From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], [fro], alteration of [en], [fro], from [fro] +
[fro], [fro], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en], [ine-pro]. Cognate
with [goh], [osx], [ang]. See also frame, from. Modernly, rather than
[gem-pro], associated with [la], analyzable as [en] + [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [pər-fôrmʹ]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [prĭ-fôrmʹ] [1]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To do (something); to execute .
2. * [en]
3. [en] To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
4. * [en]
1. [en] Of a man, to be able to initiate or fulfill an act of sexual intercourse .
5. [en] To act in a way set forth in a contract.
1. [en] To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
2. [en] To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
6. [en] To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
7. * [III]
8. [en] To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
9. * [en]
10. [en] Of a social actor , to behave in certain ways.
1. [en] To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
2. * [en]
3. [en] To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.
**** Conjugation
[old=1]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |performability|non-performing loan |performance |performant
|performative |performativity |performator |performer }}
**** Translations
[transitive: to do (something)]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] [task] , [fr] [calculation] , [fr] [calculation] , [fr] [miracle, promise]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: durchführen [experiment] , ausführen [task] , [de] , [de] [body movement] , [de] [miracle]
- Gothic: [got]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Mari
- Middle English: [enm]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Old Saxon: [osx] , [osx] , [osx]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn] , [scn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [quickly] , [es] [artfully]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[intransitive: to exhibit an expected pattern of behavior]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] [jargon] , [de] [informal]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[law: to act in accordance with]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
[law: to fulfill contractually agreed-to terms]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Sicilian: [scn]
[trans-bottom]
[to do something in front of an audience]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] ( _actor_ ), [fr] ( _dancer_ ), [fr] ( _singer_ ), [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] _a trick_ ; [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] [actor] , [es] [singer] , [es] [dancer] , [es] [musician] , [es] [musician] , [es] [actor] , [es] [actor] , [es] [United States] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to behave theatrically, to feign]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
[trans-bottom]
[social science: to behave in accordance with]
- Finnish: [fi] [+ -sti adverb]
[trans-bottom]
[social science: to behave in ways that carry meaning]
- Finnish: [fi] [with some kind of qualifier] , [fi] [assume (a role of some kind)]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
{{col|en |preform<qq:common misspelling of _perform_> |preformance<qq:common
misspelling of _performance_> }}
*** References
References:
[1]. [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Swahili
*** Etymology
[sw].
*** Verb
[sw-verb]
1. [sw] to perform
**** Conjugation
[sw-conj]