pera

See also: Pera, pêra, and perä

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

1. pear

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpə.ɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

1. pear (fruit)

Related terms

• perer
• perera

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -eːɹa

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear (fruit)

Related terms

• pereira

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, nominative plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

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

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Istriot

Etymology

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

Noun

pera f

1. stone

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Italian

Etymology

From pira, the plural of Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pera f (plural pere)

1. pear (the fruit)
2. (slang) fix (dose of drug)
   • Farsi una pera. - To shoot up.

Related terms

• peretta
• pero

Anagrams

• apre, arpe, pare, rape

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.ra/

Noun

pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pēra	pērae
genitive	pērae	pērārum
dative	pērae	pērīs
accusative	pēram	pērās
ablative	pērā	pērīs
vocative	pēra	pērae

Derived terms

• pērula

References

• pera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “pera”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• 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

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Maori

Noun

pera

1. pillow

See also

• urunga

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Occitan

Etymology

From the plural of Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo]

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

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Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾa/

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

pera

1. for, towards
   • 13th century, attributed to 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.

Descendants

• Galician: para
• Portuguese: para

Etymology 2

From Latin pirum.

Noun

pera f

1. pear

   maçãas e peras.

   apples and pears.

Descendants

• Galician: pera
• Portuguese: pera

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Portuguese

pera

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pera, from Latin pirum.

Alternative forms

• pêra (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

Derived terms

• pereira
• ser pera doce

Etymology 2

Clipping of espera.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Interjection

pera

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

Synonyms

• peraí

Etymology 3

Preposition

pera

1. Obsolete form of para.

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Spanish

Etymology

From the plural of Latin pirum.

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear
2. (anatomy) chin
3. (boxing) speed bag

Synonyms

• (chin): barbilla, mentón

Derived terms

• perilla

See also

• quijada

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Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese pera (“pear”).

Noun

pera (ma class, plural mapera)

1. guava

Derived terms

• mpera

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Tagalog

Noun

pera

1. money; cash
2. centavo

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish perä.

Noun

pera

1. stern (rear end of a ship)

Inflection

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

References

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