From Middle English perspective, attested since 1381, from Old French - or Middle French -, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva, the feminine of Latin perspectivus, from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere ("to inspect, look through"), itself from per- ("through") + specere ("to look at"); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto ("prospect").

• (America) IPA: /pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/

perspective

1. A view, vista or outlook.
2. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
4. (dated) An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
5. (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
6. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
7. A perspective glass.
   • 1645, Joseph Hall, The Peace-Maker:

     […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]

8. A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.

• German: Aussicht
• Italian: prospettiva
• Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
• Russian: перспекти́ва
• Spanish: perspectiva

• German: Perspektive
• Italian: prospettiva
• Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
• Russian: перспекти́ва
• Spanish: perspectiva

• German: Perspektive
• Italian: prospettiva
• Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
• Russian: перспекти́ва
• Spanish: perspectiva

• German: Perspektive
• Italian: prospettiva
• Portuguese: perspectiva (Brazil), perspetiva (Portugal)
• Russian: перспекти́ва

perspective (not comparable)

1. Of, in or relating to perspective.

   a perspective drawing

2. (obsolete) Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seeming Wise”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC ↗:

     perspective glasses

• French: perspectif
• Portuguese: perspectivo, perspéctico