Peru

See also: peru, Perú, Perù, Perû, Perũ, Perū, perü, and pēru
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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the personal name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuː/
  • (archaic, Indiana) IPA(key): /ˈpɪəɹuː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru

  2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.
    Alternative form: Perú
    • 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
  3. Places in the United States:
    1. A city in Illinois.
    2. A city, the county seat of Miami County, Indiana.
    3. A township in Miami County, Indiana.
    4. A city in Kansas.
    5. A town in Maine.
    6. A town in Massachusetts.
    7. A city in Nebraska.
    8. A town in New York.
    9. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
    10. A town in Vermont.
    11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
    12. A town in Wisconsin.
  4. A barangay of Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Aggunetan, Alannay, Battalan, Cabatacan East, Cabatacan West, Calapangan Norte, Calapangan Sur, Callao Norte, Callao Sur, Cataliganan, Centro I, Centro II, Centro III, Finugo Norte, Gabun, Ignacio Jurado, Magsaysay, Malinta, Minanga Norte, Minanga Sur, Nabannagan East, Nabannagan West, New Orlins, Nicolas Agatep, Peru, San Pedro, Sicalao, Tagao, Tucalan Passing, Viga — barangays of Lasam

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ペルー (Perū)

Translations

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Перу
Abjad پئروُ

Proper noun

Peru (definite accusative Perunu, plural Perular)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Peru
singular plural
nominative PeruPerular
definite accusative PerunuPeruları
dative PeruyaPerulara
locative PerudaPerularda
ablative PerudanPerulardan
definite genitive PerununPeruların
Possessive forms of Peru
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perum Perularım
sənin (“your”) Perun Peruların
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusu Peruları
bizim (“our”) Perumuz Perularımız
sizin (“your”) Perunuz Perularınız
onların (“their”) Perusu or Peruları Peruları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumu Perularımı
sənin (“your”) Perunu Perularını
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunu Perularını
bizim (“our”) Perumuzu Perularımızı
sizin (“your”) Perunuzu Perularınızı
onların (“their”) Perusunu or Perularını Perularını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Peruma Perularıma
sənin (“your”) Peruna Perularına
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusuna Perularına
bizim (“our”) Perumuza Perularımıza
sizin (“your”) Perunuza Perularınıza
onların (“their”) Perusuna or Perularına Perularına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumda Perularımda
sənin (“your”) Perunda Perularında
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunda Perularında
bizim (“our”) Perumuzda Perularımızda
sizin (“your”) Perunuzda Perularınızda
onların (“their”) Perusunda or Perularında Perularında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumdan Perularımdan
sənin (“your”) Perundan Perularından
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusundan Perularından
bizim (“our”) Perumuzdan Perularımızdan
sizin (“your”) Perunuzdan Perularınızdan
onların (“their”) Perusundan or Perularından Perularından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Perumun Perularımın
sənin (“your”) Perunun Perularının
onun (“his/her/its”) Perusunun Perularının
bizim (“our”) Perumuzun Perularımızın
sizin (“your”) Perunuzun Perularınızın
onların (“their”) Perusunun or Perularının Perularının

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [peˈɾu]

Proper noun

Peru (locative)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛru]

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, relational adjective peruánský, demonym Peruánec)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

Peru (n)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peːˈru/, /pəˈru/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Peru n

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperu/, [ˈpe̞ru]
  • Rhymes: -eru
  • Syllabification(key): Pe‧ru
  • Hyphenation(key): Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Peru —
genitive Perun —
partitive Perua —
illative Peruun —
singular plural
nominative Peru —
accusative nom. Peru —
gen. Perun
genitive Perun —
partitive Perua —
inessive Perussa —
elative Perusta —
illative Peruun —
adessive Perulla —
ablative Perulta —
allative Perulle —
essive Peruna —
translative Peruksi —
abessive Perutta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Peru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Peruni —
accusative nom. Peruni —
gen. Peruni
genitive Peruni —
partitive Peruani —
inessive Perussani —
elative Perustani —
illative Peruuni —
adessive Perullani —
ablative Perultani —
allative Perulleni —
essive Perunani —
translative Perukseni —
abessive Peruttani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Perusi —
accusative nom. Perusi —
gen. Perusi
genitive Perusi —
partitive Peruasi —
inessive Perussasi —
elative Perustasi —
illative Peruusi —
adessive Perullasi —
ablative Perultasi —
allative Perullesi —
essive Perunasi —
translative Peruksesi —
abessive Peruttasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perumme —
accusative nom. Perumme —
gen. Perumme
genitive Perumme —
partitive Peruamme —
inessive Perussamme —
elative Perustamme —
illative Peruumme —
adessive Perullamme —
ablative Perultamme —
allative Perullemme —
essive Perunamme —
translative Peruksemme —
abessive Peruttamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunne —
accusative nom. Perunne —
gen. Perunne
genitive Perunne —
partitive Peruanne —
inessive Perussanne —
elative Perustanne —
illative Peruunne —
adessive Perullanne —
ablative Perultanne —
allative Perullenne —
essive Perunanne —
translative Peruksenne —
abessive Peruttanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Perunsa —
accusative nom. Perunsa —
gen. Perunsa
genitive Perunsa —
partitive Peruaan
Peruansa 		—
inessive Perussaan
Perussansa 		—
elative Perustaan
Perustansa 		—
illative Peruunsa —
adessive Perullaan
Perullansa 		—
ablative Perultaan
Perultansa 		—
allative Perulleen
Perullensa 		—
essive Perunaan
Perunansa 		—
translative Perukseen
Peruksensa 		—
abessive Peruttaan
Peruttansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈʁuː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Peru n (proper noun, genitive Perus or (optionally with an article) Peru)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Peru” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛru]
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru
  • Rhymes: -ru

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perui Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Peru —
accusative Perut —
dative Perunak —
instrumental Peruval —
causal-final Peruért —
translative Peruvá —
terminative Peruig —
essive-formal Peruként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Peruban —
superessive Perun —
adessive Perunál —
illative Peruba —
sublative Perura —
allative Peruhoz —
elative Peruból —
delative Peruról —
ablative Perutól —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Perué —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Peruéi —
Possessive forms of Peru
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Perum —
2nd person sing. Perud —
3rd person sing. Peruja —
1st person plural Perunk —
2nd person plural Perutok —
3rd person plural Perujuk —

Derived terms

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

Proper noun

Peru f (indeclinable)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)
  • peruānis m, peruāne f

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Perú.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɛˈrʊ]
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Perù m (uncountable, indeclinable, relational adjective perujiẽtiškas, demonym perujiẽtis, female demonym perujiẽtė) stress pattern 2

  1. Peru (a country in South America; official name: Perù Respùblika)
  • perùvinis

See also

countries in South America: Pietų̃ Amèrikos valstýbės (appendix)edit

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

  • Piru (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Peru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pe.ru]
  • Rhymes: -ru, -u
  • Hyphenation: Pé‧ru

Proper noun

Peru (Jawi spelling ڤيرو)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Peru

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ru/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛru
  • Syllabification: Pe‧ru

Proper noun

Peru n (indeclinable, related adjective peruwiański)

  1. Peru (a country in South America)

Derived terms

See also

countries in South America: kraje Ameryki Południowej (appendix)edit

Further reading

  • Peru in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Peru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish Perú, possibly from the native name Birú, or from the Quechua pelu (“river”).

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -u
    • Homophone: peru
    • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

    Proper noun

    Peru m

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    Derived terms

    See also

    Rarotongan

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Peru and Spanish Peru.

    Proper noun

    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    References

    “Peru” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /peru/
    • Hyphenation: Pe‧ru

    Proper noun

    Peru m inan (Cyrillic spelling Перу)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    Declension

    Declension of Peru
    singular
    nominative Peru
    genitive Perua
    dative Peruu
    accusative Peru
    vocative Peru
    locative Peruu
    instrumental Peruom

    Slovak

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈperu]

    Proper noun

    Peru n (indeclinable)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    Further reading

    • “Peru”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

    Slovene

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pɛrùː/

    Proper noun

    Perú m inan

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    Declension

    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., soft o-stem
    nominative Perú
    genitive Perúja
    singular
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		Perú
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		Perúja
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		Perúju
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		Perú
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		Perúju
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		Perújem
    • Perújec / Perújka
    • perújski

    References

    • “Peru”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
    • “Peru”, in Termania, Amebis
    • See also the general references

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Proper noun

    Peru n (genitive Perus)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    See also

    countries in South America: Sydamerikas länder (appendix)edit

    References

    Anagrams

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /peˈɾu/ [pɛˈɾu]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Syllabification: Pe‧ru

    Proper noun

    Perú (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

    1. Peru (a country in South America)
      • 1980, Yem klamangen benwu tekuy, Summer Institute of Linguistics:
        ...na Kastila naman ang wikang ginagamit sa ibang mga bansang tulad ng Venezuela, Colombia, Ekuwador, Peru, Tsile, Bolibya, Paragway, Urugway, at Argentina. Katulad ng ating bansang Pilipinas, sinakop din ng mga Kastila ang mga bansang nabanggit.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Turkish

    Etymology

    From Spanish Perú (“Peru”).

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Proper noun

    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    Declension

    Declension of Peru
    singular
    nominative Peru
    accusative Peru'yu
    dative Peru'ya
    locative Peru'da
    ablative Peru'dan
    genitive Peru'nun
    Possessive forms of Peru
    singular plural
    benim (my) Peru'm Perularım
    Peru'larım
    senin (your) Peru'n Peruların
    Peru'ların
    onun (his/her/its) Peru'su Peruları
    Peru'ları
    bizim (our) Peru'muz Perularımız
    Peru'larımız
    sizin (your) Peru'nuz Perularınız
    Peru'larınız
    onların (their) Peru'su
    Peruları
    Peru'ları     		Peruları
    Peru'ları

    Derived terms

    • Perulu

    See also

    countries in South America: Güney Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

    Turkmen

    Other scripts
    Latin Peru‍
    Cyrillic Перу‍
    Arabic

    Proper noun

    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)

    See also

    countries in South America: Günorta Amerika döwleti (appendix)edit

    Uzbek

    Proper noun

    Peru

    1. Peru (a country in South America)
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