Peter
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpitɚ/, [ˈpʰitɚ], [ˈpʰiɾɚ]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
- Homophones: PETA, pita (Received Pronunciation), peter
Noun
[edit]Peter
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.
- Synonym: Papa
Proper noun
[edit]Peter (countable and uncountable, plural Peters)
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- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993:
- 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, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
- 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,
- The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
- (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Pet.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.
- Synonym: Petersboro
Derived terms
[edit]- Ayot St Peter
- blue peter
- Chalfont St Peter
- Charlton St Peter
- Peter boat
- Peterborough
- Peter Funk
- Peter Island
- Peter Pan
- Peter Parker principle
- Peter pence, Peter's pence
- Peter principle
- Petersburg
- Peter's fish
- Peters Marland
- Peter's penny
- Peter the Great
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- Saint Peter
- St. Peter
- St Peter's
- St Peters
- Thorpe St Peter
Related terms
[edit]- McFedries
- McFetridge
- Parkerson
- Parkin
- Parkins
- Parkinson
- Parkyn
- Parratt
- Parrell
- Parren
- Parrett
- Parritt
- Parrot
- Parrott
- Pearce
- Pears
- Pearse
- Pearson
- Peat
- Peate
- Peattie
- Peaty
- 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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Peter
- a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter
- a male given name
- 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.)
Related terms
[edit]- (variants) Peder, Per
- (feminine forms) Pernille, Petra, Petrea, Petrine
- (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen
References
[edit]- [1] 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters or Peter, plural Peters or Peter)
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Petra
Related terms
[edit]- biblical form: Petrus
Proper noun
[edit]Peter m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters, plural Peters or Peter)
- A common surname.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter m or f by sense
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter m or f by sense
- A male given name and surname in German
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter (genitive Petres)
- Peter
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)[2], folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
- 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."
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Pẹ̄ter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Peter
- a male given name
- 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.)
Related terms
[edit]- (male given names) Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
- (feminine names) Pernille, Petra, Petrine
- (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen, Pettersen
References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [3] 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
Derived terms
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Peter m anim (genitive singular Petra, nominative plural Petrovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Peter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pẹ́tər m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
Inflection
[edit]Masculine anim., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Péter | |
genitive | Pétra | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Péter | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Pétra | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Pétru | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Pétra | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Pétru | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Pétrom |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Interjection
[edit]Peter
- The letter "P" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
[edit]Peter c (genitive Peters)
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]variants:
feminine forms:
References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [4] 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
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