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Asturian

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

  1. pear

Further reading

  • “pera” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Basque

Noun

pera

  1. allative singular of pe

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. goatee
    Synonym: masclet

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾa/,
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera

  1. pear (fruit)

Corsican

Noun

pera f (plural pere)

  1. pear
  • peru (pear tree)

References

  • pera” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

pera

  1. inflection of pero:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 2

Verb

pera

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of prát

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. light bulb

Declension

Declension of pera
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pera peran perur perurnar
accusative peru peruna perur perurnar
dative peru peruni perum perunum
genitive peru perunnar pera peranna

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera (13th century, Alfonso X), from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. (slang) masturbation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, nominative plural perur)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. light bulb

Declension

    Declension of pera
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pera peran perur perurnar
accusative peru peruna perur perurnar
dative peru perunni perum perunum
genitive peru perunnar pera peranna

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun

pera f

  1. stone

Italian

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (plural pere)

  1. pear (the fruit)
  2. (slang) fix (dose of drug)
    farsi una pera
    to shoot up

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).

Pronunciation

Noun

pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension

  1. bag, satchel (slung over one shoulder)
  2. wallet
  3. scrip

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēra pērae
Genitive pērae pērārum
Dative pērae pērīs
Accusative pēram pērās
Ablative pērā pērīs
Vocative pēra pērae

Derived terms

References

  • pera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • pera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear

References

Lindu

Noun

pera

  1. silver

Makasar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)

  1. (transitive) to wring out

Maori

Noun

pera

  1. pillow

See also

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin per (through) + ad (to).

Preposition

pera

  1. for, towards
Descendants
  • Galician: para, pra
  • Portuguese: para, pra, pa (syncopic forms)

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear
    maçãas e perasapples and pears
Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (diminutive perka)

  1. (Poznań) Alternative form of pyra

Declension

References

  • Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania, (Can we date this quote?)

Further reading

  • pera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

pera

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear
  2. (colloquial) a knuckle sandwich
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of espera, imperative of esperar (to wait)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Interjection

pera

  1. (colloquial) just a minute
    Synonyms: pera aí, peraí
  2. (colloquial) wait (asking for stop to make an observation)

Etymology 3

Preposition

pera

  1. Archaic form of para.

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pera

  1. inflection of pero:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pera

  1. genitive singular of pero

Noun

pera f

  1. lip

Declension

Further reading

  • pera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear
  2. (boxing) speed bag
  3. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) chin
    Synonyms: barbilla, mentón

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading


Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pera (pear).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pera (ma class, plural mapera)

  1. guava

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica, volume 10, number 1, page 2 of 1-10:Swahili, however, uses the Portuguese borrowing pera for ‘guava’

Tagalog

10¢ perra gorda (literally fat bitch (dog)) coin depicting a lion rampant regardant, 1870
worn outperra chica (literally little bitch (dog)) coin, 1870

Etymology

Either from Spanish perra (5 and 10 centimo peseta coins, literally bitch / female dog),[1] or Spanish pela (1 peseta coins, literally a hit or beating), due to the circulation of perra gorda (10 centimo peseta coin), perra chica (5 centimo peseta coin), and pela (1 peseta coin), coins which depicted a Spanish heraldic lion rampant regardant during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.

Potet (2016) also remarks that it seems to be a cross between Malay perak and Spanish perra, wherein an interference could've occurred between the colloquial senses of Spanish perra (cash; dough (money), literally bitch (dog)) and Malay perak (coin, literally silver). See also pilak.

Pronunciation

Noun

pera (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ)

  1. money; cash
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:salapi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 136

Anagrams

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *perä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *perä. Cognates include Finnish perä.

Noun

pera

  1. stern (rear end of a ship)

Inflection

Inflection of pera (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. pera
genitive sing. peran
partitive sing. perad
partitive plur. peroid
singular plural
nominative pera perad
accusative peran perad
genitive peran peroiden
partitive perad peroid
essive-instructive peran peroin
translative peraks peroikš
inessive peras peroiš
elative peraspäi peroišpäi
illative peraha peroihe
adessive peral peroil
ablative peralpäi peroilpäi
allative perale peroile
abessive perata peroita
comitative peranke peroidenke
prolative peradme peroidme
approximative I peranno peroidenno
approximative II perannoks peroidennoks
egressive perannopäi peroidennopäi
terminative I perahasai peroihesai
terminative II peralesai peroilesai
terminative III perassai
additive I perahapäi peroihepäi
additive II peralepäi peroilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “корма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika