перо

From Proto-Slavic *però.

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈrɔ]

перо́ • (peró) n (diminutive перце́)

1. feather
2. plume
3. pen

• “перо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “перо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From Proto-Slavic *però. See there for more.

перо • (pero)

1. feather
2. (cycling) chainstay
3. (cycling) seatstay

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero (“feather”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛɾɔ]

перо • (pero) n (diminutive перце)

1. (rare) feather
2. quill
3. shuttlecock

• пердув (perduv)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *però; see there for more.

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈro]

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перо́ • (peró) n inan (genitive пера́, nominative plural пе́рья, genitive plural пе́рьев, relational adjective перьево́й, diminutive пёрышко)

1. feather, plume
2. (uncountable) feathers, down (as a commodity or insulating material)
3. nib, quill (writing implement)
4. (figurative, literary) pen (a writer, a writer's individual style, or a metonymic reference to the process of writing)

   зло́е перо́ ― zlóje peró ― a caustic pen (a bitter, scathing style)

   кла́сть перо́ / положи́ть перо́ ― klástʹ peró / položítʹ peró ― to put down the pen (to stop writing)

5. (dated) blade, vane, cutting edge (of a tool or implement)

   Synonym: ло́пасть (lópastʹ)

6. (criminal slang) knife
7. (horticulture, colloquial) spear, scape (of garlic, onion, etc.)
8. (figurative) fin (of a marine creature)
9. (figurative) tail (of a dog)
10. (cycling) chainstay
11. (cycling) seatstay

• → Azerbaijani: pero
• → Kildin Sami: пера (pjera)
• → Ingrian: pero

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pěro/
• Hyphenation: пе‧ро

пѐро n (Latin spelling pèro)

1. feather, plume
2. pen, quill (for writing)

   чов(ј)ек од пера ― a man of letters

3. (figuratively) author, writer
4. plectrum

   Synonyms: плѐктро̄н, тр̏залица

5. flange of a mace head

• “перо”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [peˈrɔ]

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перо́ • (peró) n inan (genitive пера́, nominative plural пе́ра, genitive plural пер, diminutive пірце́ or пір'ї́нка or піри́нка)

1. pen
2. feather

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “перо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “перо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)