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pera

See also: Pera, perá, perä, pēra, pêra, and пера

AsturianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

NounEdit

pera f (plural peres)

  1. pear

Further readingEdit

  • “pera” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. allative singular of pe

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (plural peres)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. goatee
    Synonym: masclet
  3. bulb
    Synonym: bombeta
  4. (colloquial) penis

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish pera.

NounEdit

pera

  1. pear (fruit)

CorsicanEdit

NounEdit

pera f (plural pere)

  1. pear

Related termsEdit

  • peru (“pear tree”)

ReferencesEdit

  • “pera” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. inflection of pero:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

VerbEdit

pera

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of prát

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. light bulb

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pera
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pera peran perur perurnar
accusative peru peruna perur perurnar
dative peru peruni perum perunum
genitive peru perunnar pera peranna

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pera (13th century, Alfonso X), from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. (slang) masturbation

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “pera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
  • “pera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (genitive singular peru, nominative plural perur)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. light bulb

DeclensionEdit

declension of pera
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pera peran perur perurnar
accusative peru peruna perur perurnar
dative peru perunni perum perunum
genitive peru perunnar pera peranna

IstriotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

NounEdit

pera f

  1. stone

ItalianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (plural pere)

  1. pear (the fruit)
  2. (slang) fix (dose of drug)
    farsi una pera
    to shoot up

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension

  1. bag, satchel (slung over one shoulder)
  2. wallet
  3. scrip

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēra pērae
Genitive pērae pērārum
Dative pērae pērīs
Accusative pēram pērās
Ablative pērā pērīs
Vocative pēra pērae

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “pera”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • “pera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “pera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pera”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “pera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

AnagramsEdit

LeoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear

ReferencesEdit

LinduEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. silver

MakasarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)

  1. (transitive) to wring out

MaoriEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. pillow

See alsoEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear

Related termsEdit

Old PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

PrepositionEdit

pera

  1. for, towards
DescendantsEdit
  • Galician: para, pra
  • Portuguese: para

Etymology 2Edit

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

NounEdit

pera f

  1. pear
    maçãas e peras ― apples and pears
DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: pe‧ra

NounEdit

pera f (diminutive perka)

  1. (Poznań) Alternative form of pyra.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pera
singular plural
nominative pera pery
genitive pery per
dative perze perom
accusative perę pery
instrumental perą perami
locative perze perach
vocative pero pery

ReferencesEdit

  • “Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania‎[2], (please provide a date or year)

Further readingEdit

  • pera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

 
pera

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɾɐ/, [ˈpe.ɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: pe‧ra
  • Rhymes: -eɾɐ

NounEdit

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear
  2. (colloquial) A knuckle sandwich.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of espera.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/, [ˈpɛ.ɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: pe‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

InterjectionEdit

pera

  1. (colloquial) just a minute
    Synonym: peraí
  2. (colloquial) wait (asking for stop to make an observation)

Etymology 3Edit

PrepositionEdit

pera

  1. Obsolete form of para.

Further readingEdit

  • “pera” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. inflection of pero:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera

  1. genitive singular of pero

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾa/, [ˈpe.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)

NounEdit

pera f (plural peras)

  1. pear
  2. chin
    Synonyms: barbilla, mentón
  3. (boxing) speed bag

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese pera (“pear”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pera (ma class, plural mapera)

  1. guava

Derived termsEdit

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Either from Spanish perra (“bitch / female dog (slang for 5 and 10 centimo peseta coins)”) or Spanish pela (“a hit or beating (slang for 1 peseta coins)”), due to the circulation of Perra gorda (10 centimo peseta coin) and Perra chica (5 centimo peseta coin) and pela (1 peseta coin) during Spanish Colonial times in the Philippines, which by 1889 in the Diccionario hispano-tagalog, Volume 2 with Spanish pera being additionally defined in Tagalog as "Ang pagaárî; ò katunkúlang malakí ang kita, at kákauntî ang pàgod." ("The ownership; or responsibility with big income, and little fatigue.")[1]

NounEdit

pera

  1. money; cash
    Synonym: salapi

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Pedro Serrano Laktaw (1889) Diccionario hispano-tagalog, Volume 2‎[1], Estab. tip. "La Opinión" á cargo de G. Bautista, page 446

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish perä.

NounEdit

pera

  1. stern (rear end of a ship)

InflectionEdit

Inflection of pera
nominative sing. pera
genitive sing. peran
partitive sing. perad
partitive plur. peroid
singular plural
nominative pera perad
accusative peran perad
genitive peran peroiden
partitive perad peroid
essive-instructive peran peroin
translative peraks peroikš
inessive peras peroiš
elative peraspäi peroišpäi
illative ? peroihe
adessive peral peroil
ablative peralpäi peroilpäi
allative perale peroile
abessive perata peroita
comitative peranke peroidenke
prolative peradme peroidme
approximative I peranno peroidenno
approximative II perannoks peroidennoks
egressive perannopäi peroidennopäi
terminative I ? peroihesai
terminative II peralesai peroilesai
terminative III perassai —
additive I ? peroihepäi
additive II peralepäi peroilepäi

ReferencesEdit

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “корма”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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