EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (to arrange, prepare, trim), from Latin parō (I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose) (related to pariō (I bear, I give birth to; I spawn, produce, beget; I procure, acquire)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (to bring forward, bring forth).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)

  1. (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
    Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.
  2. (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
    Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
    • 1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:
      From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.
  3. To trim the hoof of a horse.
  4. (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish پاره(pare, para).

NounEdit

pare f

  1. money

AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of parar

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pater, patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pare m (plural pares)

  1. father

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Coastal KonjoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

pare

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of paren

AnagramsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From paro +‎ -e.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

pare

  1. pairwise

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. inflection of parer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

pare

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

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Javanese ꦥꦫꦺ (paré). Doublet of paria and pêria.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpare/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ré
  • Rhymes: -re, -e

NounEdit

paré (first-person possessive pareku, second-person possessive paremu, third-person possessive parenya)

  1. bitter gourd

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. present of parer
  2. imperative of parer

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Syllabification: pà‧re

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

pare

  1. plural of para

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. third-person singular present indicative of parere

AnagramsEdit

LaboyaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pare

  1. rice (plant)

See alsoEdit

  • kadodo (cooked rice)
  • wiha (uncooked rice)

ReferencesEdit

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “pare”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pārē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

Maore ComorianEdit

NounEdit

pare class 5 (plural mavare class 6)

  1. road

ReferencesEdit

  • pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Ngazidja ComorianEdit

NounEdit

pare class 5 (plural mapvare class 6)

  1. road

ReferencesEdit

  • pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Northern KurdishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pare m

  1. money

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

pare

  1. inflection of para (other):
    1. masculine/neuter locative singular
    2. masculine nominative/accusative plural
    3. feminine vocative singular

PortugueseEdit

 
Brazilian stop sign

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧re

VerbEdit

pare

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pare

  1. third-person singular present indicative of părea

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • paraid (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
  • preit (Sursilvan)

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *paretem, from Latin pariēs, parietem.

NounEdit

pare f (plural pares)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) (internal) wall
  2. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rock face

Related termsEdit

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) mir
  • (Surmiran) meir
  • (Puter, Vallader) mür

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish پاره(pare, para), from Persian پاره(pâre).

NounEdit

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

  1. money

SpanishEdit

 
Chilean stop sign

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾe/ [ˈpa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: pa‧re

NounEdit

pare m (plural pares)

  1. (Latin America) stop sign

VerbEdit

pare

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of parir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

TagalogEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Final clipping of kumpare, kompadre.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: pa‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾe/, [ˈpa.ɾe]

NounEdit

pare

  1. buddy; close male friend
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan
    Coordinate term: mare
  2. (informal) Term of address to a male stranger
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Spanish padre.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: pa‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾeʔ/, [ˈpa.ɾeʔ]

NounEdit

parè

  1. (religion, archaic) Alternative spelling of pari

Further readingEdit

Toraja-Sa'danEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

pare

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

NounEdit

pare m (plural pari)

  1. father

See alsoEdit