periphery

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
3. The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

Sinonieme

perimeter

circumference

edge

fringe

border

boundary

surroundings

rim

outskirts

ambit

side

compass

🧭

district

suburb

precinct

brim

brink

contour

welt

outer boundary

margin

circuit

environs

tip

tree top

nonessentials

circum

outer area

ambitus

area

around

bank

🏦

borderline

borough

bounds

circle

⭕

country

frontier

girth

land

minor details

nation

outline

outside

province

purlieu

region

round

state

territory

Vertalings

périphérie

periferia

buitenkant

omtrek

periferie

rand

Umfang

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈɹɪfəɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Ancient Greek περί (perí)
Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)
Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor.
Latin peripheriabor.
Middle French peripheriebor.
English periphery
Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.