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How to pronounce per
Say it like this: /pɜː/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does per mean?
prepFor each.
“$2.50 per dozen”
To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
“12 inches per foot”
By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).
“Introduce the endoscope per nasum.”
pronThey (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
“"Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.”
detBelonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
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