pero

pero

1. but

From Russian перо́ (peró).

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pero (definite accusative peronu, plural perolar)

1. quill, pen (made from a feather)

   peronu mürəkkəbə batırmaq ― to dip the pen into the ink

• “pero” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/, [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

péro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓ)

1. but (used as a connector)

   Synonyms: alagad, ugaring

Inherited from Spanish pero (“but”).

pero

1. but

• péro

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛro]

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• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero n

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• pero in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pero in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pero in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but, rather

• peru

From Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/

pero

1. but (on the contrary; but rather)

   Synonym: mais

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• pro, pró

From Old Galician-Portuguese pero, peró, from Latin per hoc (“by this”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾʊ]

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mais

• “pero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pero” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pero” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

pero (plural peri)

1. peer (title)

Pero.

Borrowed from Russian перо (pero).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. quill
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:

     Assiapaperit kirjutettaa perol, a ei krandoșșiil.

     Documents are writ with a quill, and not a pencil.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Yhteiset meil ollaa riissat - perot, krantossit ja kirjat, veel i tetretit i kartat, stoolit, lavvat, sumat, partat, klaassan seinät, klaassan maa.

     We have shared objects - quills, pencils and books, also notebooks and maps, chairs, benches, bags, desks, walls of the classroom and the floor of the classroom.

From perä (“buttock”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (comparative peromp)

1. (of horses) stubborn

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 399

From Latin pirus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: pé‧ro

pero m (plural peri)

1. pear tree

• pera

Cognate to Spanish perro.

pero m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פירו, plural peros)

1. dog

Unknown, perhaps related to pēra (“bag, satchel; wallet”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.roː/, [ˈpeːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/, [ˈpɛːro]

pērō m (genitive pērōnis); third declension

1. A kind of boot made of raw hide, worn chiefly by soldiers or wagoners; a clodhopper

Third-declension noun.

• Italian: perone

• caliga

• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pero”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “pero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “pero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “pero”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From English pharaoh.

pero

1. pharaoh

pero

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Mi gusta e kas aki, pero e ta muchu karu.

   I like this house, but it's too expensive.

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• peró
• perol

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. (obsolete) but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Synonyms: mas, porém, contudo

2. (obsolete) even if (indicates that the preceding clause is true regardless of the following clause)

   Synonyms: ainda que, mesmo que

From Latin pirum.

• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero m (plural peros)

1. (informal) a punch

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but

• Generally used in favor of complex native grammar used to achieve the same ends.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pěro/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pèro n (Cyrillic spelling пѐро)

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

   čov(j)ek od pera ― a man of letters

3. (figuratively) author, writer
4. plectrum

   Synonyms: plèktrōn, tȑzalica

5. flange of a mace head

• perad
• pȇrje
• pèrnat
• pérnica
• nalivpero

• “pero” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈperɔ]

pero n (genitive singular pera, nominative plural perá, genitive plural pier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, 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, 2024

From Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pɛróː/

perọ̑ n

1. feather

• “pero”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Compare Italian però, Old Franco-Provençal enperoi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

   Mi casa es pequeña, pero cómoda.

   My house is small, but comfortable.

2. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)

• > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
• → Rapa Nui: pero
• → Tagalog: pero
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

• sino

pero m (plural peros)

1. but (restriction)

• “pero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• peor

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpɛ.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

1. but

   Synonyms: kaso, ngunit, subalit, bagamat, datapwat

• poro

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo], [ˈpoɾo]

pero

1. but

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 76, 176

From Spanish perro (“dog”).

pero

1. dog

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643