different between pear vs pearly

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

Etymology

pearl +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)li

Noun

pearly (countable and uncountable, plural pearlies)

1. (uncountable, uncommon, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
2. (countable, Britain, slang, especially in plural) A tooth.

Translations

Adjective

pearly (comparative pearlier, superlative pearliest)

1. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.

   a pearly lustre

3. Containing or yielding pearls.
4. Having a pure sweet tone.

Derived terms

See also

• chambered nautilus
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Player, Rapley, parley, player, prelay, replay