persan

Adjective

persan

1. accusative singular of persa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɑ̃/

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Adjective

persan (feminine singular persane, masculine plural persans, feminine plural persanes)

1. Persian

Noun

persan m (countable and uncountable, plural persans)

1. (uncountable) Persian language
2. (countable) Persian (cat)

Related terms

• perse, Perse

Further reading

• “persan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• panser, parens

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲer͈san/

Noun

persan f (genitive persine, nominative plural persin)

1. person
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^d26

     Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.

     It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

Alternative forms

• persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈsan/

Adjective

persan m, n (feminine singular persană, masculine plural persani, feminine and neuter plural persane)

1. Persian

Noun

persan m (plural persani, feminine equivalent persană)

1. a Persian man