See peter

English

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Etymology

From Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (petra) "stone, rock".

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /piːtə/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-Peter.ogg

Proper noun

1. .
2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
3. The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Translations

• Albanian: Pjetër
• Arabic: ,
• Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru
• Belarusian: Пётра (Piotra), Пятро (Piatro)
• Bosnian: {{t-|bs|Petar|m}}
• Bulgarian: Петър
• Catalan: Pere
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: {{t-|hr|Petar|m}}
• Czech: {{t-|cs|Petr|m}}
• Danish:
• Dutch:
• Estonian: Peeter
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|Pierre|m}}, {{t-|fr|Roc|m}} (rare)
• German:
• Hebrew: פטר (Peter)
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic: {{t+|is|Pétur|m}}
• Irish Gaelic: Peadar
• Italian: {{t+|it|Pietro|m}}

• Japanese: ピーター (Pītā)
• Latin:
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Maltese: Pietru
• Mongolian: {{t|mn|Петр|m|tr=Petr|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
• Norwegian: , ,
• Polish:
• Portuguese:
• Romanian: Petru
• Russian: Пётр (Pjotr)
• Serbian:
• : Cyrillic: Петар
• : Roman: Petar
• Slovak:
• Slovene:
• Spanish:
• Swedish:
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro)
• Welsh: {{t-|cy|Pedr|xs=Welsh}}

• Croatian: {{t-|hr|Petar|m}}
• Danish:
• Estonian: Peetrus
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|Pierre|m}}
• German:
• Japanese: in Biblical contexts ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero), ペトロス (Petorosu)

• Latin:
• Mongolian: {{t|mn|Петр|m|tr=Petr|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}, {{t|mn|Хад|m|tr=Khad|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}} (rare)
• Norwegian:
• Swedish:
• Tamil: (Raayappar) (Refers to biblical Peter, not a common name)

• Croatian: , 2 {{t-|hr|Pt|m}}
• Danish: Peter, Petersbrev; 1,2, Pet
• Estonian: 1,2 Peetruse, 1,2 Pt
• Finnish: Pietari, Pietarin kirje; 1,2 Piet.
• French: 1; 2 {{t+|fr|Pierre|f}}, 1; 2 {{t+|fr|P|f}}
• German: (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, 1,2 Petr

• Japanese: ペテロの手紙 (petero no tegami)
• Mongolian: 1; 2 {{t|mn|Петр|tr=Petr|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}, 1; 2 {{t|mn|Пт|tr=Pt|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
• Norwegian: Peter, Peters 1./2.brev, 1,2 Pet
• Swedish: Petrus, Petrusbrevet, 1,2 Pet.

• Amharic: (Petros)
• Arabic: (bútrus)
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)

• Hindi: Pathrus
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedeuro), 페트루스 (Peteuruseu), 피터 (Piteo)

Derived terms

• blue peter|Blue Peter
• Peter Pan

Quotations

• 1611 King James version of the Bible: Matthew 16:18:

:: And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; --

Related terms

• given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
• feminine forms: Peta, Petra

See also

• Petronella

Category:Greek derivations

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Danish

Proper noun

1. #English|Peter.
2. .

:: Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jag bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)

Related terms

• variants: Peder, Per
• feminine forms: Pernille, Petra, Petrea, Petrine

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Dutch

Proper noun

1. , cognate to Peter.

Related terms

• Piet, Pieter.

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German

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at DE-Peter.ogg

Proper noun

Peter

1. , cognate to Peter.

Related terms

• biblical form: Petrus
• feminine form: Petra

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Norwegian

Proper noun

1. .
2. #English|Peter

:: Og det sier jeg deg: Du er Peter; på denne klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke. Bibelen, Matteus 16:18 (1985 transl.)

Related terms

• Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
• feminine forms: Pernille, Petra, Petrine

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Slovak

Proper noun

: Peter , Petrovia : Petr stem : Petra ''genitive : declension pattern

1. , cognate to Peter#English|Peter.

Category:Slovak nouns Category:Slovak proper nouns

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Swedish

Proper noun

1. , cognate to Peter#English|Peter.

Related terms

• variants: Peder, Per, Percy, Petter, Petrus, Pierre, Pär
• feminine forms: Pernilla, Petra, Petronella

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