adj
Meaning 1
Attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pert
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pɜːt/
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General-American: /pɝt/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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CMU ARPABET: P ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Well-formed; shapely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- pert breasts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saucy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocket, cute, dicacious, facey, familiar, flippant, flip, forward, fresh, impious, impudent, impertinent, insolent, irreverent, malapert, pert, petulant, sassy, saucy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Open; evident; unhidden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Clever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
An impudent person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Qualifier: operations
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To behave with pertness; to misbehave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impertinent, irreverent, saucy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: pěkný — attractive
- German: attraktiv — attractive
- Swedish: läcker — attractive
- Czech: pěkný — well-formed, shapely
- Czech: hezký — well-formed, shapely
- Czech: hezoučký — well-formed, shapely
- German: wohlgeformt — well-formed, shapely
- Swedish: välskapt — well-formed, shapely
- Swedish: välskapad — well-formed, shapely
- Swedish: välformad — well-formed, shapely
- Swedish: välproportionerad — well-formed, shapely
- Swedish: formskön — well-formed, shapely
- Bulgarian: жив (živ) — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Bulgarian: игрив (igriv) — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Danish: snild — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Danish: snild — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Danish: snil — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Danish: sniall — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Danish: sniæll — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Danish: snialder — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Dutch: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Middle Dutch: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- French: animé — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- German: flott — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- German: lebhaft — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- German: schwungvoll — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- German: munter — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- German: schnell — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old High German: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Middle High German: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Hungarian: élénk — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Hungarian: vidám — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Italian: vivace — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Italian: faceto — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Middle Low German: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snjell — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old English: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Norse: snjallr — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Saxon: snel — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Russian: бо́дрый (bódryj) — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: rapp — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: rask — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: käck — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: pigg — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: hurtig — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: frank — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: snillerik — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: livlig — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Swedish: piffig — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Swedish: sniælder — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Old Swedish: snæller — lively; brisk; sprightly; smart
- Bulgarian: устат (ustat) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Bulgarian: нахален (nahalen) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Chinese Mandarin: 无礼的 (wúlǐ) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Chinese Mandarin: 無禮 /无礼 (wúlǐ) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Czech: troufalý — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Czech: smělý — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Czech: odvážný — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Czech: drzý — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- French: impertinent — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- German: keck — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- German: frech — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Hungarian: pimasz — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Hungarian: hetyke — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Hungarian: szemtelen — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Italian: impertinente — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Latin: procax — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Plautdietsch: frajch — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Russian: на́глый (náglyj) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Russian: наха́льный (naxálʹnyj) — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: käck — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: fräck — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: ball — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: båld — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: morsk — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: karsk — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: orädd — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: strong — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: tuff — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: kaxig — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: stursk — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: oblyg — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: självsäker — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: katig — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: djärv — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: oförfärad — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: oförskräckt — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: dristig — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Swedish: frank — indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent
- Finnish: PERT — method