Polyglot Dictionary

péril

/peʁil/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
périls

Meaning

  1. peril

    • Les marins ont bravé mille périls.

      The sailors braved a thousand perils.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

risque

Close synonyms for "peril, risk."

Similar in other languages

German

Gefährdung

Gefährdung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "peril, threat."

English

hazard

Close — a peril relates to a hazard.

English

risk

Close — peril relates to risk.

Practice

1 What does péril mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les marins ont bravé mille ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches péril?

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