how to pronounce peter

/ˈpiː.tə/

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peter is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of peter in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… i think your sir peter you have heard of …”

meanings of peter

name:

A male given name from Ancient Greek.
The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
A patronymic surname.
The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

noun:

A safe.
The penis.

verb:

Synonym of blue peter.
To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

peter frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word peter occurs in english on average 124.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.