peregrine

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Via Old French (Modern French pérégrin), from Latin peregrinus (foreign), from peregre (abroad), from per- + agri (field, farm) (from which English agri- (farming)).

Cognate to English pilgrim and Italian pellegrino (pilgrim).

Adjective [edit]

peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)

  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.
    The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.
  2. not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia peregrine (plural peregrines)

  1. The peregrine falcon.

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Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

peregrīne

  1. vocative singular of peregrīnus



Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

peregrine (infinitive peregrinar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.