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Peter

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See also: peter, Péter, and péter

English

Etymology

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.

Pronunciation

Noun

Peter

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.
    Synonym: Papa

Proper noun

Peter (countable and uncountable, plural Peters)

  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993:
      She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
    • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
      What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,
    • 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN‎:
      Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”
  4. The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
  5. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Pet.
  6. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  7. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.
    Synonym: Petersboro

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Etymology

From English Peter, from Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA(key): /ˈpeːˀtər/, [ˈpʰeːˀd̥ɐ]
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /petər/, [pʰed̥ɐ]

Proper noun

Peter

  1. a male given name
  2. Peter (biblical figure).
    Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 150 294 males with the given name Peter have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”), as a name a loan translation of Aramaic כֵּיפָא (“stone, rock; Peter, Cephas”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Peter m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Peter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters or Peter, plural Peters or Peter)

  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Petra
    Alle Kinder stehen an der Klippe, außer Peter, der geht noch einen Meter.
    All the children are standing at the cliff, except Peter, who walks another meter.

Proper noun

Peter m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Peters, plural Peters or Peter)

  1. A common surname.

Usage notes

  • The unchanged plural is preferred in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
  • In northern and central Germany, both forms are common for the given name, but the surname usually takes -s in the plural.

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