periferia

See also: periféria and perifèria

Finnish

Noun

periferia

  1. periphery (region)
  2. fringe (region)
    Finland is located near the fringe of Earth.

Declension

Inflection of periferia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative periferia periferiat
genitive periferian periferioiden
periferioitten
partitive periferiaa periferioita
illative periferiaan periferioihin
singular plural
nominative periferia periferiat
accusative nom. periferia periferiat
gen. periferian
genitive periferian periferioiden
periferioitten
periferiainrare
partitive periferiaa periferioita
inessive periferiassa periferioissa
elative periferiasta periferioista
illative periferiaan periferioihin
adessive periferialla periferioilla
ablative periferialta periferioilta
allative periferialle periferioille
essive periferiana periferioina
translative periferiaksi periferioiksi
instructive — periferioin
abessive periferiatta periferioitta
comitative — periferioineen

Synonyms

Galician

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

  1. periphery

Italian

Etymology

peri- +‎

Noun

periferia f (plural periferie)

  1. outskirts, suburbs
  2. fringe, periphery

Portuguese

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

  1. (Brazil) outskirts, suburbs (often related to poor neighborhoods around a big city)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “circumference, outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, circular, round”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “I carry around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾiˈfeɾja/

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

  1. periphery

Derived terms

Further reading

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