pare

See also: Pare, paré, parè, pâre, parê, parë, päre, parę, paře, and páře

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophones: pair, pear

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• to peel
• to skin

Derived terms

• cheeseparing
• pare away
• pare down
• pare off
• parer
• paring
• paring knife

 

Translations

To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife

• Bulgarian: беля (bg) (belja)
• Czech: oříznout pf, seříznout pf, okrájet pf
• Dutch: pellen (nl), schillen (nl), snoeien (nl), (af)knippen
• Finnish: kuoria (fi)
• French: éplucher (fr), peler (fr)
• German: schälen (de), pellen (de)
• Ido: rekortar (io)
• Russian: очищать (ru) (očiščatʹ)
• Spanish: pelar (es), mondar (es)
• Swedish: skala (sv)

To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off

• Bulgarian: изрязвам (bg) (izrjazvam), подрязвам (bg) (podrjazvam)
• Czech: okrájet pf, ořezat pf
• Dutch: pellen (nl), schillen (nl), beknibbelen (nl), besnoeien (nl)
• Finnish: leikata (fi), supistaa (fi)
• French: rogner (fr)
• German: beschneiden (de)
• Ido: rekortar (io)
• Russian: уре́зать (ru) (urézatʹ)
• Swedish: skala ned, göra avkall, minska (sv)

trim a hoof

• Swedish: verka (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} smiot
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 바르다 (ko) (bareuda)

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para).

Noun

pare f

1. money

Asturian

Verb

pare

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾe/

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

1. father

Derived terms

• cappare
• Pare de Nadal

Further reading

• “pare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Coastal Konjo

Etymology

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

Noun

pare

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

pare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of paren

Anagrams

• rape

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/
• Rhymes: -are

Adverb

pare

1. pairwise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: parent, pares

Verb

pare

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

Anagrams

• âpre, râpe, râpé

Galician

Verb

pare

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. bitter gourd

Synonyms

• paria
• paré

Further reading

• “pare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Verb

pare

1. present of parer
2. imperative of parer

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

pare

1. plural of para

Etymology 2

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of parere

Anagrams

• apre, arpe, pera, rape

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːre]

Noun

pare

1. rice (plant)

See also

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

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.reː/, [ˈpäːreː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/, [ˈpäːre]

Verb

pārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

Maore Comorian

Noun

pare class 5 (plural mavare class 6)

1. road

References

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

Ngazidja Comorian

Noun

pare class 5 (plural mapvare class 6)

1. road

References

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

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːˈɾɛ/

Noun

pare m

1. money

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• परे (Devanagari script)
• পরে (Bengali script)
• පරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပရေ (Burmese script)
• ปเร or ปะเร (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປເຣ or ປະເຣ (Lao script)
• បរេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

pare

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

Portuguese

Brazilian stop sign

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾ(ɨ)/

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

Verb

pare

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of părea

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

pare f (plural pares)

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

Related terms

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

1. money

Spanish

Chilean stop sign

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

1. (Latin America) stop sign

Verb

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 reading

• “pare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pre
• par

Etymology 1

Final clipping of kumpare, kompadre.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pare

1. buddy; close male friend

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan

   Coordinate term: mare

2. (informal) Term of address to a male stranger

Derived terms

• erap
• repa

 

Etymology 2

From Spanish padre.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

parè

1. (religion, archaic) Alternative spelling of pari

Further reading

• “pare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Toraja-Sa'dan

Etymology

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

Noun

pare

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

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

Noun

pare m (plural pari)

1. father

See also

• mare