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Petra

Petra

See also: petra

English

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name.
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, rock).

Proper noun

Petra

  1. An ancient city in Jordan, now an archeological site.

Anagrams


Czech

Proper noun

Petra f

  1. A female given name, cognate to Petra

Danish

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name, feminine of Peter.

Faroese

Proper noun

Petra f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Petra: Petruson
  • daughter of Petra: Petrudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Petra
Accusative Petru
Dative Petru
Genitive Petru

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from German or Swedish Petra in the 20th century. Sometimes associated with dialectal Finnish petra (deer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpetrɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Pet‧ra

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Inflection of Petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Petra Petrat
genitive Petran Petrojen
partitive Petraa Petroja
illative Petraan Petroihin
singular plural
nominative Petra Petrat
accusative nom. Petra Petrat
gen. Petran
genitive Petran Petrojen
Petrainrare
partitive Petraa Petroja
inessive Petrassa Petroissa
elative Petrasta Petroista
illative Petraan Petroihin
adessive Petralla Petroilla
ablative Petralta Petroilta
allative Petralle Petroille
essive Petrana Petroina
translative Petraksi Petroiksi
instructive Petroin
abessive Petratta Petroitta
comitative Petroineen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːtʀa/

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

Latin

Proper noun

Petra f (genitive Petrae); first declension

  1. A place name.
  2. A post-classical female given name, the feminine form of Petrus.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Petra
genitive Petrae
dative Petrae
accusative Petram
ablative Petrā
vocative Petra

References


Norwegian

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

Swedish

Proper noun

Petra

  1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

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petra

See also: Petra

English

Noun

petra

  1. stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209:
      Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.

Anagrams


Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.tʁa/

Pronoun

petra

  1. what?

Finnish

Noun

petra

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of peura

Declension

Inflection of petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative petra petrat
genitive petran petrojen
partitive petraa petroja
illative petraan petroihin
singular plural
nominative petra petrat
accusative nom. petra petrat
gen. petran
genitive petran petrojen
petrainrare
partitive petraa petroja
inessive petrassa petroissa
elative petrasta petroista
illative petraan petroihin
adessive petralla petroilla
ablative petralta petroilta
allative petralle petroille
essive petrana petroina
translative petraksi petroiksi
instructive petroin
abessive petratta petroitta
comitative petroineen

Interlingua

Noun

petra (plural petras)

  1. stone

Latin

Etymology

A late borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, stone, rock).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛ.tra]

Noun

petra f (genitive petrae); first declension

  1. stone, rock

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative petra petrae
genitive petrae petrārum
dative petrae petrīs
accusative petram petrās
ablative petrā petrīs
vocative petra petrae

Derived terms

  • Petrus
  • sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra")

Descendants

References


Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin petra.

Noun

petra f

  1. stone