perse
French, noun
perse is spelled P-E-R-S-E (5 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perse is a French masculine noun meaning “Persian (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Perse is a different word: “Persian person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée dans la Perse antique”.
What does perse mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Persian
noun
- 1
masculinePersian (language)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinePersian person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue parlée dans la Perse antique.
noun: 1. Toile peinte et glacée, dont on pensait au XVIIIᵉ siècle qu’elle était importée de Perse alors qu’en réalité elle venait d’Inde. 2. Nom donné à toute passementerie multicolore.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne la Perse antique, son peuple ou sa langue.
noun: 1. Habitant de la Perse.
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 perse
- perses plural
- Perses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to perse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perse in French?
perse appears 4.6 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).