Peter
English
/ˈpiːtə/, /ˈpitɚ/
proper noun
Definitions
- The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
- (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
- (rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Petre derived from Latin Petrus (Peter) derived from Ancient Greek Πέτρος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Πέτρος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Parkinson English
- Parkinsonise English
- Peterkin English
- Peterson English
- Petersonian English
- Petrine English
- Petrinism English
- Petrinity English
- Petrinize English
- Petry English
- parkinsonian English
- parkinsonism English
- parkinsonoid English
- Pekka Finnish
- Pekko Finnish
- Petropolis Latin
- Petrus Latin
- Peter German
- Piero Italian
- Pietro Italian
- Pieter Dutch, Flemish
- Pierre French
- Пётр Russian
- Pedro Spanish, Castilian
- Πέτρος Ancient Greek
- Pedro Portuguese
- Per Swedish
- Petrus Old English
- Petre Middle English
- Pétr Old Norse
- Per Danish
- بطرس Arabic
- Pere Catalan, Valencian
- Πέτρος Greek (modern)
- πάρκινσον Greek (modern)
- Peter Cebuano
- Pedr Welsh
- Peter Middle Dutch
- Petrus Middle Dutch
- Pieter Middle Dutch
- Pēteris Latvian
- Petur Old Irish
- Piteur Norman
- Phêrô Vietnamese
- Петър Bulgarian
- 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- Pedro Old Portuguese
- Pèire Occitan
- 베드로 Korean
- Пятро Belarusian
- Pedru Asturian
- Pieri Friulian
- Petras Lithuanian
- Per Breton
- כֵּיפָא Aramaic
- Per Norwegian
- Pika Hawaiian