pere

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English

Noun

pere

  1. Alternative spelling of père

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

pere

  1. plural of peer

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

pere

  1. third-person singular present of prát

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French père.

Noun

pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)

  1. (Belgium) father
    (Brabantian)
    Ik tegen m'n neefke: "Zeg, Viggo, bleitsmoel, gadis aan ave pere z'n broek hange jong, trezebees!"
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

Esperanto

Etymology

per +‎ -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

pere

  1. by means...

Usage notes

  • Used as part of the phrase pere de.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pereh.

Noun

pere (genitive pere, partitive peret)

  1. family

Declension

Declension of pere (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pere pered
accusative nom.
gen. pere
genitive perede
partitive peret peresid
illative perre
peresse
peredesse
inessive peres peredes
elative perest peredest
allative perele peredele
adessive perel peredel
ablative perelt peredelt
translative pereks peredeks
terminative pereni peredeni
essive perena peredena
abessive pereta peredeta
comitative perega peredega

Further reading

  • pere”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • pere in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Hungarian

Etymology

per +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pe‧re

Noun

pere

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of per

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pere
accusative perét
dative perének
instrumental perével
causal-final peréért
translative perévé
terminative peréig
essive-formal pereként
essive-modal peréül
inessive perében
superessive perén
adessive perénél
illative perébe
sublative perére
allative peréhez
elative peréből
delative peréről
ablative perétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
peréé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
perééi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pereh. Cognates include Finnish perhe and Estonian pere.

Pronunciation

Noun

pere

  1. family
  2. swarm

Declension

Declension of pere (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative pere perreet
genitive perreen perrein
partitive perettä perreitä
illative perreesse perreisse
inessive perrees perreis
elative perreest perreist
allative perreelle perreille
adessive perreel perreil
ablative perreelt perreilt
translative perreeks perreiks
essive perreennä, perreen perreinnä, perrein
exessive1) perreent perreint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Soikkola declension of pere (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative pere perrehet,
perreet
genitive perrehen perrehiin
partitive perettä,
pereht
perrehiä
illative perrehesse perrehisse
inessive perrehees perrehiis
elative perrehest perrehist
allative perrehelle perrehille
adessive perreheel perrehiil
ablative perrehelt perrehilt
translative perreheks perrehiks
essive perrehennä,
perreheen
perrehinnä,
perrehiin
exessive1) perrehent perrehint
1) Obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 398
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 74

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: pé‧re

Noun

pere f

  1. plural of pera

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin pater.

Noun

pere m (plural peresc)

  1. father

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pira.

Noun

pēre f

  1. pear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: peer
    • Afrikaans: peer
    • Jersey Dutch: pêr
    • Aukan: peli
    • Saramaccan: péíli (from the diminutive form)
  • Limburgish: paer
  • West Flemish: peire

Further reading

Middle English

peres

Etymology 1

From Old English pere, peru, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
  • (mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/

Noun

pere (plural peres or peren)

  1. A pear (fruit of Pyrus communis)
  2. A thing of little import or worth.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira, from Vulgar Latin *petricus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

pere

  1. (rare) A pillar or stand of a bridge.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old French per and Anglo-Norman peir, from Latin pār.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

pere (plural peres)

  1. A peer; one who is equal to or like another.
  2. A rival, enemy, or competitor; one who is in opposition.
  3. An individual who is of the same social class or standing as another.
  4. An associate or collaborator; one who works or associates with another.
  5. A member of the nobility or ruling class of a country or settlement.
  6. (anatomy, rare) A body part connected or concomitant with another.
Descendants
References

Adjective

pere

  1. The same; having no differences from something else.
References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pere, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

  1. father

Descendants

Neapolitan

Noun

pere m (plural piere)

  1. Alternative spelling of pede (foot)

Northern Sotho

Noun

pere

  1. horse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *peru

Pronunciation

Noun

pere f

  1. (fruit) pear

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative pere peran
accusative peran peran
genitive peran perena
dative peran perum

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere oblique singularm (oblique plural peres, nominative singular pere, nominative plural pere)

  1. father (male family member)

Proper noun

pere m

  1. (Christianity, may be capitalized) Father (God)

Alternative forms

Descendants

Romanian

Noun

pere f pl

  1. plural of pară

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pere (Cyrillic spelling пере)

  1. third-person singular present of prati

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

pere

  1. locative singular of pero

Sotho

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd, from Dutch paard, from Middle Dutch pert, from Old Dutch *pered, from Late Latin paraverēdus.

Noun

pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)

  1. horse

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pear or Afrikaans peer, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)

  1. pear

Spanish

Etymology

Contraction of espere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾe/
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Syllabification: pe‧re

Interjection

pere

  1. (colloquial, Colombia) wait

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (to go through, across). Compare Sanskrit पर्वन् (parvan).

Noun

pere

  1. a plant stem, stalk

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pereh.

Pronunciation

Noun

pere

  1. family

Inflection

Declension of pere (type XIV/terve, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pere perred
genitive perre perreje, perrei
partitive perette perreite, perrei
illative perrese, perre perreise
inessive perrez perreiz
elative perresse perreisse
allative perrele perreile
adessive perrelle perreille
ablative perrelte perreilte
translative perressi perreissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pere”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French pere, pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Pronunciation

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

  1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adverb sense derives from ideophone sense

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k͡pé.ɾé/, /k͡pè.ɾé/

Ideophone

péré or pèré

  1. (of an object) being luxuriant or lush
  2. (of an object) being only some amount or quantity

Adverb

péré

  1. only
    ẹyọ mẹ́ta péréOnly three entities

Usage notes

  • Only used with numbers

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

pere (pâre)

  1. money