Derived terms

pel pela peles

pelo pelos

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Preposition

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 va anar 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.

[edit] Usage notes

• 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’ becuse it is before a word beginning with a vowel, the elision to per l’ takes precedence over contracting to pel.

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[edit] Danish

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per (abbreviated pr.)

1. For each; for every

   Motoren roterer 1000 gange per minut.

   The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.

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[edit] Dutch

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per

1. For each; for every; per

   De motor draait 1000 toeren per minuut.

   The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.

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[edit] Esperanto

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per

1. with (by means of)

   Li skribis per plumo.

   He wrote with a pen.

[edit] See also

• kun

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛr/

[edit] Noun

per (plural perek)

1. action, suit, lawsuit

[edit] Declension

declension of per 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

possessives of per possessor singular possession plural possession 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

[edit] Derived terms

• perel
• peres
• pereskedik

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[edit] Ido

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per

1. with, by, by means of

   Ilu batis me per bastono.

   He beat me with a stick.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin per.^[1]

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per

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

[edit] Usage notes

When followed by a definite article, per may optionally be combined with the article to give the following combined forms (old forms, very rarely used):

Per + article	Combined form
per + il	pel
per + lo	pello
per + l'	pell'
per + i	pei
per + gli	pegli
per + la	pella
per + le	pelle

[edit] Derived terms

in tutto e per tutto per bene per carità per converso per di più per errore per esempio per favore per fortuna per forza per giunta per inciso per iscritto

per lo meno per lo più per mezzo di per niente per opera di per ora per piacere per quanto riguarda per sbaglio per sempre su per giù

[edit] References

• Notes:

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

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (peri), Sanskrit परि (pári), and Lithuanian per.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA	/pɛr/
SAMPA

[edit] Preposition

per (with accusative)

1. through
2. during

[edit] Related terms

• per-

[edit] Derived terms

• per annum
• per capita
• per centum
• per contra
• per se
• per stirpes

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[edit] Norwegian

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per (abbreviated pr.)

1. For each; for every

   Motoren roterer 1000 ganger per minutt.

   The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.

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[edit] Romani

[edit] Etymology

From Armenian փոր (pʿor), “‘belly, abdomen’”).

[edit] Noun

per f. (plural pera)

1. abdomen, belly

[edit] Derived terms

• peréskero

[edit] References

• “փոր” in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971-79
• “per” in Paspatēs, A. G (1870), Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla)

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Preposition

per

1. For each; for every

   Motorn roterar 1000 varv per minut.

   The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.