English

Etymology

From per through, during, from Proto-Indo-European *peri.

Pronunciation

Preposition

1. for each

   Admission is £10 per person

2. used in expressing ratios of units

   miles per gallon, beats per minute

3. (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)

   Introduce the endoscope per nasum

   The medication is to be administered per orum

Derivatives

• per annum
• per anum
• per capita
• percent
• per nasum
• per orum

Related terms

• per- (as in perfect, perfection and perplex)

Translations

• Finnish: per
• French: pour chaque (1); au + masculine noun beginning with a consonant or an aspirated h, à la + feminine noun, à l' + noun beginning with a vowel or mute h (2)

  100 kilometres per hour - 100 kilomètres à l'heure

• Italian: per ogni (1); al + masculine noun, allo + masculine noun beginning with impure s, gn, pn, ps, x or z, alla + feminine noun beginning with a consonant, all' + noun beginning with a vowel (2)

  100 kilometres per hour - 100 chilometri all'ora

• Latin: per
• Portuguese: per
• Spanish: per
• Swedish: per (1,2)

Italian

Preposition

per

1. for

Combined forms

When followed by a definite article, per may optionally be combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (peri), Sanskrit परि (pári), and Lithuanian per.

Pronunciation

Preposition

per (with accusative)

1. through
2. during

Related terms

• per-

Swedish

Proposition

per

1. For each; for every

   Motorn roterar 1000 varv per minut = The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute

Proper name

Per

1. Swedish first name (male).

Spelling variation

• Pär