performance

• performaunce (obsolete)

perform +‎ -ance

• enPR: pər-fôrʹ-məns, IPA^(key): /pəɹ.ˈfɔɹ.məns/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [pə.ˈfɔː.məns]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [pɚ.ˈfɔɹ.məns]

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məns
• Hyphenation: per‧for‧mance

performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.

   the performance of an undertaking or a duty

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.

2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
3. (art) A live show or concert.
4. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

   Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources.

5. (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. w:linguistic performance.

• Adjectives often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.

• high-performance
• low-performance

• performant

Borrowed from English performance.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

performance f (plural performances)

1. (sports) performance

• “performance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from English performance.

performance f (invariable)

1. performance

• (the act of performing) esecuzione
• (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
• (show) esibizione

• perfórmance (uncommon)

Borrowed from English performance.

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)

• desempenho

Borrowed from English performance.

• IPA^(key): /perˈformans/, [perˈformãns]

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance art
2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)