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peril

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English

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peril (countable anduncountable,pluralperils)

A situation ofserious andimmediate danger.
Your life is inperil.
Something thatcauses,contains, orpresents danger.
theperils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

Synonyms

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danger,hazard,jeopardy,risk,threat
See alsoThesaurus:danger

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Translations

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a situation of serious danger

Arabic:خَطَر(ḵaṭar)
Egyptian Arabic:خطر m(ḵaṭar)
Armenian:վտանգ (hy)(vtang)
Bulgarian:опасност (bg) f(opasnost)
Catalan:perill (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:危險 /危险 (zh)(wéixiǎn)
Czech:nebezpečí (cs)
Danish:fare (da) c
Dutch:gevaar (nl)
Esperanto:danĝero
Finnish:vaara (fi),vaaratilanne
French:péril (fr),risque (fr) m
German:Gefahr (de) f,Risiko (de) n
Gothic:𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 f(bireikei),𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 f(sleiþei)
Greek:
Ancient:κίνδυνος m(kíndunos)
Hungarian:veszély (hu),veszedelem (hu)
Italian:periglio m,pericolo (it) m
Japanese:危険 (ja)(きけん, kiken)
Latin:periculum (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:fare (no) m
Ottoman Turkish:قورقو(korku),تهلكه(tehlike)
Plautdietsch:Jefoa f
Polish:niebezpieczeństwo (pl) n
Portuguese:perigo (pt) m
Romanian:pericol (ro) n
Russian:опа́сность (ru) f(opásnostʹ),риск (ru) m(risk),угро́за (ru) f(ugróza)
Scottish Gaelic:cunnart m,gàbhadh m
Spanish:peligro (es) m,riesgo (es) m,discrimen m
Swedish:fara (sv) c
Tocharian A:sanu
Tocharian B:ñyātse
Zazaki:risk,riziko

something that causes, contains, or presents danger

Armenian:վտանգ (hy)(vtang)
Bulgarian:риск (bg) m(risk)
Chinese:
Mandarin:冒險 /冒险 (zh)(màoxiǎn)
Czech:ohrožení (cs),nebezpečí (cs)
Danish:risiko (da) c
Finnish:vaara (fi)
French:risque (fr) m
German:Risiko (de) n
Hungarian:veszély (hu)
Japanese:冒険 (ja)(ぼうけん, bōken)
Plautdietsch:Jefoa f
Polish:zagrożenie (pl) n
Portuguese:risco (pt) m,perigo (pt) m
Russian:опа́сность (ru) f(opásnostʹ),угро́за (ru) f(ugróza)
Scottish Gaelic:cunnart m,gàbhadh m
Spanish:riesgo (es) m,peligro (es) m,discrimen m
Tocharian A:sanu

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French:^{(pleaseverify)}péril (fr)
German:^{(pleaseverify)}Risiko (de) n
Hebrew:^(please verify)סכנה (he)(sakana)
Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}pericolo (it)
Swedish:^{(pleaseverify)}fara (sv),^{(pleaseverify)}risk (sv)

Verb

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peril (third-person singular simple presentperils,present participleperilingorperilling,simple past and past participleperiledorperilled)

(transitive) To cause to be indanger; toimperil; torisk.[from 16th c.]
- 1830,Robert Hayne,Speech in the United States Senate:
  And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freelyperilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union?
- 1891,Oscar Wilde, chapter XIV, inThe Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.:Ward Lock & Co.,→OCLC:
  "I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going toperil my reputation for you?"

Anagrams

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piler,plier,prile

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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perile,periil,perel,peryle,pereyl,parelle,peryl,perell,perill,parell,pereil

Etymology

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FromOld Frenchperil, fromLatinperīculum.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈpɛril/,/pɛˈriːl/,/ˈpɛrəl/,/ˈparəl/

Noun

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peril (pluralperilles)

Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky:
1. A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely.
2. A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril.
3. Sinfulness; religious threat or danger.
(Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance.