peril

peril

See also: péril

English

Etymology

From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹɪl/

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪl, -ɛɹəl

Noun

peril (countable and uncountable, plural perils)

1. A situation of serious and immediate danger.

   Your life is in peril.

2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

   the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)

3. (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

Synonyms

• danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe
• See also Thesaurus:danger

Derived terms

• yellow peril
• imperil
• peril point

Related terms

• perilous

Translations

a situation of serious danger

Arabic: خَطَر‎ (ḵaṭar) Egyptian Arabic: خطر‎ m (ḵaṭar) Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang) Bulgarian: опасност (bg) f (opasnost) Catalan: perill (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 危險／危险 (zh) (wéixiǎn) Czech: nebezpečí (cs) Danish: fare (da) c Dutch: gevaar (nl) Finnish: vaara (fi), vaaratilanne French: péril (fr), risque (fr) m German: Gefahr (de) f, Risiko (de) n Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 f (bireikei), 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (sleiþei) Greek: Ancient: κίνδυνος m (kíndunos) Hungarian: veszély (hu), veszedelem (hu) Italian: periglio m, pericolo (it) m Japanese: 危険 (ja) (きけん, kiken) Latin: periculum (la) Plautdietsch: Jefoa f Polish: niebezpieczeństwo (pl) n Portuguese: perigo (pt) m Russian: опа́сность (ru) f (opásnostʹ), риск (ru) m (risk), угро́за (ru) f (ugróza) Scottish Gaelic: cunnart m, gàbhadh m Spanish: peligro (es) m, riesgo (es) m Swedish: fara (sv) c Tocharian A: sanu Tocharian B: ñyātse Zazaki: risk, riziko

something that causes, contains, or presents danger

Armenian: վտանգ (hy) (vtang) Bulgarian: риск (bg) m (risk) Chinese: Mandarin: 冒險／冒险 (zh) (màoxiǎn) Czech: ohrožení (cs), nebezpečí (cs) Danish: risiko (da) c Finnish: vaara (fi) French: risque (fr) m German: Risiko (de) n Hungarian: veszély (hu) Japanese: 冒険 (ja) (ぼうけん, bōken) Plautdietsch: Jefoa f Polish: zagrożenie (pl) n Portuguese: risco (pt) m, perigo (pt) m Russian: опа́сность (ru) f (opásnostʹ), угро́за (ru) f (ugróza) Scottish Gaelic: cunnart m, gàbhadh m Spanish: riesgo (es) m, peligro (es) m Tocharian A: sanu

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French: (please verify) péril (fr) German: (please verify) Risiko (de) n Hebrew: (please verify) סכנה‎ (he) (sakana) Italian: (please verify) pericolo (it) Swedish: (please verify) fara (sv), (please verify) risk (sv)

Verb

peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle periling or perilling, simple past and past participle periled or perilled)

1. (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.]
   • 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate:

     And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?

   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., OCLC 34363729:

     "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"

Anagrams

• piler, plier, prile

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• perile, periil, perel, peryle, pereyl, parelle, peryl, perell, perill, parell, pereil

Etymology

From Old French peril, from Latin perīculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛril/, /pɛˈriːl/, /ˈpɛrəl/, /ˈparəl/

Noun

peril (plural perilles)

1. Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
   1. A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
   2. A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
   3. Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.
2. (Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.

Related terms

• perilous
• perilously

Descendants

• English: peril
• Scots: peril

References

• “perī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin perīculum.

Noun

peril m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril)

1. peril; hazard; danger

Descendants

• → Middle English: peril
  • English: peril
  • Scots: peril
• French: péril
• Norman: péthi (Jersey)