🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

período

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peˈɾi.du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Period/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O período de inscrições termina amanhã."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A particular length of time defined by certain features or events.

    "The country enjoyed a period of rapid economic growth during the 1990s."
  2. 2

    The punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a sentence or after an abbreviation.

    "Make sure to end every complete sentence with a period."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'period' originates from the Greek word 'periodos', meaning 'a going around' or 'cycle'. It evolved through Latin 'periodus' and Middle English, retaining the sense of a recurring interval of time.

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