FromAncient Greekπερί(perí,“about, around”). Cognate tofor via Proto-Indo-European.

• enPR:pĕr′ə-
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/,/ˌpeɹ.ə-/
• (General American, Canada)IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/
• (General Australian, New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˌpeɹ.ə-/
• (Scotland)IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/,/ˌpɛɹ.ʌ-/
• (India)IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ(ː)ɾ.i-/
• Hyphenation:per‧i-

peri-

2. surrounding

   Synonyms:circum-,para-

   ‎peri- + ‎meter → ‎perimeter

4. near

   Synonym:para-

   Antonym:disto-

   ‎peri- + ‎helion → ‎perihelion

6. during

   Synonyms:intra-,mid-

   ‎peri- + ‎natal → ‎perinatal

(not prefixed in English: borrowed as full word)

• pier,prie,ripe

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• Hyphenation:pe‧ri-

peri-

1. peri-(surrounding; near; during)

• IPA^(key): /ˈperi-/,[ˈpe̞ri-]

<perä +‎-i

peri-(as a modifier in compounds)

1. very, to the core

FromAncient Greekπερί(perí).

peri-

1. (chiefly in loanwords)peri-(surrounding; near; during)

• repi,ripe

Borrowed fromDutchpéri-, ultimatelyAncient Greekπερί(perí,“about, around”), fromProto-Indo-European*péri.Doublet ofperi.

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key): /peri/[pe.ri]
• Syllabification:pe‧ri-

péri

1. peri-:
   1. around orsurrounding
   2. near

• (around, surrounding):sekitar
• (near):dekat
• (near):para-

• “peri-”, inKamus 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

Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekπερί(perí,“about, around”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ri/
• Hyphenation:pè‧ri-

peri-

1. peri-(surrounding; near; during)

• peri- inDizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• iper-,ripe

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ri/

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• Rhymes:-ɛri
• Syllabification:pe‧ri-

peri-

1. alternative form ofpery-(“peri-”)(surrounding; near; during)

   ‎peri- + ‎menopauza → ‎perimenopauza

• peri- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed fromAncient Greekπερί(perí,“about, around”).

• Hyphenation:pe‧ri-

peri-

1. peri-(surrounding; near; during)

• “peri-”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “peri-”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed fromAncient Greekπερί(perí,“about, around”).

• IPA^(key): /peɾi/[pe.ɾi]
• Syllabification:pe‧ri-

peri-

1. peri-(surrounding; near; during)

• “peri-”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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