different between multipara vs para

English

Noun

multipara (plural multiparas or multiparae)

1. A woman who has given birth to more than one child.

Synonyms

• multip

Related terms

• nullipara

Italian

Etymology

multi- +? -para

Adjective

multipara f (plural multipare) (feminine only)

1. multiparous

   Synonym: pluripara

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/?????, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pä?r?, IPA^(key): /?p????/
• (US) enPR: pär??, IPA^(key): /?p????/

Noun

para (plural paras)

1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Translations

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Pronunciation

Noun

para (plural paras)

1. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Related terms

• multipara
• nullipara
• primipara

See also

• gravida

Etymology 3

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??r?, IPA^(key): /?pæ??/

Noun

para (plural paras)

1. Clipping of paragraph.
2. Clipping of paratrooper.
3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
4. Clipping of paraplegic.
   • 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain (ed.), Foucault and the Government of Disability

     The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??r?, IPA^(key): /?pæ??/

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

1. (Britain, Australia, slang) very drunk

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

Anagrams

• AARP, ARPA, Paar, Rapa, apar

'Are'are

Noun

para

1. fishhook

Verb

para

1. be white

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Albanian

Etymology 1

Back formation from përpara, from Proto-Albanian *p?r-par?-a, from Proto-Indo-European *pr?H-e/o-s (“before, in front”)

Preposition

para (+ablative)

1. before

2. ago

3. (physical position) in front of

4. (presence) in front of, in the presence of

Related terms

• përpara

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Noun

para f (indefinite plural para, definite singular paraja, definite plural paratë)

1. money

Asturian

Verb

para

1. third-person singular present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular imperative of parar

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Verb

para (parà)

1. to erase

Etymology 2

Verb

para (pára)

1. to flag a vehicle

Catalan

Verb

para

1. third-person singular present indicative form of parar
2. second-person singular imperative form of parar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Verb

para

1. to flag down; to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
2. to signal a driver to stop in order for one to alight a vehicle

Preposition

para

1. for

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Noun

para

1. cash, money

Declension

Synonyms

• aqça

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

para f or m (plural para's)

1. para (paratrooper)

Synonyms

• paratroeper
• paracommando

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro (“pair”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?para/
• Hyphenation: par?a
• Rhymes: -ara

Adjective

para (accusative singular paran, plural paraj, accusative plural parajn)

1. even (not odd)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?r?/, [?p?r?]
• Rhymes: -?r?
• Syllabification: pa?ra

Noun

para

1. (witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

Declension

Derived terms

• paranvoi

Anagrams

• arpa, rapa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

para

1. third-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

• râpa

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pera, para, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Alternative forms

• pra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p???], [p??]

Preposition

para

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)
2. for (to obtain)
3. to, toward (indicating destination)
4. for (by the standards of)
5. (after a form of estar) about to

Usage notes

In spoken language this preposition frequently contracts with the next word, especially with articles and pronouns, but today these contraction are not usually represented in the written language.

Derived terms

• pró

Etymology 2

Back-formation from parar (“to prepare”). Cognate with Portuguese apara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pa??]

Noun

para f (plural paras)

1. peeling (of a fruit, vegetable, cheese)

   Synonyms: carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pela, peladura, peleca, plana, tona

2. shaving, woodshaving

   Synonyms: labra, lasca

Related terms

References

• “para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “para” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “para” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “para” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gamo

Noun

para

1. horse

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Guaraní

Noun

para

1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?r?]
• Hyphenation: pa?ra
• Rhymes: -r?

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

2. suber, cork

Declension

Derived terms

• parás

(Compound words):

• parafa
• paratölgy

Etymology 2

Perhaps from paranoia.

Noun

para

2. (slang) fear

   Synonyms: félelem, rettegés

Declension

Derived terms

• parázik

Adjective

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

1. (slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark

   Synonyms: félelmetes, rémiszt?, ijeszt?, baljós

Declension

Etymology 3

From paraméter.

Noun

para

2. (slang) (physical) parameter (height, weight, and age, often asked at the beginning of online dating)

   Synonym: paraméter

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (para, “money”), from Persian ????? (pâre, “piece”).

Noun

para (plural parák)

2. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

Derived terms

• parányi

Ido

Adjective

para

1. (mathematics) even

Antonyms

• nepara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (para, “other”).

Adverb

para

1. some, the (when talking about people)

Article

para

1. the

Noun

para (first-person possessive paraku, second-person possessive paramu, third-person possessive paranya)

1. present (person)
2. joint, shared

See also

• itu

Italian

Noun

para f (plural pare)

1. crepe rubber
2. crepe (for shoes)
3. (slang) paranoia

Verb

para

1. third-person singular present indicative of parare
2. second-person singular imperative of parare

Anagrams

• apra, arpa, rapa

Javanese

Article

para

1. marker of group or collectivity

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese parar.

Verb

para

1. to stop

Latin

Verb

par?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of par?

References

• para in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• para in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Lithuanian

Noun

para f

1. 24 hours (day)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• parene

Noun

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

para

1. other, another
2. alien
3. outsider
4. further (on)

Declension

References

• “para”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

Noun

para

1. bird

Etymology 2

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

Verb

para

1. to stop
2. to stand

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.ra/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *par?.

Noun

para f

1. (uncountable) steam, water in gaseous phase
2. (uncountable) breath

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle High German pâr (German Paar), from Latin p?r.

Noun

para f

1. couple (two partners in a romantic relationship)
3. pair (two objects)

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

para

1. third-person singular present of para?

Further reading

• para in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• para in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Earlier pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Alternative forms

• pera (obsolete)
• pra (eye dialect)
• pa (eye dialect)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?p?.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pa.??/
• (informal) IPA^(key): /p?a/, /p??/
• (informal) IPA^(key): /pa/, /p?/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Preposition

para

2. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)

4. indicates application of an adjective; to
6. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)

8. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)

10. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb

12. to (to the value of)

14. in the opinion of

16. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)

Contractions

Para + definite article contractions are nonstandard and thus not used in serious writing, but are very widespread in speech and informal writing. Those without r are even more nonstandard:

• para + o ? pro, po
• para + os ? pros, pos
• para + a ? pra, pa
• para + as ? pras, pas

Para + indefinite article contractions are also nonstandard, but are not as common:

• para + um ? prum
• para + uns ? pruns
• para + uma ? pruma
• para + umas ? prumas

There are some para + personal pronoun contractions, which are also nonstandard and uncommon in writing:

• para + eu ? preu
• para + você ? procê
• para + ele ? prele
• para + eles ? preles
• para + ela ? prela
• para + elas ? prelas

Usage notes

Some senses of para, such as 'in order to', introduce a subordinate clause. When this clause begins with a personal pronoun, some speakers use a prepositional pronoun instead of a nominative one:

instead of the standard

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

Synonyms

• (towards): a, até
• (about to): prestes a, por

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:para.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pelo

Etymology 2

Inflected form of parar (“to stop”).

Alternative forms

• pára (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pa.??/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Verb

para

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of parar

Quechua

Noun

para

1. rain

Declension

See also

• paray
• tamya

Derived terms

• para jark'ana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Noun

para f (plural parale)

1. para
2. money

Declension

Sanaviron

Noun

para

1. water

See also

• mampa

References

• Julio Salinardi, Córdoba y Traslasierra: integración y disgregación (2006): Con respecto a la lengua sanavirona, hay algunas palabras cuyo significado es seguro, tales comon sacat (pueblo), charaba (cacique), para (agua) y mampa (acequia).
• ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 48

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *par?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâra/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

p?ra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. steam
2. vapor

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ra/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. para (Yugoslav currency)
2. (colloquial) money (usually in plural)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?a/, [?pa.?a]

Etymology 1

A corruption of the older form pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin pro ad), influenced by the archaic preposition par.^[2]

Preposition

para

1. for, to (expressing a recipient)

   Synonyms: pa', (colloquial) pa

2. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)

3. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)

4. for (expressing contrast from what is expected)

5. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)

6. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Hiligaynon: para
• Tagalog: para

See also

• por

Etymology 2

Form of parar.

Verb

para

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of parar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of parar.

Etymology 3

Form of parir.

Verb

para

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parir.

Further reading

• “para” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From par +? -a.

Verb

para (present parar, preterite parade, supine parat, imperative para)

1. to pair, match into pairs
2. to mate (animals)

Conjugation

Related terms

• parning

Anagrams

• apar, rapa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa??a/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Conjunction

para

1. For; so; in order that.

Synonyms

• upang

Preposition

para

1. for

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish para (“stop”) (second person singular imperative), from parar (“stop”)

Interjection

para

1. Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.

Usage notes

The word is usually paired with ho for respect: para ho.

Synonyms

• tigil

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ????? (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????/
• Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

para (definite accusative paray?, plural paralar)

1. money

Declension

Descendants

• ? German: Para
• ? Georgian: ???? (para)
• ? Swedish: para

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?para/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?pa?ra/, /?para/

Verb

para (first-person singular present paraf)

1. Alternative form of parhau (“to endure, to last”)

Conjugation

Noun

para m (uncountable)

1. continuance, perseverance, permanence

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “parhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies