Perse

See also: perse, persé, and per se

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”).

Proper noun

Perse

  1. (Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
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Etymology 2

A variant of Piers.

Proper noun

Perse

  1. A rare surname transferred from the given name.

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French

Etymology

From Latin, itself from Old Persian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛʁs/
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Proper noun

Perse f

  1. Persia

Noun

Perse m or f by sense (plural Perses)

  1. Persian person

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