periferia

Internationalism (see English periphery), ultimately from Late Latin peripherīa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈperiferiɑ/, [ˈpe̞riˌfe̞riɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

periferia

1. periphery, fringe (region)

   Suomi sijaitsee lähellä Maan periferia.

   Finland is located near the fringe of Earth.

• syrjäseutu

• “periferia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈfeɾja/ [pe.ɾiˈfe.ɾjɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

From peri- +‎ feria.

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.feˈri.a/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧rì‧a

periferia f (plural periferie)

1. outskirts, suburbs
2. fringe, periphery

• periferico

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧fe‧ri‧a

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. (Brazil) suburbs (the collection of poor neighborhoods in the outskirts of a big city)

   Synonym: subúrbio

• “periferia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “periferia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Late Latin peripherīa, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “circumference, outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, circular, round”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “to carry around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈfeɾja/ [pe.ɾiˈfe.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧fe‧ria

periferia f (plural periferias)

1. periphery

• “periferia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025