peril

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹɪl/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹəl/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪl, -ɛɹəl === Noun === peril (countable and uncountable, plural perils) A situation of serious and immediate danger. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. ==== Synonyms ==== danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat See also Thesaurus:danger ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== imperil perilous ==== Translations ==== === Verb === peril (third-person singular simple present perils, present participle (US) periling or (UK) perilling, simple past and past participle (US) periled or (UK) perilled) (transitive) To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. [from 16th c.] 1830, Robert Hayne, Speech in the United States Senate: And are we, Mr. President, who stood by our country then, who threw open our coffers, who bared our bosoms, who freely perilled all in that conflict, to be reproached with want of attachment to the Union? === Anagrams === piler, plier, prile == Middle English == === Alternative forms === perile, periil, perel, peryle, pereyl, parelle, peryl, perell, perill, parell, pereil === Etymology === From Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛril/, /pɛˈriːl/, /ˈpɛrəl/, /ˈparəl/ === Noun === peril (plural perilles) Danger, risk, peril; something that is potentially harmful or risky: A location where danger, risk, or peril is present or likely. A thing or enterprise which creates peril; anything which creates or which is of peril. Sinfulness; religious threat or danger. (Late Middle English) Bad fortune; unluckiness or mischance. ==== Related terms ==== perilous perilously ==== Descendants ==== English: peril Scots: peril ==== References ==== “perī̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 July 2018. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin perīculum. === Noun === peril oblique singular, m (oblique plural periz or perilz, nominative singular periz or perilz, nominative plural peril) peril; hazard; danger ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: peril English: peril Scots: peril French: péril Norman: péthi (Jersey)