'peter

  • 71Peter — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le mot germanique Peter (Pierre en français) provient du latin Petrus. Il signifie à l origine pierre, mais en néerlandais il signifie également parrain.… …

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  • 72Peter — Dem Peter nehmen und dem Paul geben: es dem einen nehmen und dem andern geben; von dem einen etwas leihen, um den andern damit zu bezahlen. Diese ältere Redensart ist heute kaum noch üblich (vgl. englisch ›to rob Peter to pay Paul‹; französisch… …

    Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

  • 73péter — v.t. Faire éclater, briser : Péter une porte. / Il faut que ça pète ou que ça dise pourquoi, il faut que ça réussisse (dicton). / La péter, avoir très faim, la sauter. S en faire péter la sous ventrière, manger trop, sans retenue. / Faire péter… …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 74PETER A — SWITZERLAND (see also List of Individuals) 25.4.1882 Aarberg/CH 25.7.1953 Bern/CH Arthur Peter graduated as a civil engineer from the Swiss Polytechnic in 1905 and joined the Vereinigte Kanderund Hagneck Werke for seven years to contribute to the …

    Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

  • 75Peter IV — Spanish Pedro known as Peter the Cruel born Sept. 5, 1319, or Sept. 15, 1317, Balaguer, Catalonia died Jan. 5, 1387, Barcelona King of Aragon (1336–87). He took the Balearic Islands and Roussillon from Majorca (1343–44), defeated the Aragonese… …

    Universalium

  • 76Peter — One of the first of Jesus disciples to be called; originally Simon, but given the name Peter (Greek, ‘a rock’) or Cephas (Aramaic for ‘rock’, John 1:42), he was a Galilean fisherman, owning a boat which was a handy pulpit for Jesus (Luke 5:1–3)… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 77Peter — (first century)    Apostle.    According to the Gospel story, Peter was a Galilean fisherman who was called by Jesus to follow him and to become a fisher of men. His original name was Simon; Peter was a nickname meaning ‘rock’. He was the brother …

    Who’s Who in Christianity

  • 78PÉTER — v. n. (Plusieurs disent, Peter. ) Faire un pet. Prov., fig. et bass., Péter plus haut que le cul, Entreprendre des choses au dessus de ses forces ; Prendre des airs au dessus de son état. Il ne faut pas péter plus haut que le cul. PÉTER, se dit… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 79Peter — noun /piːtə/ a) The leading Apostle in the New Testament. She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michaels minds, while Wendys began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the… …

    Wiktionary

  • 80Peter — I Pe•ter [[t]ˈpi tər[/t]] n. 1) bib big Also called Simon Peter died a.d. 67?, one of the 12 apostles and the reputed author of two of the Epistles. 2) bib either of these two Epistles in the New Testament, I Peter or II Peter II Pe•ter [[t]ˈpi… …

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