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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɪə-/
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• General-American: /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɒdɪk
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• "pûrīŏd'ĭk
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• /ˌpɜːɹaɪˈɒdɪk/
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH2 R IY0 AA1 D IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- English iodic English periodic From per- + iodic.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: периодичен (periodičen) — relative to a period or periods
• Finnish: jaksollinen — relative to a period or periods
• Finnish: aikakautinen — relative to a period or periods
• French: périodique — relative to a period or periods
• Greek: περιοδικός (periodikós) — relative to a period or periods
• Hungarian: szakaszos — relative to a period or periods
• Hungarian: időszakos — relative to a period or periods
• Italian: periodico — relative to a period or periods
• Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) — relative to a period or periods
• Kazakh: периодтық (periodtyq) — relative to a period or periods
• Kazakh: периодты (periodty) — relative to a period or periods
• Portuguese: periódico — relative to a period or periods
• Swedish: period- — relative to a period or periods
• Bulgarian: цикличен (cikličen) — having repeated cycles
• Catalan: periòdic — having repeated cycles
• Chinese Mandarin: 週期的 /周期的 (zhōuqí de) — having repeated cycles
• Czech: periodický — having repeated cycles
• Danish: periodisk — having repeated cycles
• Finnish: jaksollinen — having repeated cycles
• French: périodique — having repeated cycles
• German: periodisch — having repeated cycles
• Greek: περιοδικός (periodikós) — having repeated cycles
• Hebrew: מחזורי (machzorí) — having repeated cycles
• Hungarian: ismétlődő — having repeated cycles
• Italian: periodico — having repeated cycles
• Italian: periodica — having repeated cycles
• Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) — having repeated cycles
• Polish: okresowy — having repeated cycles
• Polish: periodyczny — having repeated cycles
• Portuguese: periódico — having repeated cycles
• Russian: периоди́ческий (periodíčeskij) — having repeated cycles
• Spanish: periódico — having repeated cycles
• Swedish: periodisk — having repeated cycles
• Ukrainian: періоди́чний (periodýčnyj) — having repeated cycles
• Yiddish: פּעריאָדיש (peryodish) — having repeated cycles
• Bulgarian: периодичен (periodičen) — occurring at regular intervals
• Catalan: periòdic — occurring at regular intervals
• Danish: periodisk — occurring at regular intervals
• Finnish: säännöllinen — occurring at regular intervals
• Finnish: jaksollinen — occurring at regular intervals
• French: périodique — occurring at regular intervals
• Greek: περιοδικός (periodikós) — occurring at regular intervals
• Hungarian: periodikus — occurring at regular intervals
• Hungarian: időszaki — occurring at regular intervals
• Irish: tréimhsiúil — occurring at regular intervals
• Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) — occurring at regular intervals
• Malay: berkala — occurring at regular intervals
• Māori: huirangi — occurring at regular intervals
• Māori: kauteatea — occurring at regular intervals
• Norwegian Bokmål: periodisk — occurring at regular intervals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: periodisk — occurring at regular intervals
• Polish: okresowy — occurring at regular intervals
• Polish: periodyczny — occurring at regular intervals
• Portuguese: periódico — occurring at regular intervals
• Swedish: periodisk — occurring at regular intervals
• Swedish: regelbunden — occurring at regular intervals
• Ukrainian: періоди́чний (periodýčnyj) — occurring at regular intervals
• Yiddish: פּעריאָדיש (peryodish) — occurring at regular intervals
• Danish: periodisk — periodical
• Finnish: jaksollinen — periodical
• Finnish: kausittainen — periodical
• Greek: περιοδικό (periodikó) — periodical
• Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) — periodical
• Māori: putaputa — periodical
• Swedish: periodisk — periodical
• Finnish: jaksollinen — (astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit
• Irish: tréimhsiúil — (astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit
• Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) — (astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit
• Swedish: periodisk — (astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit
• Bulgarian: периодичен (periodičen) — (mathematics) of a state
• Finnish: jaksollinen — (mathematics) of a state
• Hebrew: מחזורי (machzorí) — (mathematics) of a state
• Bulgarian: реторичен (retoričen) — (rhetoric) having structure characterized by periodic sentences