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pear
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)
- An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
- A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
- Synonym: pear tree
- The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
- Choke pear (a torture device).
- (Jamaican) avocado, alligator pear
- 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)
- pillar
- Synonym: columna
- window sill
- Synonym: peitoril
- 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)
- 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)
- pair, couple
Further reading
- “pear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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comice
English
Etymology
French (Doyenne du) Comice, (Dean of the) Show, from comice (agricole), (agricultural) show, from Old French, convention, from Latin comitia.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??mis/
Noun
comice (plural comices)
- A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.
Latin
Adjective
c?mice
- vocative masculine singular of c?micus
References
- comice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comice in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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