pers

From per +‎ -s. Compare hers.

cat2=possessive pronouns
cat3=third person pronouns

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. Doublet of pars (“to press (fruit for wine)”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

1. (transitive) To press.

From Dutch pers, from Middle Dutch perse. Doublet of pars (“winepress”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

• Audio:

  (file)

pers (plural perse, diminutive persie)

1. A press (device used to apply pressure)
2. A press (printing machine)
3. the press, media

• IPA^(key): /pɛrs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

• 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/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

• 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.

Clipping of kot perski,perski dywan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pers”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• 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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pers”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pers”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)