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Meaning of "peripetia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIPETIA

peripetia  [ˌpɛrɪpɪˈtɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIPETIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peripetia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERIPETIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peripeteia

Peripeteia /ˌpɛrəpɨˈtaɪ.ə/ is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature. The English form of peripeteia is peripety.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIPETIA


banqueteer
ˌbæŋkwɪˈtɪə
budgeteer
ˌbʌdʒɪˈtɪə
circuiteer
ˌsɜːkɪˈtɪə
corsetier
ˌkɔːsɪˈtɪə
eyeleteer
ˌaɪlɪˈtɪə
free-marketeer
ˌfriːmɑːkɪˈtɪə
gadgeteer
ˌɡædʒɪˈtɪə
gazetteer
ˌɡæzɪˈtɪə
marketeer
ˌmɑːkɪˈtɪə
muleteer
ˌmjuːlɪˈtɪə
musketeer
ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə
pamphleteer
ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə
profiteer
ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə
pulpiteer
ˌpʊlpɪˈtɪə
puppeteer
ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə
racketeer
ˌrækɪˈtɪə
rocketeer
ˌrɒkɪˈtɪə
sonneteer
ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə
summiteer
ˌsʌmɪˈtɪə
targeteer
ˌtɑːɡɪˈtɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIPETIA

peripatetic
peripatetical
peripatetically
peripateticism
peripatus
peripeteia
peripeteian
peripetian
peripety
peripheral
peripheral device
peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour
peripheral unit
peripheral vision
peripherality
peripherally
peripheric
peripherical
peripheries
periphery

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIPETIA

aubretia
aubrietia
godetia
Helvetia
Ingushetia
Lucretia
Lutetia
montbretia
North Ossetia
Ossetia
retia
Rhaetia
South Ossetia
Venetia

Synonyms and antonyms of peripetia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peripetia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERIPETIA

Find out the translation of peripetia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peripetia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peripetia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

peripetia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peripetia
570 millions of speakers

English

peripetia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

peripetia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

peripetia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перипетии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peripetia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

peripetia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péripétie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peripetia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

peripetia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

peripetia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

peripetia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peripetia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân vật trong tiểu thuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

peripetia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिपिटीया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peripetia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peripetia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peripetia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перипетії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peripeteia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

peripetia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

peripetia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

peripetia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peripetia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peripetia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPETIA»

The term «peripetia» is used very little and occupies the 166.418 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPETIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peripetia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIPETIA»

Discover the use of peripetia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peripetia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gerardus Joannes Vossius: Poeticarum Institutionum Libri ...
§§22—24 Recognition and peripetia are connected, but can occur separately in a plot; here, recognition will be treated in combination with peripetia. Recognition is a delight in itself because is causes admiratio. For the latter see also above, ...
Jan Bloemendal, 2010
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A Critical Bibliography of French Literature
Peripetia, in singular, is a reversal of fortune; in plural, peripetias serve to trans- slate the perturbations of the play. Author specifies, contrary to Scherer, that the peripetia is one or several unexpected consequences of the intentions and actions ...
H. Gaston Hall, Richard A. Brooks, David Clark Cabeen, 1983
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
Brucker's Hist. of Philos. by Enfield. Mosheinfis Eccl. Hist. See AmsToTLE. PERIPETIA, Hepr-Tflstoc, in the Drama, that part of a - tragedy in which the action is turned, the plot unrayelled, and the whole concludes. The word is formed from the ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Pastoral Drama and Healing in Early Modern Italy
masterful use of the fashionable peripetia, cleverly inscribed within a general dynamics of danger, where probable death substitutes actual death. Much the same could be said about the Aminta. In fact, both Aminta's naturally unrestrained love ...
Dr Federico Schneider, 2013
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A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades
From. Peripetia. to. Plot. Point: Heinrich. Lautensack and ZWEIMAL GELEBT ( 1912) Jilrgen Kasten In German cinema history 1912 was to he the year of the two-acter. Films of over 600 metres in length were marketed as blockbusters, and in ...
Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Wedel, 1996
6
Palimpsest: A Novel
But, of course, for the ancient Greeks adventure or peripetia had unforeseeable outcomes, it was dangerous and troublesome, yeah, the Odyssey again, and it led to pathos. That's why today the word peripetia often connotes an erotic affair.
Kathryn Koromilas, 2010
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The monthly review, or, literary journal
The simple action, connected and uniform, has the transition ps fortune without peripetia, or discovery. Mr. Pye, ia the note, observes that, ' By Peripetia, is meant a sudden and unexpected revolution! of fortune. The complex fable is that, where  ...
‎1789
8
The Poetic of Aristotle Translated from the Greek, with ...
C H A P. Xs. OF THE PERIPETIA, DISCOVBRY, AND PATHOS. w HE peripetia, as has already been defined, is a sudden revolution of fortune in the persons acting, necessarily or probably arismg from the incidents. As in the ffidipus, a person ...
Aristotle, Henry James PYE, 1788
9
Chiem Van Houweninge: Double Trouble : Writing and Filming
The first one he calls peripetia, or surprise; for the second he uses the term syllogism, or closure. In the preparatory stage of a joke or metaphor an expectation is created which in the second stage is countermanded or denied: this produces ...
Thomas Elsaesser, Robert Kievit, Jan Simons, 1994
10
The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics ... Translated ...
But I call the action simple, from which taking place, as it has been defined, with continuity and unity, there is a transition without peripetia, or recognition. And I call the action complex, from which there is a transition, together with recognition,  ...
Aristotle, 1818

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIPETIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peripetia is used in the context of the following news items.
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UNSC's "Genocide" Vote on Bosnia meant to Justify NATO's Bombing
“Let the historians analyze the peripetia and the genesis of the conflict, including the role of different countries and unions, who made the hasty ... «MINA, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peripetia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peripetia>. May 2024 ».
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