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feminine

/pe.ʁjɔd/

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Translation

period, spell, time

Word origin

From Latin periodus, from Greek periodos ('a going round, a circuit'), from peri- ('around') and hodos ('way, path'). A period was first a full circuit of time before it became any stretch of it.

Origin
Greek
Root
periodos
English cognates
period, periodic, method, exodus

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpériodes

Examples

Cette .

That period of my life was difficult.

inscriptions .

Registration stays open for a two-week period.

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The exam period starts in May.

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He is going through a bad spell.

cette , .

During that period, the country was at war.

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This word is part of lesson 36.