peril

See also péril

English

Etymology

Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛɹəl/, 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 (zh), 危险 (zh) (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) 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.

something that causes, contains, or presents danger

Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang) Chinese: Mandarin: 冒險 (zh), 冒险 (zh) (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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French: péril German: Risiko, n. Hebrew: סכנה (sakana) Italian: pericolo 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.

Anagrams

• piler
• plier
• prile

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

From Latin perīculum.

Noun

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

1. peril; hazard; danger

Descendants

• English: peril

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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
• French: péril