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单词 Peter
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Peter

See also: peter, Péter, and péter

English

Etymology

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra), calque of Aramaic כֵּיפָא‎/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ‎ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpitɚ/, [ˈpʰitɚ], [ˈpʰiɾɚ]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: PETA, pita (Received Pronunciation), peter

Proper noun

Peter (plural Peters)

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  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1911 J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
      She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
    • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
      What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,
  2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 16:18:
      And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;
  3. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Pet.
  4. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Derived terms

  • blue peter
  • Chalfont St Peter
  • Charlton St Peter
  • Peter boat
  • Peterborough
  • Peter Funk
  • Peter Pan
  • Peter pence, Peter's pence
  • Peter principle
  • Petersburg
  • Peter's fish
  • rob Peter to pay Paul
  • St. Peter
  • St Peter's
  • Thorpe St Peter
  • given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
  • feminine forms: Peta, Petra
  • McFedries
  • McFetridge
  • Parkerson
  • Parkin
  • Parkins
  • Parkinson
  • Parkyn
  • Parratt
  • Parrell
  • Parren
  • Parrett
  • Parritt
  • Parrot
  • Parrott
  • Pearce
  • Pears
  • Pearse
  • Pearson
  • Peat
  • Peate
  • Peattie
  • Peddie
  • Peers
  • Peet
  • Peirce
  • Peirse
  • Pell
  • Pells
  • Pelly
  • Perce
  • Perkin
  • Perkins
  • Perot
  • Perowne
  • Perratt
  • Perret
  • Perrett
  • Perrin
  • Perring
  • Perrins
  • Perris
  • Perriss
  • Perron
  • Perrott
  • Perse
  • Persse
  • Peterkin
  • Peters
  • Peterson
  • Pether
  • Pethers
  • Petre
  • Petrie
  • Pierce
  • Piers
  • Pierse
  • Pierson
  • Pither
  • Pithers
  • Porrett
  • Porritt
  • Purkins
  • surnames

Translations

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See also

  • Petrock
  • Petronella

Anagrams

  • Peret, Petre, Prete, peert, petre, repet.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Peter, from Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA(key): /ˈpeːˀtər/, [ˈpʰeːˀd̥ɐ]
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /petər/, [pʰed̥ɐ]

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name
  2. Peter (biblical figure).
    • Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)
  • (variants) Peder, Per
  • (feminine forms) Pernille, Petra, Petrea, Petrine
  • (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 150 294 males with the given name Peter have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”), as a name a loan translation of Aramaic כֵּיפָא‎ (“stone, rock; Peter, Cephas”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeː.tər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ter
  • Rhymes: -eːtər

Proper noun

Peter m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
  • Petrus
  • Piet, Pieter

Anagrams

  • repte

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːtɐ/
  • Audio(file)
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  • Audio (Bavarian)(file)

Proper noun

Peter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters or Peter, plural Peters or Peter)

  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Petra
  • biblical form: Petrus

Proper noun

Peter m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters, plural Peters or Peter)

  1. A common surname.

Usage notes

  • The unchanged plural is preferred in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
  • In northern and central Germany, both forms are common for the given name, but the surname usually takes -s in the plural.

Alternative forms

  • Peters (singular)

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Peter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ter/[1]
  • Rhymes: -iter

Proper noun

Peter m or f by sense

  1. A male given name in English
  2. (uncommon) A surname in English

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Peter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ter/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛter
  • Hyphenation: Pè‧ter

Proper noun

Peter m or f by sense

  1. A male given name and surname in German

References

  1. Peter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • petir, Petir, petur, petre, peiter

Etymology

From Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːtər/

Proper noun

Peter (genitive Petres)

  1. Peter
    • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎, folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:
      Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.
      "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."
  • Petres peny

Descendants

  • English: Peter
  • Scots: Peter
  • Yola: Beedher, Peedher, Peether

References

  • “Pẹ̄ter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name
  2. Peter (biblical figure)
Og det sier jeg deg: Du er Peter; på denne klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke. Bibelen, Matteus 16:18 (1985 transl.)
  • (male given names) Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
  • (feminine names) Pernille, Petra, Petrine
  • (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen, Pettersen

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4 327 males with the given name Peter (compared to 10 139 named Petter) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitər/

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

  • (diminutive) Pate, Patie

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɛr/

Proper noun

Peter m (genitive singular Petra, nominative plural Petrovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Declension

Declension of Peter
singularplural
nominativePeterPetrovia
genitivePetraPetrov
dativePetroviPetrom
accusativePetraPetrov
locativePetroviPetroch
instrumentalPetromPetrami

Further reading

  • Peter in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pèːtər/

Proper noun

Pẹ́tər m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominativePéter
genitivePétra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		Péter
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		—
dative
(dajȃlnik)		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		Pétru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		Pétrom

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /petər/ (without doubled "t")
  • IPA(key): /pɛtər/ (with doubled "t": Petter)

Interjection

Peter

  1. The letter "P" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Peter c (genitive Peters)

  1. a male given name

variants:

  • Peder
  • Per
  • Percy
  • Petrus
  • Pierre
  • Pär

feminine forms:

  • Pernilla
  • Petra
  • Petronella

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN:112 253 males with the given name Peter living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.

Anagrams

  • repet
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