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perception
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French perception, from Latin percepti? (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipi? (“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
Noun
perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Conscious understanding of something.
- perception of time
- Vision (ability)
- Acuity
- (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
Synonyms
- ken
Related terms
- perceive
- percept
- perceptual
Derived terms
- petite perception
Translations
Further reading
- perception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- preception
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin percepti?, percepti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
perception f (plural perceptions)
- tax collection
- perception (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- petite perception (philosophy)
Related terms
- percevoir
References
- “perception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
perception From the web:
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grandeur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???æn.d??/, /???æn.d???/, /???æn.d(j)??/, /???æn.d(j)?/
- Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)
Noun
grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)
- The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
- Nobility (state of being noble).
- (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Old French grandur, from grand +? -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.dœ?/
- Homophone: grandeurs
Noun
grandeur f (plural grandeurs)
- size
- (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
- (astronomy) magnitude
- grandeur
Derived terms
- folie des grandeurs
- grandeur d'âme
- grandeur nature
- ordre de grandeur
See also
- taille
- largeur
- hauteur
Further reading
- “grandeur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French grandur.
Noun
grandeur f (plural grandeurs)
- size
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