périr
French, verb/pe.ʁiʁ/
périr is a French verb meaning “to perish; to die” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre fin ; cesser d’être”.
What does périr mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perish; to die
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre fin ; cesser d’être. 2. Avoir une fin malheureuse ou violente. 3. Être détruit, en parlant des choses. 4. Être ruiné ou anéanti.
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 périr
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- périssant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- péri participle past
- péris first-person indicative present
- périt indicative present singular
- périssons first-person indicative plural
- périssez indicative plural present
- périssent indicative plural present
- périssais first-person imperfect indicative
- périssait imperfect indicative singular
- périssions first-person imperfect indicative
- périssiez imperfect indicative plural
- périssaient imperfect indicative plural
- pérîmes first-person historic indicative
- pérîtes historic indicative past
- périrent historic indicative past
- périrai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce périr?
- /pe.ʁiʁ/
- \pe.ʁiʁ\
- [pe.ʁiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to périr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is périr in French?
périr appears 1.3 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).