per-

See also: per, Per, PER, pêr, për, and për-

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin per and per-.

Prefix

per-

  1. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate.
  2. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect.
  3. (non-productive) In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert.
  4. (non-productive) In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid.
  5. (chemistry) Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide.
  6. (chemistry) Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion denote the number of atoms of that element (usually four).

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French per (modern French par).

Prefix

per-

  1. (non-productive) Denoting the sense "by" or "per", as in perchance or perhaps.

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin per-.

Prefix

per-

  1. used to make superlatives of adjectives
    perguapu
    very beautiful
    perblancu
    very white

See also

Latin

Etymology

From per (“through”).

Prefix

per-

  1. Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very" something.
    multī (“many”) → permultī (“very many”)
  2. Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.

Derived terms

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See also

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə(r)/

Prefix

per-

  1. abstraction, place, goal, result

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Malay_words_prefixed_with_per-'>Malay words prefixed with per-</a>
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