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All 4 letters words made out of pear

pear epar paer aper eapr aepr pera epra prea rpea erpa repa pare apre prae rpae arpe rape earp aerp erap reap arep raep

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Definitions and meaning of pear

pear

Etymology

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular, ultimately a loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peere (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish pære (“pear”), French poire (“pear”), German Birne (“pear”), Icelandic pera (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɛə/, [pʰeə]
• (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛɚ/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːə(r)/
• Homophones: pair, pare
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

pear (plural pears)

1. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
2. A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

   Synonym: pear tree

3. The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
4. Choke pear (a torture device).
5. (Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear
6. A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.

Hypernyms

• (edible fruit): fruit, pome

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Tokelauan: pea

Translations

See also

• warden

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

Galician

Alternative forms

• piar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pilare, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈaɾ/

Noun

pear m (plural peares)

1. pillar

   Synonym: columna

2. window sill

   Synonym: peitoril

3. one of several stone pillars placed by way of a bridge

   Synonym: poldra

Related terms

• Os Peares

References

• “pear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “piar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeɹ/
• Hyphenation: pear

Noun

pear (plural pear dem, quantified pear)

1. avocado

See also

• ackee

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 434

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian pār, ultimately from Latin pār.

Noun

pear n (plural pearen, diminutive pearke)

1. pair, couple

Further reading

• “pear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011