per se

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈseɪ/
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• General-American: /pɚˈseɪ/
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• General-American: /pɚˈsiː/
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• Australian: /pəˈsæɪ/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• rhymes with (General American) -iː
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Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ինքնին (inkʻnin) — in and of itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 本身 (běnshēn) — in and of itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 仅就......而言 (jǐn jiù...éryán) — in and of itself
• Czech: jako takový — in and of itself
• Czech: (samo) o sobě — in and of itself
• Czech: samo sebou — in and of itself
• Danish: i sig selv — in and of itself
• Danish: som sådan — in and of itself
• Danish: per se — in and of itself
• Dutch: op zich — in and of itself
• Dutch: per se — in and of itself
• Dutch: an sich — in and of itself
• Esperanto: per si mem — in and of itself
• Estonian: iseseisvalt — in and of itself
• Finnish: sinänsä — in and of itself
• Finnish: pohjimmiltaan — in and of itself
• Finnish: itsessään — in and of itself
• French: en soi — in and of itself
• French: per se — in and of itself
• French: en tant que tel — in and of itself
• Georgian: როგორც ასეთი (rogorc aseti) — in and of itself
• German: per se — in and of itself
• German: an sich — in and of itself
• German: als solches — in and of itself
• Greek: ως έχει (os échei) — in and of itself
• Greek: καθεαυτού (katheaftoú) — in and of itself
• Greek: εξ’ ορισμού (ex’ orismoú) — in and of itself
• Hebrew: כשלעצמו (kshe-le-ats-mo) — in and of itself
• Hungarian: mint olyan — in and of itself
• Icelandic: í sjálfu sér — in and of itself
• Icelandic: út af fyrir sig — in and of itself
• Italian: di per se — in and of itself
• Italian: in sé — in and of itself
• Japanese: それ自体 — in and of itself
• Macedonian: сам по себе (sam po sebe) — in and of itself
• Norwegian Bokmål: i seg selv — in and of itself
• Norwegian Bokmål: som sådan — in and of itself
• Persian: به خودی خود (be xodi-e xod) — in and of itself
• Persian: فینفسه (fi-nafse) — in and of itself
• Polish: per se — in and of itself
• Polish: sam z siebie — in and of itself
• Portuguese: em si — in and of itself
• Portuguese: per se — in and of itself
• Romanian: în sine — in and of itself
• Russian: сам по себе́ (sam po sebé) — in and of itself
• Spanish: per se — in and of itself
• Swedish: i sig — in and of itself
• Swedish: per se — in and of itself
• Turkish: bizahiti — in and of itself
• Ukrainian: сам по собі́ (sam po sobí) — in and of itself
• Ukrainian: по су́ті (po súti) — in and of itself
• Ukrainian: як такий (jak takyj) — in and of itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 顾名思义 (gùmíngsīyì) — as such; as one would expect from the name
• Finnish: sellaisenaan — as such; as one would expect from the name
• Finnish: varsinaisesti — as such; as one would expect from the name
• German: entsprechend seinem Namen — as such; as one would expect from the name
• German: bezeichnungsgemäß — as such; as one would expect from the name
• German: als solches — as such; as one would expect from the name