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ally
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English allien, alien, from Old French alier (Modern Old French allier), from Latin allig? (“to bind to”), from ad (“to”) + lig? (“to bind”). Compare alligate, allay, alloy and ligament.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?l'?, IPA(key): /?æl.a?/ (noun, also used for the verb)
- enPR: ?l?', IPA(key): /??la?/ (verb, sometimes used for the noun)
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
ally (third-person singular simple present allies, present participle allying, simple past and past participle allied)
- (transitive) To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.
- O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied.
- (transitive) To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
- The virtue nearest to our vice allied.
Usage notes
- Generally used in the passive form or reflexively.
- Often followed by to or with.
Synonyms
- make common cause
Translations
Noun
ally (plural allies)
- A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate.
- A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary.
- 1857, Henry Thomas Buckle, History of Civilization in England:
- Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally.
- A person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
- An outside supporter of any demographic subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation.
- I'm glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
- 1857, Henry Thomas Buckle, History of Civilization in England:
- Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
- (taxonomy) A closely related species, usually within the same family.
- Gruiformes — cranes and allies
- (obsolete) A relative; a kinsman.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 1:
- This gentleman, the prince's near ally / My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt / In my behalf
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 1:
Related terms
- alliance
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Diminutive of alabaster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æli/
Noun
ally (plural allies)
- Alternative form of alley (a glass marble or taw)
References
- ally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Lyla, y'all, ya'll, yall
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pair
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /p??(?)/
- (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /p??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: pare, pear
Etymology 1
From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of p?r.
Noun
pair (plural pairs or (archaic or dialectal) pair)
- Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)
- A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- (card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
- (cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
- Synonyms: pair of spectacles, spectacles
- (baseball, informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- (baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
- (rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
- (slang) A pair of breasts
- (slang) A pair of testicles
- (Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
- Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
- There were two pairs on the final vote.
- (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
- (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
Usage notes
The usual plural of pair is pairs. This is a recent innovation; the plural pair was formerly predominant and may be found in older texts like "A Key to Joyce's Arithmetic" (compare Middle English paire, plural paire). That is, a native English speaker, back in the early 19th century, would say 20 pair of shoes, as opposed to today's 20 pairs of shoes. In colloquial or dialectal speech, forms such as 20 pair may still be found; because of their relegation to informal speech, they are now sometimes proscribed.
Synonyms
- (two objects in a group): duo, dyad, couple, brace, twosome, duplet; see also Thesaurus:duo
- (pair of breasts): See also Thesaurus:breasts
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pair (third-person singular simple present pairs, present participle pairing, simple past and past participle paired)
- (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
- If your computer has a built-in, non-Microsoft transceiver, you can pair the device directly to the computer by using your computer’s Bluetooth software configuration program but without using the Microsoft Bluetooth transceiver.
- (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- (politics, slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
Derived terms
Related terms
- parity
See also
- couple
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English pairen, peiren, shortened form of apeiren, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin pei?r?.
Verb
pair (third-person singular simple present pairs, present participle pairing, simple past and past participle paired)
- (obsolete, transitive) To impair, to make worse.
- Template:RQ:Fairy
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become worse, to deteriorate.
Anagrams
- PIRA, RIPA, Ripa, pari-, raip
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /p??i/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?i?/
- Rhymes: -i(?)
Verb
pair (first-person singular present paeixo, past participle paït)
- to digest
- Synonym: digerir
- to handle, to cope with
Conjugation
Further reading
- “pair” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pair” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pair” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pair” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin p?r (“equal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??/
Adjective
pair (feminine singular paire, masculine plural pairs, feminine plural paires)
- (of a number) even
- Antonym: impair
Derived terms
- aller de pair
- fonction paire
- nombre pair
Related terms
- parité
Noun
pair m (plural pairs)
- A peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
Derived terms
Antonyms
- pari m
Further reading
- “pair” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pari, pria, ripa
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French peur (“fear”), compare Haitian Creole pè.
Verb
pair
- to be afraid
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Middle English
Noun
pair
- Alternative form of paire
Romanian
Etymology
From French pair.
Noun
pair m (plural pairi)
- peer (noble)
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) pér
- (Surmiran) peir
Etymology
From Latin pirum.
Noun
pair m (plural pairs)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pear
Related terms
- paira
- pairer
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pai?r/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *k?aryos. Cognate with Irish coire.
Noun
pair m (plural peiri or peirau)
- cauldron, boiler
- furnace
Derived terms
- peiran
- peiriaid
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pair
- (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of peri
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “pair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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