percer
Meaning
- (transitive) to pierce
- (figuratively, intransitive) to make it, to have one's breakthrough
Concepts
make a hole
wage war
bore a hole
drill out
dig through
be omitted
Franklin Pierce
poke in
President Pierce
Synonyms
passer à travers
se distinguer
Petăr Fărtunov
Pierce
poindre
resolve
pierce
se montrer
avoir une fuite
donner un coup
faire un trou
s’échapper
se révéler
s’infiltrer
creuser à travers
piquer avec un dard
faire la guerre
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛʁ.se/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French percier, from Vulgar Latin *pertusiāre, from Latin pertusus (“perforated”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-dʰh₁- (“to pierce, strike”). Compare Italian pertugiare.
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