Perse

See also: perse and per se

English

Alternative forms

• Persa
• Perseis

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”)

Proper noun

Perse

1. (Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, with who she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.

Translations

one of the Oceanids

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Further reading

• Perse at theoi.com

Etymology 2

A variant of Piers.

Proper noun

Perse

1. A rare surname transferred from the given name

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Spree, esper, peers, pères, speer, spere, spree

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁs/

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Proper noun

Perse f

1. Persia

Noun

Perse m or f (plural Perses)

1. Persian person

Related terms

• persan
• perse
• persique

Anagrams

• pères, peser, serpe