perry

See also: Perry

English

Etymology

From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹi

Noun

perry (countable and uncountable, plural perries)

1. A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.
   • 1853, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal:

     M. Vasse never observed a fatal termination unless in two instances ; in which the persons, adults, had drank perry in large quantity.

   • 1892, James Mew, John Ashton, Drinks of the World:

     Perry is less popular than cider, but some consider it superior.

   • 2017, Andi Watson, Glister:

     Sip the perry of the Black Worchester and you will belch clouds of soot.

Synonyms

• pear cider
• pear wine

Hyponyms

• ice perry
• sparkling perry

Derived terms

• ice perry
• sparkling perry

Translations

Beverage from pears

• Bulgarian: крушовица f (krušovica)
• Czech: hruškový mošt m
• Dutch: perenwijn
• Finnish: päärynäsiideri (fi)
• French: poiré (fr) m, cidre de poire m
• German: Birnenmost (de) m, Birnenwein (de) m
• Irish: leann piorra m
• Latin: piracium n
• Latvian: perijs (lv) m, bumbieru sidrs (lv) m
• Middle English: perre
• Russian: гру́шевый сидр (ru) m (grúševyj sidr), пуаре́ (ru) m (puarɛ́)
• Slovene: hruškov mošt
• Spanish: perada (es) f
• Turkish: armut şarabı

Anagrams

• Pryer, pryer

Middle English

Noun

perry

1. Alternative form of perre (“jewels”)