English
Etymology
From L. term|per se||by itself|langla, from term|per||by, through|langla, and term|se||itself, himself, herself, themselves|lang=la.
Pronunciation
IPA|pɹ��sej
Adverb
en-adv|pos=per se|-
- By itself; without consideration of extraneous factors.
Usage notes
Because this is a Latin phrase, it is usually italicized when written.
Translations
trans-top|by itself
Dutch: t-|nl|op zich, t+|nl|per se
Estonian: iseendast
French: en soi
Finnish: t-|fi|sinänsä
trans-mid
German: t+|de|per se
Icelandic: à sjálfu sér, út af fyrir sig
Spanish: t-|es|per se
ttbc|Hebrew: Likh-she-ats-mo ��שעצ��
trans-bottom
Dutch
Etymology
From L.|nl term|per se||by itself|langla, from term|per||by, through|langla, and term|se||itself, himself, herself, themselves|lang=la.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�r �se/
Alternative spellings
i|obsolete since spelling reform of 1995 persé
Adverb
per se
- necessarily, absolutely, without fail
- context|rarely|lang=nl #English|per se
Usage notes
The �necessity meaning� is the usual one, the original Latin meaning as in English is rarely used and can be misunderstood.
Latin
Adverb
per se
- per se
- by itself
- through itself
de:per se
nl:per se
ru:per se
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