pare

English

Etymology

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“I bear, I give birth to; I spawn, produce, beget; I procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛɹ/
• Homophones: pair, pear, pere
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Verb

pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)

1. (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.

   Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.

2. (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

   Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.

   • 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown‎:

     Also referring to the deeds of certain Border Ruffians, he said, rapidly paring away his speech, like an experienced soldier, keeping a reserve of force and meaning, “They had a perfect right to be hung.”

   • 1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:

     From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.

3. To trim the hoof of a horse.
4. (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.

Synonyms

• to peel
• to skin

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para).

Noun

pare f

1. money

Asturian

Verb

pare

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of parar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

1. father

Derived terms

• cappare
• Pare de Nadal

Further reading

• “pare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Coastal Konjo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

pare

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

pare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of paren

Anagrams

• rape

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/
• Rhymes: -are

Adverb

pare

1. pairwise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ/

• Audio

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• Homophones: parent, pares

Verb

pare

1. inflection of parer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• âpre, râpe, râpé

Galician

Verb

pare

1. inflection of parir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦫꦺ (paré). Doublet of paria and pěria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ré
• Rhymes: -re, -e

Noun

paré (first-person possessive pareku, second-person possessive paremu, third-person possessive parenya)

1. bitter gourd

Synonyms

• paria
• paré

Further reading

• “pare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Verb

pare

1. present of parer
2. imperative of parer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pà‧re

Etymology 1

Noun

pare

1. plural of para

Etymology 2

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of parere

Anagrams

• apre, arpe, pera, rape

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pare

1. rice (plant)

See also

• kadodo (“cooked rice”)
• wiha (“uncooked rice”)

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “pare”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.reː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/,

Verb

pārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

Noun

pare (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨙ)

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

   Synonym: ase

Derived terms

Maore Comorian

Noun

pare class 5 (plural mavare class 6)

1. road

References

• “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

pare class 5 (plural mapvare class 6)

1. road

References

• “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːˈɾɛ/

Noun

pare m

1. money

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

pare

1. inflection of para (“other”):
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. masculine nominative/accusative plural
   3. feminine vocative singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

Verb

pare

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of părea

Romansch

Noun

pare f (plural pares)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) Alternative form of paraid (“(internal) wall; rock face”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

1. money

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾe/
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: pa‧re

Etymology 1

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

1. (Latin America) stop sign

Verb

pare

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Verb

pare

1. inflection of parir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pre
• par

Etymology 1

Final clipping of kumpare, kompadre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾe/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

Noun

pare (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. buddy; close male friend

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan

   Coordinate term: mare

2. (informal) Term of address to a male stranger

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish padre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾeʔ/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

Noun

parè (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)

1. (religion, archaic) Alternative spelling of pari

Further reading

• “pare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Toraja-Sa'dan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.

Noun

pare

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pāre, para, “a part, piece; a single entire thing, a single article; money, coin”), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːˈɾe/
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

Noun

pare (definite accusative pareyi, plural pareler)

1. (dated) A piece, part of a whole.

   Synonyms: parça, kısım, bölük, bölüm

2. (dated) A single unit, one piece or copy of a thing.

   Synonyms: tane, adet

   • 2023 April 22, 21 pare top atışıyla halkı selamlayacak‎, İstanbul: Aydınlık:

     Sarayburnu'nda halkın ziyaretine açılan Türkiye'nin en büyük savaş gemisi TCG Anadolu'nun, 23 Nisan saat 12.00'de İstanbul Boğazı'ndan geçiş yaparak 21 pare top atışı ve çimariva ile halkı selamlayacağı duyuruldu.

     It was announced that TCG Anadolu, Turkey's largest warship, which was opened to public visit in Sarayburnu, will salute the public with a 21-piece gun salute and çimariva while passing through the Bosphorus at 12:00 on April 23rd.

3. Alternative form of para

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• “pare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pare”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3778

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

Noun

pare m (plural pari)

1. father

See also

• mare