periferia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English periphery), ultimately from Late Latin peripherīa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperiferiɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

Noun

periferia

1. periphery (region)
2. fringe (region)

   Suomi sijaitsee lähellä Maan periferia.

   Finland is located near the fringe of Earth.

Declension

Synonyms

• syrjäseutu

Further reading

• “periferia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Galician

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

periferia

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From peri- +‎ .

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.feˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧rì‧a

• Audio

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Noun

periferia f (plural periferie)

1. outskirts, suburbs
2. fringe, periphery

Related terms

• periferico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

periferia

Wikipedia ^pt

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. (Brazil) outskirts, suburbs (often related to poor neighborhoods around a big city)

See also

• favela

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin peripherīa, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “circumference, outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, circular, round”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “to carry around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈfeɾja/
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

Derived terms

Further reading

• “periferia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014