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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpiːtə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈpitɚ/, [ˈpʰitɚ], [ˈpʰiɾɚ]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈpiːtə/
• 韻: -iːtə(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: PETA, pita (Received Pronunciation), peter, ptr

名詞

Peter

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

   Synonym: Papa

固有名詞

Peter (countable and uncountable, plural Peters)

Epistle of Peter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Peter on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993:

     She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.

   • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:

     What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,

   • 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN‎:

     Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”

2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
3. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Pet.

4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.

   Synonym: Petersboro

派生語

関連する語

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

参考

• Petrock
• Petronella

アナグラム

• Peret, Petre, Prete, peert, petre, repet.

語源

From 古期英語 Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈpeːtər/

固有名詞

Peter (genitive singular Petres)

1. Peter
   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 29 May 2019:

     Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.

     "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."

関連する語

• Petres peny

派生した語

• English: Peter
• Scots: Peter
• Yola: Beedher, Peedher, Peether

参照

• “Pẹ̄ter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.