pera

Asturian

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pera

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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

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

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

1. pear (fruit)
2. goatee

   Synonym: masclet

Derived terms

• partir peres
• perer
• perera
• tocar la pera

Further reading

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pera.

Noun

pera

1. pear (fruit)

Corsican

Noun

pera f (plural pere)

1. pear

Related terms

• peru (“pear tree”)

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -eːɹa

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

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

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Noun

pera f (plural peras)

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

Derived terms

• pereira (“pear tree”)
• leite de pera (“semen”)

References

• “pera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “pera” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, nominative plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

Istriot

Etymology

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

Noun

pera f

1. stone

Italian

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pera

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: pé‧ra

• Audio

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Noun

pera f (plural pere)

1. pear (the fruit)
2. (slang) fix (dose of drug)

   farsi una pera

   to shoot up

Related terms

• peretta
• pero

Anagrams

• apre, arpe, pare, rape

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/,

Noun

pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pērula

Related terms

• hippopēra

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

• aper, prae

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

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Lindu

Noun

pera

1. silver

Makasar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)

1. (transitive) to wring out

Maori

Noun

pera

1. pillow

See also

• urunga

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

Related terms

• perer / perièr

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾa/

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

pera

1. for, towards
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 100 (facsimile):

     Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.

     Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.

Descendants

• Galician: para, pra
• Portuguese: para, pra, pa

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pera f

1. pear

   maçãas e peras ― apples and pears

Descendants

• Galician: pera
• Portuguese: pera

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• pêra (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear
2. (colloquial) a knuckle sandwich

Derived terms

• pereira
• pera doce

Etymology 2

Clipping of espera.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Interjection

pera

1. (colloquial) just a minute

   Synonym: peraí

2. (colloquial) wait (asking for stop to make an observation)

Etymology 3

Preposition

pera

1. Archaic form of para.

Further reading

• “pera” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pera

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pera

1. lip - pera f (genitive singular pery, nominative plural pery, genitive plural pier, declension pattern of žena)
2. genitive singular of pero

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾa/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear
2. (boxing) speed bag
3. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) chin

   Synonyms: barbilla, mentón

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Jicarilla: béela

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rape, rapé, pare, paré

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pera (“pear”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

pera (ma class, plural mapera)

1. guava

Derived terms

• mpera

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Either from Spanish perra (“5 and 10 centimo peseta coins”, literally “bitch / female dog”), 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾa/,

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾa/, (Bataan)
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ)

1. money; cash

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:salapi

Derived terms

References

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

References

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