péril
French, noun/pe.ʁil/
péril is spelled P-É-R-I-L (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péril is a French masculine noun meaning “peril, danger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danger, risque, état où il y a quelque chose de fâcheux à craindre”.
What does péril mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperil, danger
Near-synonyms: risque, danger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danger, risque, état où il y a quelque chose de fâcheux à craindre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of péril
- périls plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péril?
- /pe.ʁil/
- \pe.ʁil\
- [pe.ʁil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péril in French?
péril appears 8.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).