see|peter|péter
English
rank|Michael|fee|excellent|998|Peter|instant|promised|anxious

Etymology
From Greek Πέ��ο� (Petros), from Ancient Greek �έ��α (petra) "stone, rock".

Pronunciation
(RP) IPA|/pi�t�/
audio|en-us-Peter.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun
book of the Bible|Epistle of Peter

1. given name|male.
2. biblical character The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
3. biblical The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Translations
trans-top |male given name - the standard or most popular form
Arabic: Arab|ب�تر, Arab|بطرس
Albanian: Pjetër
Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru
Belarusian: ����а (Piotra), ����о (Piatro)
Bosnian: Petar m
Bulgarian: ���
Catalan: Pere
Cornish: Peder
Croatian: Petar m
Czech: Petr m
Danish: Peter#Danish|Peter
Dutch: Peter#Dutch|Peter
Estonian: Peeter
Finnish: Pekka
French: Pierre
German: Peter#German|Peter
Hebrew: פ�ר (Peter)
Hungarian: Péter
Icelandic: Pétur m
Irish Gaelic: Peadar
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Italian: Pietro m
Japanese: ���� (Pīt�)
Latin: Petrus
Latvian: P�teris
Lithuanian: Petras
Maltese: Pietru
Norwegian: Peder, Peter#Norwegian|Peter, Petter
Polish: Piotr
Portuguese: Pedro
Romanian: Petru
Russian: ���� (Pjotr)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �е�а� m
:Roman: Petar m
Slovak: Peter#Slovak|Peter
Slovene: Peter
Spanish: Pedro
Swedish: Peter#Swedish|Peter
Ukrainian: �е��о (Petro)
Welsh: Pedr
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trans-top|the Apostle
Danish : #Danish|Peter
Estonian: Peetrus
Finnish: Pietari
French: Pierre
German: Petrus
trans-mid
Japanese: in Biblical contexts ��� (Petoro), ��� (Petero), ���� (Petorosu)
Latin: Petrus
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Peter
Swedish: Petrus
Tamil: (Raayappar) (Refers to biblical Peter, not a common name)
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trans-top|one of the epistles of Peter
Danish: Peter, Petersbrev; 1,2, Pet
Estonian: 1,2 Peetruse, 1,2 Pt
Finnish: Pietari, Pietarin kirje; 1,2 Piet.
French: 1,2 Pierre, 1,2 P
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German: (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, 1,2 Petr
Japanese: ������ (petero no tegami)
Norwegian: Peter, Peters 1./2.brev, 1,2 Pet
Swedish: Petrus, Petrusbrevet, 1,2 Pet.
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Amharic: (Petros)
Arabic: Arab|بطرس (bútrus)
Armenian: Õ�Õ¥Õ¿Ö�Õ¸Õ½ (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
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Hindi: Pathrus
Korean: 베�� (Bedeuro), ��루� (Peteuruseu), �� (Piteo)
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Derived terms
blue peter|Blue Peter

Quotations
1611 King James version of the Bible: Matthew 16:18:
::And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; --

Related terms
given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
feminine forms: Peta, Petra

See also
Petronella

Category:Greek derivations

Danish

Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun

1. biblical character|lang=da #English|Peter.
2. given name|male||da:.

::Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jag bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)

Related terms
variants: Peder, Per
feminine forms: Pernille, Petra

Dutch

Proper noun
infl|nl|proper noun

1. given name|male||nl:, cognate to Peter.

Related terms
Piet, Pieter.

German

Proper noun
Peter

1. given name|male||de:, cognate to Peter.

Related terms
biblical form: Petrus
feminine form: Petra

Norwegian

Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun

1. given name|male||no:.
2. biblical character|lang=no #English|Peter

::Og det sier jeg deg: Du er Peter; på denne klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke. Bibelen, Matteus 16:18 (1985 transl.)

Related terms
Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
feminine forms: Pernille, Petra, Petrine

Slovak

Proper noun
:Peter m, Petrovia p
:Petr stem
:Petra ''genitive s
:declension pattern chlap

1. given name|male||sk:, cognate to Peter#English|Peter.

Category:Slovak nouns
Category:Slovak proper nouns

Swedish

Proper noun
infl|sv|proper noun

1. given name|male||sv:, cognate to Peter#English|Peter.

Related terms
variants: Peder, Per, Percy, Petter, Petrus, Pierre, Pär
feminine forms: Pernilla, Petra, Petronella

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