pear
English
Photo of two pears on a tree
Etymology
From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, common North and West Germanic, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peere (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish pære (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”), Icelandic pera (“pear”).
Pronunciation
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɛə/, [pʰeə]
- (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /pɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
- Homophones: pair, pare
Noun
pear (plural pears)
- An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
- (also pear tree) A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
- The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
- Choke pear (a torture device).
- (Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear
- A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
- pear colour:
Derived terms
- alligator pear
- anchovy-pear
- apple-pear
- apples and pears
- Asian pear
- avocado pear
- balsam pear
- butter-pear
- cactus pear
- Callery pear
- Chinese pear, Chinese white pear
- choke-pear
- European pear
- garlic pear
- grape pear
- greening-pear
- hard pear
- Japanese pear
- Korean pear
- Le Conte pear
- Malvern pear
- Moorcroft pear
- Nashi pear
- pear-apple
- pear blight
- pear drop
- pear-encrinite
- pear-gauge
- pear-haw
- pear leaf blister mite
- pear leaf blister moth
- pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
- pear-louse
- pear midge
- pearmonger
- pear orchard
- pear oyster scale
- pear-plum
- pear psylla
- pear-quince
- pear-shaped
- pear-shell
- pear-slug
- pear-sucker
- pear-thorn
- pear thrips
- peartree
- pear tree
- pear-wise
- pear-withe
- pear-wood
- peary
- perry
- prickly pear
- sand Pear
- snow pear
- snowy pear
- Stinking Bishop pear
- strawberry pear
- sugar-pear
- Taiwan pear
- vegetable pear
- vine-pear
- wax pear
- willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear
- wooden pear
- Ya Pear
Translations
fruit
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tree
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wood of the pear tree
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See also
Galician
Peares or poldras across the river Ulla
Peares or poldras across the river Verdugo
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pilare, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈaɾ/
Noun
pear m (plural peares)
Related terms
- Os Peares
References
- “pear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “piar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “pear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “piar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian pār, ultimately from Latin pār. More at pair.
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