different between pear vs borrel

English

Etymology

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, common North and West Germanic, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peere (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish pære (“pear”), French poire (“pear”), German Birne (“pear”), Icelandic pera (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??/, [p?e?]
• (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /p??/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /?pi??(r)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: pair, pare

Noun

pear (plural pears)

1. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
2. A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

   Synonym: pear tree

3. The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
4. Choke pear (a torture device).
5. (Jamaican) avocado, alligator pear
6. A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• warden

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

Galician

Alternative forms

• piar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pilare, from Latin p?la (“pillar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?a?/

Noun

pear m (plural peares)

1. pillar

   Synonym: columna

2. window sill

   Synonym: peitoril

3. one of several stone pillars placed by way of a bridge

   Synonym: poldra

Related terms

• Os Peares

References

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?e?/
• Hyphenation: pear

Noun

pear (plural: pear dem, quantified: pear)

1. avocado

See also

• ackee

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 434

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian p?r, ultimately from Latin p?r.

Noun

pear n (plural pearen, diminutive pearke)

1. pair, couple

Further reading

• “pear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b???l/, /?b???l/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French burel (“a kind of coarse woollen cloth”). Doublet of burel and bureau.

Alternative forms

• burrel

Noun

borrel (countable and uncountable, plural borrels)

1. (obsolete) Coarse woollen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.

   • This is to seye, if I be gay, sire shrewe,

     I wol renne out, my borel for to shewe.

2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.

Etymology 2

Compare Old French burel (“reddish”) or French beurré (“butter pear”).

Noun

borrel (plural borrels)

1. A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; the red butter pear.

Etymology 3

Probably from borrel.

Adjective

borrel (comparative more borrel, superlative most borrel)

1. (obsolete) ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity, a mean fellow.

   • Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel,

     Of heaven, to deemen so:

     Howbe I am but rude and borrel,

     Yet nearer ways I know.

   • But sires, by cause I am a burel man,

     At my my bigynnyng first I yow biseche,

     Have me excused of my rude speche.

   • Religioun hath take up al the corn

     Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes.

Anagrams

• Lorber

Dutch

Etymology

Diminutive of Middle Dutch borre, borne (“well, drinkwater”). Compare bron (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.r?l/
• Hyphenation: bor?rel

Noun

borrel m (plural borrels, diminutive borreltje n)

1. a shot of an alcoholic drink such as rum or gin; a tot
2. an informal, often impromptu reception or meetup, typically involving alcoholic drinks

Derived terms

• avondborrel
• borrelen
• borrelnoot
• vrijdagmiddagborrel