peril

See also péril

English

Etymology

Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛɹəl/, X-SAMPA: /"pEr@l/
• Rhymes: -ɛrəl

Noun

peril (plural perils)

1. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

   The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)

Synonyms

• danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat
• See also Wikisaurus:danger

Derived terms

• yellow peril

Translations

a situation of serious danger

• Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 危險 (cmn), 危险 (cmn) (wéixiǎn)

• Czech: nebezpečí (cs)
• Danish: fare (da) c
• Dutch: gevaar (nl)
• Finnish: vaara (fi)
• French: péril (fr), risque (fr) m
• German: Gefahr (de) f, Risiko (de) n
• Hungarian: veszély (hu), veszedelem (hu)

• Italian: periglio (it) m, pericolo (it) m
• Japanese: 危険 (ja) (きけん, kiken)
• Latin: periculum (la)
• Polish: niebezpieczeństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: perigo (pt) m
• Russian: опасность (ru) (opásnost') f, риск (ru) (risk) m, угроза (ru) (ugróza) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cunnart (gd) m, gàbhadh (gd) m
• Spanish: peligro (es) m, riesgo (es) m
• Swedish: fara (sv) c

something that causes, contains, or presents danger

• Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冒險 (cmn), 冒险 (cmn) (màoxiǎn)

• Czech: ohrožení (cs), nebezpečí (cs)
• Danish: risiko (da) c
• Finnish: vaara (fi)
• French: risque (fr) m
• German: Risiko (de) n

• Hungarian: veszély (hu)
• Japanese: 冒険 (ja) (ぼうけん, bōken)
• Polish: zagrożenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: risco (pt) m, perigo (pt) m
• Russian: опасность (ru) (opásnost') f, угроза (ru) (ugróza) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cunnart (gd) m, gàbhadh (gd) m
• Spanish: riesgo (es) m, peligro (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: péril
• German: Risiko, n
• Hebrew: סכנה (sakana)
• Italian: pericolo
• Lojban: ckape
• Swedish: fara, risk

Verb

peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling, simple past and past participle periled)

1. (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil. [from 16th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XIV:

     "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

Anagrams

• piler
• plier
• prile

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin perīculum.

Noun

peril m (oblique plural peris, nominative singular peris, nominative plural peril)

1. peril; hazard; danger

Descendants

• English: peril (borrowed)
• French: péril