pers

See also: Pers, pers., Pers., and pērs

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

pers

  1. Abbreviation of Persian.

Etymology 2

per +‎ 's. Compare hers.

Pronoun

pers

  1. (neologism) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular).
  2. Possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms

See also

  • other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛːrs/, /pæːrs/

Adjective

pers (attributive perse, comparative perser, superlative perste)

  1. purple

Etymology 2

From Dutch persen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrs/

Verb

pers (present pers, present participle persende, past participle gepers)

  1. to press

Etymology 3

From Dutch pers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrs/

Noun

pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

  1. press

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs

Etymology 1

From persen.

Noun

pers m (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

  1. press
Derived terms

Verb

pers

  1. first-person singular present indicative of persen
  2. imperative of persen

Etymology 2

From Perzië.

Noun

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

  1. Persian cat
  2. Persian carpet
See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pers (feminine singular perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

  1. (literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)

Further reading

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

pers m

  1. nominative singular form of peri (rarely used)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pərs/

Noun

pers (uncountable)

  1. blue, blue-grey (colour)
  2. blue cloth

Descendants

References

Adjective

pers

  1. blue, bluish

Descendants

References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak      broun, tawne
             claret              red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene                           plunket ; ewage
             asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers              violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel
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