per

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Australia, UK/pɜː/US/pɝ/Scotland/pɛr/New Zealand/pøː/

preposition

For each.

“$2.50 per dozen”

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Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

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preposition
  1. For each.

    $2.50 per dozen

    4 more examples

    Admission is £10 per person.

    miles per gallon

    beats per minute

    The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG (rebounds per game) and an agonizing 9.9 APG (assists per game) – demonstrating Jokić’s incredible all-around ability.

    2023 April 5, Thomas Schlacher, “Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokić vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo: What’s the latest in the race to become the NBA MVP?”, in CNN
  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

    12 inches per foot

    1 more example

    100 centimeters per meter

  3. medicineBy the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).

    Introduce the endoscope per nasum.

    1 more example

    The medication is to be administered per os.

  4. In accordance with, as per.

    I parked my car at the curb per your request.

    2 more examples

    Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.

    Note that while the walkthrough illustrates that words may be separated by more than one space, you may assume, per the specifications above, that no sentences will contain more than one space in a row.

  5. According to.

    Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources

    1 more example

    The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks

per2

pronounper (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, accusative per, possessive adjective pers, possessive noun pers, reflexive perself)

adjective possessive pers · noun possessive pers · reflexive perself

  1. gender neutralnominativenonstandardraresingularthird personThey (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

    This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?

    1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
  2. gender neutralnominativenonstandardraresingularthird personThem (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.

    "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.

    1998, Katherine Phelps, “Odysseus, She”, in Storytronics
    2 more examples

    This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?

    1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)

    Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.

    2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160
determiner
  1. nonstandardrareBelonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

    Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.

    2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160

    Synonyms: their, eir, hir

PER3

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismnutritionInitialism of protein efficiency ratio.
  2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of price-earnings ratio.

Synonyms & antonyms

determinerBelonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

Similar
pp./⅌ana

Origin

per · preposition

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Englishper

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

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per · pronoun, determiner

Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

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Translations

Ancient Greek κατά
  • κατά (katá)for each
Arabic لِكُلّ, فِي كُلّ
  • لِكُلّ (likull)for each
  • فِي كُلّ (fī kull)used in expressing ratios of units
  • بِنَاءً عَلَى (bināʔan ʕalā)in accordance with
  • لِأَجْل (liʔajl)in accordance with
  • بِوَاسِطَة (bi-wāsiṭa)via
  • بِـ (bi-)via
  • عَنّ طَرِيق (ʕann ṭarīq)via
Bengali মারফত
  • মারফত (marfot)via
Catalan per, per
  • perfor each
  • perused in expressing ratios of units
  • segonsin accordance with
  • viavia
Chinese Mandarin 每
  • 每 (měi)used in expressing ratios of units
Czech na, na
  • nafor each
  • naused in expressing ratios of units
  • zaused in expressing ratios of units
Dutch per
  • perfor each
Esperanto graŭ
  • graŭin accordance with
Estonian kohta
  • kohtafor each
Finnish per, jokaiselta
  • perfor each
  • jokaiseltafor each
  • perused in expressing ratios of units
  • mukaisestiin accordance with
  • kauttavia
French par, par
  • parfor each
  • parused in expressing ratios of units
  • àused in expressing ratios of units
  • auused in expressing ratios of units
  • selonin accordance with
  • suivantin accordance with
  • d'aprèsin accordance with
  • parvia
  • par voievia
  • viavia
German je, pro
  • jefor each
  • proused in expressing ratios of units
  • gemäßin accordance with
  • durchvia
Greek για κάθε, ανά
  • για κάθε (gia káthe)for each
  • ανά (aná)used in expressing ratios of units
  • τοις (tois)used in expressing ratios of units
Hebrew לכל, על פי
  • לכל (l'khol)for each
  • על פי (al pi)in accordance with
Italian per, al
  • perfor each
  • alfor each
  • secondoin accordance with
  • in accordoin accordance with
  • viavia
Japanese 毎
  • 毎 (mai)used in expressing ratios of units
Malay se-
  • se-for each
Norwegian Bokmål per
  • perfor each
Persian برای هر, در هر
  • برای هرfor each
  • در هرused in expressing ratios of units
Polish na, od
  • nafor each
  • odfor each
  • zgodnie zin accordance with
  • nain accordance with
Portuguese por, por
  • porfor each
  • porused in expressing ratios of units
  • porin accordance with
Russian в, в
  • в (v)for each
  • в (v)used in expressing ratios of units
  • согла́сно (soglásno)in accordance with
  • по (po)in accordance with
  • че́рез (čérez)via
Spanish por, por
  • porfor each
  • porused in expressing ratios of units
  • porin accordance with
  • segúnin accordance with
  • porvia
Swedish per, per
  • perfor each
  • perused in expressing ratios of units
  • enligtin accordance with
Thai ละ
  • ละ (lá)used in expressing ratios of units
Turkish başına, -de
  • başınafor each
  • -deused in expressing ratios of units
Ukrainian на, в
  • на (na)for each
  • в (v)used in expressing ratios of units
  • за (za)used in expressing ratios of units
Vietnamese mỗi, từng
  • mỗifor each
  • từngfor each
  • trênused in expressing ratios of units
  • mộtused in expressing ratios of units
  • theoin accordance with

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with per

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Sounds the same

purr (fern–fir–fur merger)pairparepear (all fair–fur merger)purr (fern–fir–fur merger)pairparepear (all fair–fur merger)purr (fern–fir–fur merger)pairparepear (all fair–fur merger)

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APA

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MLA

“per.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/per. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “per,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/per.

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