periferia

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See also: periféria and perifèria

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperiferiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -eriɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

Noun

periferia

  1. periphery (region)
  2. fringe (region)
    Suomi sijaitsee lähellä Maan periferia.
    Finland is located near the fringe of Earth.

Declension

Inflection of periferia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative periferia periferiat
genitive periferian periferioiden
periferioitten
partitive periferiaa periferioita
illative periferiaan periferioihin
singular plural
nominative periferia periferiat
accusative nom. periferia periferiat
gen. periferian
genitive periferian periferioiden
periferioitten
periferiain rare
partitive periferiaa periferioita
inessive periferiassa periferioissa
elative periferiasta periferioista
illative periferiaan periferioihin
adessive periferialla periferioilla
ablative periferialta periferioilta
allative periferialle periferioille
essive periferiana periferioina
translative periferiaksi periferioiksi
abessive periferiatta periferioitta
instructive periferioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of periferia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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Further reading

Galician

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

  1. periphery

Italian

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Etymology

From peri- +‎ feria.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

periferia f (plural periferie)

  1. outskirts, suburbs
  2. fringe, periphery

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

Noun

periferia f (plural periferias)

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

See also

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