pers - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From per +‎ -s. Compare hers.

pers

1. (rare, nonstandard) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

• (singular) theirs
• (neologism) eirs, hirs

• (possessive of per): his, hers

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

• EPRs, ERPs, ERSP, Pres, Pres., RESP, Reps, Reps., SERP, Sper, pres, pres., reps, resp, resp.

From an older variant of Dutch paars, from Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɛːrs/, /pæːrs/

pers (attributive perse, comparative perser, superlative perste)

1. purple

From Dutch persen, from Middle Dutch persen.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

pers (present pers, present participle persende, past participle gepers)

1. (transitive) To press.

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. A press.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/
• Hyphenation: pers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

From Middle Dutch perse. Equivalent to a derivation from persen.

pers f (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

1. a press, mechanical device to exert pression
2. the press, media

-media-related

• Afrikaans: pers
• → Indonesian: pers

Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds with Pers (“Persian”).

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

1. a Persian cat (breed)
2. a Persian carpet

• Pers

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pers

1. inflection of persen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• resp., sper

Borrowed from Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ/
• Homophones: pair, paire, père, perd

pers (feminine perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

1. (literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)

• “pers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• près, prés, reps

From Dutch pers (“press”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrs/ [ˈpɛrs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrs
• Syllabification: pers

pèrs (first-person possessive persku, second-person possessive persmu, third-person possessive persnya)

1. press; media

   Synonym: akhbar (Standard Malay)

• “pers” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *persek. Cognates include Finnish perse and Estonian perse.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈperse/, [ˈpe̞rs̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpers/, [ˈpe̞rʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ers
• Hyphenation: pers

pers

1. (vulgar) arse, butt

• perä (formal), peppo, santukka

• perä (“rear; back”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 400

pers m

1. nominative singular of peri (rarely used)

• perce, perse, piers

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

• IPA^(key): /pərs/

pers (uncountable)

1. blue, blue-grey (colour)
2. blue cloth

• English: perse

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

pers

1. blue, bluish

• English: perse

• “pers(e, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Clipping of kot perski or perski dywan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrs/
• Rhymes: -ɛrs
• Syllabification: pers
• Homophone: Pers

pers m animal

1. (colloquial) Persian cat

   Synonym: kot perski

2. (colloquial) Persian rug

   Synonym: perski dywan

• pers in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pers in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pers”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 117

pers c

1. (colloquial, plural only) people

   Vi var tjugo pers på festen

   We were twenty people at the party

   Det står några pers där borta

   There's some guys standing over there

Sometimes also a shortening of person (in the singular): "per pers" = "per person," for example.

pers n

1. (colloquial) Short for personbästa (“personal best”).

pers c

1. Misspelling of pärs (“ordeal, trial”).

• pers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pers in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)