det · noun · prep · pron · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Belonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, rare
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: nutrition
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of price-earnings ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business, finance, stock-market
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4
prep
Meaning 4
For each.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Admission is £10 per person.
miles per gallon
beats per minute
$2.50 per dozen
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5
prep
Meaning 5
To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
12 inches per foot
100 centimeters per meter
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6
prep
Meaning 6
By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
The medication is to be administered per os.
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7
prep
Meaning 7
In accordance with, as per.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I parked my car at the curb per your request.
Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
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8
prep
Meaning 8
According to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources
The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks
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9
pron
Meaning 9
They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perder. English per From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
për
— for each
Arabic:
لِكُلّ
(likull)
— for each
Arabic:
لكل
(lekoll)
— for each
Armenian:
յուրաքանչյուր
(yurakʻančʻyur)
— for each
Armenian:
ամեն մի
— for each
Catalan:
per
— for each
Czech:
na
— for each
Dutch:
per
— for each
Estonian:
kohta
— for each
Finnish:
per
— for each
Finnish:
jokaiselta
— for each
French:
par
— for each
Galician:
por
— for each
German:
je
— for each
Greek:
για κάθε
(gia káthe)
— for each
Ancient Greek:
κατά
(katá)
— for each
Hebrew:
לכל
(l'khol)
— for each
Italian:
per
— for each
Italian:
al
— for each
Macedonian:
по
(po)
— for each
Macedonian:
на
(na)
— for each
Norwegian Bokmål:
per
— for each
Norwegian Nynorsk:
per
— for each
Persian:
برای هر
— for each
Polish:
na
— for each
Polish:
od
— for each
Portuguese:
por
— for each
Russian:
в
(v)
— for each
Spanish:
por
— for each
Spanish:
al
— for each
Spanish:
a la
— for each
Swedish:
per
— for each
Turkish:
başına
— for each
Ukrainian:
на
(na)
— for each
Vietnamese:
mỗi
— for each
Vietnamese:
từng
— for each
Volapük:
a
— for each
Arabic:
فِي كُلّ
(fī kull)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Arabic:
في كل
(fi koll)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Catalan:
per
— used in expressing ratios of units
Chinese Mandarin:
每
(měi)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Czech:
na
— used in expressing ratios of units
Czech:
za
— used in expressing ratios of units
Finnish:
per
— used in expressing ratios of units
French:
par
— used in expressing ratios of units
French:
à
— used in expressing ratios of units
French:
au
— used in expressing ratios of units
German:
pro
— used in expressing ratios of units
Greek:
ανά
(aná)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Greek:
τοις
(tois)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Japanese:
毎
(mai)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Macedonian:
во
(vo)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Macedonian:
на
(na)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Persian:
در هر
— used in expressing ratios of units
Portuguese:
por
— used in expressing ratios of units
Russian:
в
(v)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Spanish:
por
— used in expressing ratios of units
Swedish:
per
— used in expressing ratios of units
Thai:
ละ
(lá)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Turkish:
-de
— used in expressing ratios of units
Ukrainian:
в
(v)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Ukrainian:
за
(za)
— used in expressing ratios of units
Vietnamese:
trên
— used in expressing ratios of units
Vietnamese:
một
— used in expressing ratios of units
Arabic:
بِوَاسِطَة
(bi-wāsiṭa)
— via
Arabic:
بِـ
(bi-)
— via
Arabic:
عَنّ طَرِيق
(ʕann ṭarīq)
— via
Arabic:
عن طريق
(ʕann ṭarīʔ)
— via
Bengali:
মারফত
(marfot)
— via
Catalan:
via
— via
Finnish:
kautta
— via
French:
par
— via
French:
par voie
— via
French:
via
— via
German:
durch
— via
Italian:
via
— via
Macedonian:
по
(po)
— via
Russian:
че́рез
(čérez)
— via
Spanish:
por
— via
Arabic:
بِنَاءً عَلَى
(bināʔan ʕalā)
— in accordance with
Arabic:
لِأَجْل
(liʔajl)
— in accordance with
Arabic:
عشان
(ʕašān)
— in accordance with
Catalan:
segons
— in accordance with
Esperanto:
graŭ
— in accordance with
Finnish:
mukaisesti
— in accordance with
French:
selon
— in accordance with
French:
suivant
— in accordance with
French:
d'après
— in accordance with
German:
gemäß
— in accordance with
Hebrew:
על פי
(al pi)
— in accordance with
Italian:
secondo
— in accordance with
Italian:
in accordo
— in accordance with
Macedonian:
по
(po)
— in accordance with
Polish:
zgodnie z
— in accordance with
Polish:
na
— in accordance with
Portuguese:
por
— in accordance with
Russian:
согла́сно
(soglásno)
— in accordance with
