pers

pers

1. Abbreviation of Persian.

per +‎ 's. Compare hers.

pers

1. (rare) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

• (singular) theirs
• (neologism) eirs, hirs

• (possessive of per): his, hers

• other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns

• ERPs, ERSP, Pres, Pres., RESP, Reps, Reps., SERP, pres, pres., reps, resp, resp.

Related to Dutch paars (“purple”)

• IPA^(key): /pɛːrs/, /pæːrs/

pers (attributive perse, comparative perser, superlative perste)

1. purple

From Dutch persen.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

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pers (present pers, present participle persende, past participle gepers)

1. to press

From Dutch pers.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

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pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. press

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• Rhymes: -ɛrs

From persen.

pers m (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

1. press

• boulevardpers
• drukpers

pers

1. first-person singular present indicative of persen
2. imperative of persen

From Perzië.

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

1. Persian cat
2. Persian carpet

• Pers

• resp., sper

From Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ/
• Homophones: pair, paire, père, perd

pers (feminine singular perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

1. (literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)

• “pers” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• près, prés, reps

pers m

1. nominative singular form of peri (rarely used)

• perce, perse, piers

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

• IPA^(key): /pərs/

pers (uncountable)

1. blue, blue-grey (colour)
2. blue cloth

• English: perse

• “pers(e (n.(1) & adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

pers

1. blue, bluish

• English: perse

• “pers(e (n.(1) & adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.