peri-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "peri"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”). Cognate to for via Proto-Indo-European.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: pĕr′ə-
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/, /ˌpeɹ.ə-/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌpeɹ.ə-/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/, /ˌpɛɹ.ʌ-/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˌpɛ(ː)ɾ.i-/
- Hyphenation: per‧i-
Prefix
[edit]peri-
- surrounding
- near
- Synonym: para-
- Antonym: disto-
- peri- + helion → perihelion
- during
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit](not prefixed in English: borrowed as full word)
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pe‧ri-
Prefix
[edit]peri-
- peri- (surrounding; near; during)
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adverb
[edit]peri- (as a modifier in compounds)
- very, to the core
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek περί (perí).
Prefix
[edit]peri-
- (chiefly in loanwords) peri- (surrounding; near; during)
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch péri-, ultimately Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”), from Proto-Indo-European *péri. Doublet of peri.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /peri/ [pe.ri]
- Syllabification: pe‧ri-
Prefix
[edit]péri
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with peri- not found
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peri-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]peri-
- peri- (surrounding; near; during)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- peri- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]peri-
- alternative form of pery- (“peri-”) (surrounding; near; during)
- peri- + menopauza → perimenopauza
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- peri- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pe‧ri-
Prefix
[edit]peri-
- peri- (surrounding; near; during)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peri-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “peri-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]peri-
- peri- (surrounding; near; during)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peri-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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