Dictionary

perimeter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [-ɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpɹɪm.ɪ.tə/ (Australia)
• /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɪˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈɹɪm.ɪ.təɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
• [-ɾɚ] (Australia)

Etymology

From Latin perimetros, Ancient Greek περίμετρος (perímetros). Equivalent to peri- + meter.

Meanings

1. The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
2. The length of such a boundary.
3. The outer limits of an area.
   • In 1977, Papa Wemba decided to change the name of his housing tract, in the outskirts of Kinshasa, to Village Molokai,² of which he declared himself traditional chief. Then, within this perimeter, he advocated a clothing style that featured, among its distinctions, a beret, and that went along with a way of walking, talking, and behaving toward others. 2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182:
   • Assuming her daughter had gone inside to escape the rain, she asked the store clerk if Jo-Anne was waiting inside. The clerk answered that she was no longer there. Visibly panicked, both split up and began scouring the parking lot and the building’s perimeter. They checked behind the store, trash bins, and around the payphone booth, yelling Jo-Anne’s name into the rain. 2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026:
4. A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
5. An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.

Forms

Deriveds

perimeter fence · perimetrical · perimetric · perimeterless · perimetrically · perimeter check · microperimeter · semiperimeter · isoperimeter · deperimeterization

Synonyms

circumference · circumference · premises (given grounds)

Translations (87)

pl perymetr (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · hu kerület (length of such a boundary) · hi परिधि (outer limits of an area) · nb omkrets (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ta சுற்றளவு (length of such a boundary) · pt perímetro (outer limits of an area) · gl perímetro (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ta சுற்றளவு (outer limits of an area) · be перы́метр (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · bg периме́тър (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · nl omgeving (length of such a boundary) · ml ചുറ്റളവ് (outer limits of an area) · pt perímetro (length of such a boundary) · ja 周囲長 (length of such a boundary) · es perímetro (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · hi परिमाप (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · he היקף (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · fi ulkoreuna (outer limits of an area) · pl granica (outer limits of an area) · grc περίμετρος (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · de Umfang (length of such a boundary) · mk периме́тар (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ko 주위 (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · is ummál (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · pl obwód (length of such a boundary) · ru пери́метр (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · cs obvod (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ru пери́метр (length of such a boundary) · ko 둘레 (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · kn ಸುತ್ತಳತೆ (length of such a boundary) · hu kerület (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · hi परिधि (length of such a boundary) · sh òbim (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · vi chu vi (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · fr périmètre (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · da perimeter (outer limits of an area) · bg периме́тър (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · de Umfang (outer limits of an area) · pt perímetro (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · fa محیط (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · sv omkrets (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · da omkreds (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · fi reuna (outer limits of an area) · nl perimeter (length of such a boundary) · fi kehä (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ka პერიმეტრი (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · hy պարագիծ (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · hi परिमाप (length of such a boundary) · hi परिधि (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · bg въ́ншна гра́ница (outer limits of an area) · ro perimetru (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · pl obwód (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · da omkreds (outer limits of an area) · fr périmètre (length of such a boundary) · cmn 周長 /周长 (length of such a boundary) · da perimeter (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · tl perimetro (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · el περίμετρος (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · pl obrzeże (outer limits of an area) · nl omtrek (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ml ചുറ്റളവ് (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · gl perímetro (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · da omkreds (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · is jaðar (outer limits of an area) · cmn 周邊 /周边 (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · sl obseg (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · sh о̀бим (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · nl omtrek (length of such a boundary) · sh о̏псе̄г (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · he הֶקֵּף (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · pt perímetro (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) · sk obvod (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · it perimetro (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ca perímetre (length of such a boundary) · de Umfang (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ca perímetre (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · sh ȍpsēg (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · tl perimetro (length of such a boundary) · be пэры́мэтар (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ar مُحِيط (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · tl perimetro (outer limits of an area) · uk пери́метр (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · gl perímetro (length of such a boundary) · ja 周囲 (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · ta சுற்றளவு (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · nl perimeter (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) · bg обико́лка (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object)