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Old English pere, common North and West Germanic, from Vulgar Latin *pira, feminine singular of pira, plural of pirum, pear

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(RP) IPA: /pɛə/, SAMPA: /pE@/
(GenAm) enPR: pâr, IPA: /pɛɹ/, SAMPA: /pEr\/
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pear

Plural
pears

pear (plural pears)

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

A trio of pears pared to a pair of pears.
The wood of the pear tree.

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Terms derived from pear

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fruit

Afrikaans: peer
Albanian: dardhë f.
Arabic: كمثرى (kúmmathra) f.
Armenian: տանձ hy(hy) (tanj)
Azeri: armud az(az)
Bosnian: kruška bs(bs) f.
Breton: per collective noun; perenn singular f
Bulgarian: круша bg(bg) (kruška)
Catalan: pera f.
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 梨 cmn(cmn) (lí), 梨子 cmn(cmn) (lízi)
Croatian: kruška hr(hr) f.
Czech: hruška cs(cs) f.
Danish: pære da(da)
Dutch: peer nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: piro eo(eo)
Estonian: pirn et(et)
Finnish: päärynä fi(fi)
French: poire fr(fr) f.
Galician: pera f.
Georgian: მსხალი hy(hy) (msxali)
German: Birne de(de) f.
Greek: αχλάδι (akhláði) n., απίδι (apíði) n., άπιον (ápion) n. (obsolete)
Hebrew: אגס (agas)
Hindi: नाशपाती (nāśapātī) f.
Hungarian: körte hu(hu)
Ido: piro

Italian: pera it(it) f.
Japanese: 梨 (なし, nashi)
Korean: 서양배 ko(ko)
Kurdish: hirmî ku(ku) f., karçîn ku(ku), هه‌رمێ ku(ku)
Latin: pirum la(la) n.
Lithuanian: kriaušė f.
Macedonian: круша (kruša) f.
Norwegian: pære no(no) c.
Persian: گلابی fa(fa) (golabi)
Polish: gruszka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: pêra pt(pt) f.
Romanian: pară ro(ro) f.
Russian: груша ru(ru) (grúša) f.
Sardinian: pira f.
Scots: peer
Scottish Gaelic: peur gd(gd) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: крушка f.

Roman: kruška f.
Slovak: hruška sk(sk) f.
Slovene: hruška sl(sl) f.
Spanish: pera es(es) f.
Swedish: päron sv(sv) n.
Taos: pèro’óna
Tatar: груша tt(tt), армут tt(tt)
Thai: ลูกแพร์ th(th) (luukphaae)
Turkish: armut tr(tr)
West Frisian: par

tree

Albanian: dardhë f.
Arabic: كمثرى (kúmmathra) f.
Armenian: տանձենի hy(hy) (tanjeni)
Bosnian: kruška bs(bs) f.
Catalan: perera f.
Chinese: 梨樹 (lí-shù)
Croatian: kruška hr(hr) f.
Czech: hrušeň cs(cs) f.
Dutch: perenboom nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: pirarbo, pirujo
Estonian: pirnipuu et(et)
Finnish: päärynä fi(fi), päärynäpuu fi(fi)
French: poirier fr(fr) m.
Galician: pereira f.
German: Birnbaum de(de) m.
Greek: αχλαδιά (akhlaðyá) f., απιδιά (apiðyá) f., αχλάδα (akhláða) f. (folk and poetic), απιδέα (apiðéa) f. (obsolete)
Hungarian: körtefa hu(hu)

Italian: pero it(it) m.
Kurdish: دار هه‌رمێ
Latin: pirus la(la) m.
Lithuanian: kriaušė f.
Macedonian: круша mk(mk) (kruša) f.
Norwegian: pæretre n.
Polish: grusza pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: pêra pt(pt) f.
Russian: груша ru(ru) (grúša) f.
Scots: peer
Scottish Gaelic: peur gd(gd) f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: крушка f.

Roman: kruška f.
Slovene: hruška sl(sl) f.
Spanish: peral es(es) m.
Swedish: päronträd sv(sv)

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Basque: madari, udare
Vietnamese: quả lê, cây lê

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