peregrine

See also: Peregrine, peregriné, and pérégrine

English

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/, /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/

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Adjective

peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

   The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential debility.
4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     peregrine and preternatural heat

   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:

     As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.

5. With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.

Derived terms

• peregrinism
• peregrinity
• perlin

Noun

peregrine (plural peregrines)

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): alien, outlander, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

Related terms

• peregrine hawk
• peregrinate
• peregrination

Galician

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.reˈɡri.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: pe‧re‧grì‧ne

Adjective

peregrine

1. feminine plural of peregrina

Latin

Noun

peregrīne

1. vocative singular of peregrīnus

Portuguese

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾeˈɡɾine/ [pe.ɾeˈɣ̞ɾi.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧gri‧ne

Verb

peregrine

1. inflection of peregrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative