"perilous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.ləs/, /pɛɹ.l̩.əs/ Audio: en-us-perilous.ogg [US] Forms: more perilous [comparative], most perilous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, from the noun peril, or from Latin perīculōsus. Doublet of periculous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|id=risk}}, {{inh|en|enm|perilous}} Middle English perilous, {{der|en|fro|perilleus}} Old French perilleus, {{m|fro|peril}} peril, {{der|en|la|perīculōsus}} Latin perīculōsus, {{doublet|en|periculous}} Doublet of periculous Head templates: {{en-adj}} perilous (comparative more perilous, superlative most perilous)
  1. Dangerous, full of peril. Synonyms: perelles [obsolete], perillous [archaic], perlous [obsolete], per'lous [poetic] Derived forms: perilously Related terms: imperil, peril Translations (dangerous, full of peril): опасен (opasen) (Bulgarian), рискован (riskovan) (Bulgarian), perillós (Catalan), ᎦᎾᏰᎩ (ganayegi) (Cherokee), farlig (Danish), gevaarlijk (Dutch), vaarallinen (Finnish), hengenvaarallinen (Finnish), périlleux (French), gefährlich (German), gefahrvoll (German), επικίνδυνος (epikíndynos) (Greek), veszélyes (Hungarian), veszedelmes (Hungarian), kockázatos (Hungarian), hættulegur (Icelandic), háskalegur (Icelandic), pericoloso (Italian), rischioso [masculine] (Italian), 危ない (Japanese), perīculōsus (Latin), о́пасен (ópasen) (Macedonian), ри́зичен (rízičen) (Macedonian), farlig (Norwegian Bokmål), farefull (Norwegian Bokmål), farefull (Norwegian Nynorsk), perilhós [masculine] (Occitan), roakboa (Plautdietsch), niebezpieczny [masculine] (Polish), periculoso (Portuguese), arriscado [masculine] (Portuguese), perigoso [masculine] (Portuguese), опа́сный (opásnyj) (Russian), риско́ванный (riskóvannyj) (Russian), peligroso (Spanish), farlig (Swedish), tehlikeli (Turkish), סכּנהדיק (sakonedik, sekonedik) (Yiddish)

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      "sense": "dangerous, full of peril",
      "word": "peligroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dangerous, full of peril",
      "word": "farlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dangerous, full of peril",
      "word": "tehlikeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sakonedik, sekonedik",
      "sense": "dangerous, full of peril",
      "word": "סכּנהדיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perilous"
}

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