periphery

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• pə-rĭf′ə-rē
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• /pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/
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• rhymes with -ɪfəɹi
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Hellenic *phérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ια (-ia) Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor. Latin peripheriabor. Middle French peripheriebor. English periphery Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ծայրամաս (cayramas) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Azerbaijani: ucqar — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Belarusian: перыферы́я (pjeryfjerýja) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Bulgarian: периферия (periferija) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Catalan: perifèria — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 周邊 /周边 (zhōubiān) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 外圍 /外围 (wàiwéi) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Czech: okraj — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Danish: periferi — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Danish: udkant — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Dutch: periferie — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Dutch: buitenkant — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Finnish: syrjäseutu — outside boundary, parts or surface
• French: périphérie — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Georgian: პერიფერია (ṗeriperia) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• German: Peripherie — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Greek: περιφέρεια (periféreia) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Ancient Greek: περιφέρεια (periphéreia) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Hungarian: periféria — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Indonesian: pinggir — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Indonesian: ujung — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Indonesian: tepi — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Italian: periferia — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Japanese: 周辺 (shūhen) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: obrzeże — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: kraniec — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: skraj — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: peryferie — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: kresy — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Polish: pogranicze — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Portuguese: periferia — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Romanian: periferie — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Russian: перифери́я (periferíja) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Russian: окра́ина (okráina) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Slovene: rob — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Spanish: periferia — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Turkish: çevre — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Turkish: dolay — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Turkish: etraf — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Turkish: civar — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Turkish: periferi — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Ottoman Turkish: چوره (çevre) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Ukrainian: перифері́я (peryferíja) — outside boundary, parts or surface
• Catalan: perifèria — Greek administrative region
• Greek: περιφέρεια (periféreia) — Greek administrative region
• Portuguese: periferia — Greek administrative region
• Russian: перифери́я (periferíja) — Greek administrative region
• Slovene: obrobje — Greek administrative region
• Turkish: periferi — Greek administrative region
• Ukrainian: перифері́я (peryferíja) — Greek administrative region