1. (n.)peril exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy.
2. peril something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction.
3. (v.t.)peril to imperil.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < OF < L perīculum trial, test, danger)
Definition of 'peril'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
2. (noun)riskiness, peril a state of danger involving risk
3. (verb)risk, peril, danger a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
4. (verb)endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril pose a threat to; present a danger to "The pollution is endangering the crops"
5. (verb)queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Definitions of peril 
Afrikaans: gevaar
Arabic: خَطَر
Bulgarian: опасност
Brazilian: perigo
Czech: nebezpečí
German: die Gefahr
Danish: fare
Greek: κίνδυνος
Spanish: peligro
Estonian: (surma)oht
Farsi: خطر
Finnish: vaara
French: péril
Hebrew: סַכָּנָה
Hindi: जोखिम, बड़ा खतरा
Croatian: opasnost, pogibao
Hungarian: veszély
Indonesian: bahaya
Icelandic: hætta, háski
Italian: pericolo, rischio
Japanese: 危険
Korean: 위험
Lithuanian: pavojus, rizikinga situac
Latvian: briesmas; risks
Malay: bahaya besar
Dutch: gevaar
Norwegian: fare
Polish: niebezpieczeństwo
Persian: خطر
Pashto: ډار، ويره، خطر
Portuguese: perigo
Romanian: pericol
Russian: опасность
Slovak: nebezpečenstvo
Slovenian: nevarnost
Serbian: opasnost
Swedish: fara, våda
Thai: ภัยอันตราย
Turkish: büyük tehlike
Taiwanese: (嚴重的)危險
Ukrainian: небезпека; ризик
Urdu: خطرہ
Vietnamese: sự nguy hiểm
Chinese: 极大危险
