perse
/pɜːs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
name
A rare surname transferred from the given name.
Etymology
From Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formed from Persicus (“Persian”), from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós). Compare peach.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɜːs/
- British English: /pɜːs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Persa
Synonyms
Perseis