pers

From per +‎ -s. Compare hers.

pers

1. (rare, nonstandard) 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 gender-neutral pronouns

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

From an older variant of Dutch paars, from Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɛːrs/, /pæːrs/

pers (attributive pers, comparative perser, superlative perste)

1. purple

From Dutch persen, from Middle Dutch persen.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

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

1. (transitive) To press.

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

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pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. A press.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

From Middle Dutch perse, borrowed from French presse, ultimately from Latin pressō.

pers f (plural persen, diminutive persje n)

1. a press, mechanical device to exert pression
2. the press, media

-media-related

• Afrikaans: pers
• → Indonesian: pers

Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds with Pers (“Persian”).

pers m (plural perzen, diminutive persje n)

1. a Persian cat (breed)
2. a Persian carpet

• Pers

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pers

1. inflection of persen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• resp., sper

Borrowed from Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ/

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• Homophones: pair, paire, père, perd

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

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

• “pers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• près, prés, reps

From Dutch pers (“press”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrs/ [ˈpɛrs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrs
• Syllabification: pers

pèrs (plural pers-pers)

1. press; media

   Synonym: akhbar (Standard Malay)

• “pers” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *persek. Cognates include Finnish perse and Estonian perse.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈperse/, [ˈpe̞rs̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpers/, [ˈpe̞rʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ers
• Hyphenation: pers

pers

1. (vulgar) arse, butt

Declension of pers (type 6/lähe, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pers	perseet
genitive	perseen	persein
partitive	persettä	perseitä
illative	perseesse	perseisse
inessive	persees	perseis
elative	perseest	perseist
allative	perseelle	perseille
adessive	perseel	perseil
ablative	perseelt	perseilt
translative	perseeks	perseiks
essive	perseennä, perseen	perseinnä, persein
exessive1)	perseent	perseint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• perä (formal), peppo, santukka

• perä (“rear; back”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 400

pers m

1. nominative singular of peri (rarely used)

• perce, perse, piers

From Old French pers, from Medieval Latin persus.

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

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 30 March 2018.

pers

1. blue, bluish

• English: perse

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

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Clipping of kot perski or perski dywan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrs
• Syllabification: pers
• Homophone: Pers

pers m animal

1. (colloquial) Persian cat

   Synonym: kot perski

2. (colloquial) Persian rug

   Synonym: perski dywan

• pers in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pers in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pers”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 117

pers c

1. (colloquial, plural only) people

   Vi var tjugo pers på festen

   We were twenty people at the party

   Det står några pers där borta

   There's some guys standing over there

Sometimes also a shortening of person (in the singular): "per pers" = "per person," for example.

pers n

1. (colloquial) short for personbästa (“personal best”)

pers c

1. misspelling of pärs (“ordeal, trial”)

• pers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pers in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)