pira

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra

pirá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍ)

1. (interrogative) how many

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Cognate with Old Tupi pirá.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra

pira (plural pirakuéra)

1. fish

From Latin pyra, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/
• Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: pì‧ra

pira f (plural pire)

1. pyre

• IRAP, apri, aprì, arpi, pari, pria, rapi, rapì, ripa

pira

1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦫ

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ra/,

pira

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pirum

From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

pira

1. how many

pira

1. fish

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax (compare Cebuano pila).

• IPA^(key): /pi.ra/

pira

1. how many

• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫ (pira)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pir, from Proto-Tupian *pit.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní pire.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra

pira (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mbira)

1. skin (outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal)
2. skin (outer protective layer of fruit)

• Nheengatu: pira

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 384

• Hyphenation: pi‧ra

• pyra (obsolete)

pira f (plural piras)

1. pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
2. (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

   Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagulho, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, (Portugal) cena, bang

3. (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely

   Synonyms: viajada, piração

pira

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

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare Italian pera, French poire, Spanish pera.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpira/

pira f (plural piras)

1. pear (fruit)

• pȋr m

From Proto-Slavic *pyrь.

• IPA^(key): /pìːra/

píra f

1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

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• “pira”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾa/
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: pi‧ra

Borrowed from Latin pyra (“pyre”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Cognate with English fire.

pira f (plural piras)

1. pyre

Borrowed from Caló .

pira f (plural piras)

1. escape, flight

   Synonyms: fuga, huida

pira

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

• “pira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

pira

1. moon