English

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Peta
• Petronella

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πέτρα ‎(pétra, “rock”).

Proper noun

Petra

1. An ancient city in Jordan, now an archeological site.

Anagrams

• apert, apter, pater, prate, preta, repat, taper, trape

Czech

Proper noun

Petra f

1. A female given name, cognate to Petra

Danish

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name, feminine of Peter.

Faroese

Proper noun

Petra f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Petra: Petruson
• daughter of Petra: Petrudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from German or Swedish Petra in the 20th century. Sometimes associated with dialectal Finnish petra ‎(“deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpetrɑ]
• Hyphenation: Pet‧ra

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name.

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːtʀa/

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

Latin

Proper noun

Petra f ‎(genitive Petrae); first declension

1. A place name.
2. A post-classical female given name, the feminine form of Petrus.

Inflection

First declension.

References

• Petra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Petra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

Swedish

Proper noun

Petra

1. A female given name, feminine form of Peter.

English

Noun

petra

1. stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209:

     Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.

Anagrams

• apert, apter, pater, prate, preta, repat, taper, trape

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tʁa/

Pronoun

petra

1. what?

Finnish

Noun

petra

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of peura

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

petra ‎(plural petras)

1. stone

Latin

Etymology

A late borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα ‎(pétra, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛ.tra]

Noun

petra f ‎(genitive petrae); first declension

1. stone, rock

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• Petrus
• sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; possibly "salt of Petra")

Descendants

References

• petra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• petra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PETRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “petra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• petra in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• petra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• petra in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• petra in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin petra.

Noun

petra f

1. stone