Pierre
French
proper noun
Definitions
- Peter biblical character
- traditionally popular in France
Etymology
Inherited 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
- Petry English
- Pierre English
- Pekka Finnish
- Pekko Finnish
- Petropolis Latin
- Petrus Latin
- Peter German
- Piero Italian
- Pietro Italian
- Pieter Dutch, Flemish
- Marie French
- Marie-Pierre French
- Pierre-Marie French
- Pierrette French
- Пётр Russian
- Pedro Spanish, Castilian
- Πέτρος Ancient Greek
- Pedro Portuguese
- Pierre Portuguese
- Per Swedish
- ピア Japanese
- Petrus Old English
- Petre Middle English
- Pétr Old Norse
- Per Danish
- بطرس Arabic
- Pere Catalan, Valencian
- Peret Catalan, Valencian
- Πέτρος Greek (modern)
- Pedr Welsh
- Peter Middle Dutch
- Petrus Middle Dutch
- Pieter Middle Dutch
- Pēteris Latvian
- Petur Old Irish
- Петър Bulgarian
- 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- Pedro Old Portuguese
- 皮爾 Chinese
- Pèire Occitan
- 베드로 Korean
- Пятро Belarusian
- Pedru Asturian
- Pieri Friulian
- Petras Lithuanian
- Per Breton
- כֵּיפָא Aramaic
- Per Norwegian