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par
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviations
Noun
par
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- Abbreviation of parish.
Adjective
par
- Abbreviation of parallel.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??/, [p???], [p???]
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Preposition
par
- By; with.
Usage notes
- Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin p?r (“equal”).
Noun
par (plural pars)
- Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
- (Britain) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Coordinate terms
(golf score):
- buzzard
- bogey
- birdie
- eagle
- albatross
- condor
- ostrich
Derived terms
Verb
par (third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred)
- (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
Etymology 4
Noun
par (plural pars)
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”)
Anagrams
- APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PRA, RAP, RPA, Rap, apr, arp, rap
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese para.
Preposition
par
- for
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin p?re?. Compare Daco-Romanian p?rea, par.
Alternative forms
- paru, ampar, apar, aparu
Verb
par (past participle pãrutã)
- I seem, appear.
Derived terms
- pãreari / pãreare
- pãrut
See also
- undzescu
Etymology 2
From Latin p?lus. Compare Daco-Romanian par.
Alternative forms
- paru
Noun
par
- stake
Related terms
- mpar
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish par (“pair”).
Noun
par
- pair
Danish
Etymology 1
From late Old Danish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p??]
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
par n (singular definite parret, plural indefinite par)
- pair
- couple
Inflection
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English par.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p???]
Noun
par c
- (golf) par (the allotted number of strokes to reach the hole)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p???]
Verb
par
- imperative of parre
Faroese
Etymology
From late Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??a??/
- Rhymes: -?a??
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, plural pør)
- pair
Declension
French
Etymology
From Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?/
- Homophones: pars, part
- Rhymes: -a?
Preposition
par
- through
- by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
- over (used to express direction)
- from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
- around, round (inside of)
- on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
- on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
- in
- per, a, an
- out of (used to describe the reason for something)
- for
Derived terms
- de par
- par ici
- par là
Descendants
- ? English: par
Noun
par m (plural pars)
- (golf) par
Further reading
- “par” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rap
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin per.
Preposition
par
- for
- through
- by
Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Alternative forms
- paar /pa?r/, pa'r
- paara'
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.
Noun
par
- water
References
- Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
- HG
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?a?r/
- Rhymes: -a?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r (“equal”).
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, nominative plural pör)
- pair
- a couple, two people who are dating
- (poker) pair
Declension
Synonyms
- (pair): tvenna
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English par.
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, no plural)
- (golf) par
Declension
Indo-Portuguese
Etymology
From Portuguese para, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).
Preposition
par
- (Diu) to (indicates indirect object)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
- The youngest one told (literally: said to) his father […]
- Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- (Diu) for (indicates subject of an infinitive)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
- Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to regale ourselves:
- Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin per.
Preposition
par
- for
- through
Kaqchikel
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *pahay.
Noun
par
- skunk
References
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 237
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español?[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 180
Latin
Etymology
Unclear. A traditional reconstruction is Proto-Indo-European *perH- (“exchange”), comparing Ancient Greek ??????? (pérn?mi) etc. and Lithuanian pirkti; but this accounts badly for the /a(?)/. Others refrain from assigning an Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa?r/, [pä?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /par/, [p?r]
Adjective
p?r (genitive paris, comparative parior, superlative parissimus, adverb pariter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- even (of a number)
- equal
- like
- suitable
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- aequus
- similis
Latvian
Preposition
par (with accusative)
- about, on
- than
- for (price)
- as
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French par.
Conjunction
par
- by (introduces an agent)
- .
Descendants
- French: par
- ? English: par
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From *p- + *ar-, cognate with Avestan ????????????????-? (y?r?-, “year”), English year, all from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?r- (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
Noun
par f
- share, part
Noun
par f
- last year
Adverb
par
- last year
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para or parene)
- a pair
- a couple
- a few (determiner)
Derived terms
- brudepar
- ektepar
- kongepar
- parvis
Noun
par n
- (golf, uncountable) par
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??r/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of p?r. Akin to English pair.
Noun
par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para)
- a pair
- a couple
- a few (determiner)
Derived terms
- brudepar
- ektepar
- kongepar
- parvis
Etymology 2
From English par
Noun
par n
- (golf, uncountable) par
References
- “par” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin per.
Conjunction
par
- by; via (introduces a medium)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Tost m'oceïst par son orguel.
- Soon, he killed with his pride.
- Tost m'oceïst par son orguel.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- because of; due to (introduces a medium)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Premiers sont au mostier venu,
La furent par devocion- The first ones came to the minster,
they were there to pray
- The first ones came to the minster,
- Premiers sont au mostier venu,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- L'une a l'autre par la main prise,
- They took each other by the hand
- L'une a l'autre par la main prise,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by; through; across
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Li cheval par le chanp s'an fuient.
- The horses fled through the field
- Li cheval par le chanp s'an fuient.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by (introduces an exclamation)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- "Sire, par Deu et par sa croiz!
- "Sire! By God and by his cross!"
- "Sire, par Deu et par sa croiz!
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- in (at a location)
Descendants
- Middle French: par
- French: par
- ? English: par
- French: par
- Lorrain: poir
- Picard: per
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par/
Adverb
par (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- suddenly
Alternative forms
- pras
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par/
Noun
par
- genitive plural of para
- genitive plural of pary
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese par, from Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pa?/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?pa?/
- Hyphenation: par
Noun
par m (plural pares)
- pair
- partner
- couple
- peer
- (golf) par
Derived terms
- grupo de pares
Adjective
par m or f (plural pares, not comparable)
- (mathematics) even
- Antonym: impar
Related terms
- díspar
- ímpar
- paridade
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin p?lus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-.
Noun
par m (plural pari)
- stake
Related terms
- împ?ra
See also
- ?eap?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin par.
Adjective
par m or n (feminine singular par?, masculine plural pari, feminine and neuter plural pare)
- (of an integer) even; divisible by two
Antonyms
- impar
Etymology 3
Form of p?rea.
Verb
par
- first-person singular present indicative of p?rea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of p?rea
- third-person plural present indicative of p?rea
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Paar, from Latin par (“equal, like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâ?r/
Noun
p?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- pair, couple
- (informal) few, handful, several
Declension
Derived terms
- p?ran
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pà?r/
Noun
pár m inan
- pair
- some, a couple (of)
- couple (two partners)
- (golf)) par
- (card games) (poker) pair
Inflection
Synonyms
- (some): nekaj
See also
Further reading
- “par”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?/, [?pa?]
Adjective
par (plural pares)
- even (divisible by two)
- Antonym: impar
Derived terms
Noun
par m (plural pares)
- pair (two of the same or similar items that go together)
- couple (two of the same or similar items)
- (physics) two equal non-collinear forces; that is a force couple in Newtonian mechanics
- peer (somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal)
- some, a few
Noun
par f (plural pares)
- (finance) par (acceptable level)
Derived terms
Related terms
- impar
- parejo
Further reading
- “par” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
par n
- a pair, a couple (either two or a few of something)
- a couple, two people who are dating
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Finnish: pari
Anagrams
- apr, rap
Tok Pisin
Noun
par
- stingray
Venetian
Alternative forms
- paro
- pèr
Etymology
From Latin p?r. Compare Italian paio.
Noun
par m (plural pari)
- pair
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
par c (plural parren, diminutive parke)
- pear
Further reading
- “par”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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English
Noun
pwr
- Alternative form of PWR
Anagrams
- WRP
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