per
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[edit] English
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From Latin per (“‘through, during’”), from Proto-Indo-European *peri.
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per
- for each
- Admission is £10 per person.
- used in expressing ratios of units (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?)
- 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.
- in accordance with
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.
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- per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)
[edit] Translations
for each
used in expressing ratios of units
in accordance with
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- 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
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per
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per (abbreviated pr.)
- For each; for every
- Motoren roterer 1000 gange per minut = The engine rotates 1000 times per minute
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per
- For each; for every; per
- De motor draait 1000 toeren per minuut = The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute
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per
- with (by means of)
- Li skribis per plumo.
- He wrote with a pen.
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[edit] Hungarian
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- IPA: /ˈpɛr/
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per (plural perek)
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per
- with, by, by means of
- Ilu batis me per bastono. — He beat me with a stick.
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per
[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 |
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Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (peri), Sanskrit परि (pári), and Lithuanian per.
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| IPA | /pɛr/ |
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per (with accusative)
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per (abbreviated pr.)
- For each; for every
- Motoren roterer 1000 ganger per minutt = The engine rotates 1000 times per minute
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per f. (plural pera)
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per
- For each; for every
- Motorn roterar 1000 varv per minut = The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute
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