pera
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
NounEdit
pera f (plural peres)
Further readingEdit
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
pera
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Catalan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈpə.ɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɾa/
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɾa
- Rhymes: -eɾa
NounEdit
pera f (plural peres)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “pera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
ChavacanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
pera
- pear (fruit)
CorsicanEdit
NounEdit
pera f (plural pere)
Related termsEdit
- peru (“pear tree”)
ReferencesEdit
- “pera” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pera
- inflection of pero:
VerbEdit
pera
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)
- pear (fruit)
- light bulb
DeclensionEdit
Declension of pera | ||||
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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)
- pear (fruit)
- (slang) masturbation
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pera” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
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)
- pear (fruit)
- light bulb
DeclensionEdit
IstriotEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
NounEdit
pera f
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
pera f (plural pere)
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension
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)
ReferencesEdit
LinduEdit
NounEdit
pera
MakasarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)
- (transitive) to wring out
MaoriEdit
NounEdit
pera
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)
Related termsEdit
Old PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).
PrepositionEdit
pera
- for, towards
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 100 (facsimile):
- Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.
- Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.
- Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
NounEdit
pera f
- pear
- maçãas e peras ― apples and pears
DescendantsEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pera f (diminutive perka)
DeclensionEdit
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
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
Alternative formsEdit
- pêra (superseded)
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧ra
- Rhymes: -eɾɐ
NounEdit
pera f (plural peras)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧ra
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
InterjectionEdit
pera
- (colloquial) just a minute
- Synonym: peraí
- (colloquial) wait (asking for stop to make an observation)
Etymology 3Edit
PrepositionEdit
pera
- Obsolete form of para.
Further readingEdit
- “pera” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
pera
- inflection of pero:
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pera
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pera f (plural peras)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Jicarilla: béela
Further readingEdit
- “pera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
AnagramsEdit
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese pera (“pear”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
pera (ma class, plural mapera)
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
ReferencesEdit
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Finnish perä.
NounEdit
pera
- stern (rear end of a ship)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of pera | |||
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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