peregrine
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Old French [Term?], from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɹɪɡɹɪn/
Adjective
peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)
- Wandering, travelling, migratory.
- The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.
- Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
- (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential dignity or debility.
- Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
- Francis Bacon
- peregrine and preternatural heat
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
- As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.
- Francis Bacon
Noun
peregrine (plural peregrines)
- The peregrine falcon.
- (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than their own.
Synonyms
- (foreigner): alien, outlander, strangeling; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
Latin
Portuguese
Verb
peregrine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of peregrinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of peregrinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of peregrinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of peregrinar
Spanish
Verb
peregrine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
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