perform
English
/pəˈfɔːm/, /pɚˈfɔɹm/
verb
Definitions
- To do something; to execute.
- (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English performen derived from performer derived from Old French parfornir derived from Frankish *frumjan (complete, execute, accomplish, furnish) derived from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (further, promote) derived from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (forth, front, forward, in front).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*promo-
Gloss
forth, front, forward, in front
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiperformance English
- autoperformance English
- cyberperformance English
- cyberperformer English
- midperformance English
- misperform English
- misperformance English
- multiperformance English
- nonperformance English
- nonperformative English
- nonperformer English
- nonperforming English
- outperform English
- outperformance English
- outperformer English
- overperform English
- overperformance English
- overperformer English
- performability English
- performable English
- performance English
- performancewear English
- performative English
- performatively English
- performativeness English
- performativity English
- performer English
- performerly English
- performest English
- performeth English
- performing English
- postperformance English
- preperformance English
- reperform English
- reperformance English
- ultraperformance English
- underperform English
- underperformance English
- underperformer English
- unperformable English
- Performance German
- performativ German
- fornire Italian
- performance Italian
- performare Italian
- fournir French
- performance French
- performance Spanish, Castilian
- performar Spanish, Castilian
- *promo- Proto-Indo-European
- performance Portuguese
- *fram Proto-Germanic
- *framaz Proto-Germanic
- *framjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frumjaną Proto-Germanic
- パフォーマンス Japanese
- fremman Old English
- fremmen Middle English
- performen Middle English
- fornir Old French
- furniss- Old French
- parfornir Old French
- fornir Catalan, Valencian
- performance Catalan, Valencian
- perfformio Welsh
- perfformiwr Welsh
- frummen Old High German
- vrumen Middle High German
- performancë Albanian
- frummian Old Saxon
- gifrummian Old Saxon
- *frumjan Frankish
- frumjan Frankish
- performer xno
- performer
- reperform
- performing
- outperform
- misperform
- performeth
- performest
- overperform
- performance
- performable
- performerly
- performative
- nonperformer
- outperformer
- underperform
- overperformer
- unperformable
- nonperforming
- reperformance
- performatively
- midperformance
- outperformance
- performativity
- performability
- misperformance
- cyberperformer
- preperformance
- nonperformance
- underperformer
- antiperformance
- postperformance
- nonperformative
- overperformance
- performancewear
- autoperformance
- multiperformance
- ultraperformance
- performativeness
- cyberperformance
- underperformance