pere

See also: Pere, pére, père, pêre, Père, пере, and пере-

English

Noun

pere

1. Alternative spelling of père

Anagrams

• peer

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Afrikaans

Noun

pere

1. plural of peer

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]

Verb

1. third-person singular present of prát

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French père

Noun

pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)

1. (Belgium) father

   (Brabantian)

   Ik tegen m'n neefke: "Zeg, Viggo, bleitsmoel, gadis aan ave pere z'n broek hange jong, trezebees!"

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• [1]

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Esperanto

Etymology

per +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

pere

1. by means...

Usage notes

• Used as part of the phrase pere de.

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Estonian

Etymology

From .

Noun

pere (genitive pere, partitive peret)

1. family

Declension

Declension of pere (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pere	pered
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pere
genitive			perede
partitive		peret	peresid
illative		perre peresse	peredesse
inessive		peres	peredes
elative		perest	peredest
allative		perele	peredele
adessive		perel	peredel
ablative		perelt	peredelt
translative		pereks	peredeks
terminative		pereni	peredeni
essive		perena	peredena
abessive		pereta	peredeta
comitative		perega	peredega

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Hungarian

Etymology

per +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧re

Noun

pere

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of per

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pere	—
accusative	perét	—
dative	perének	—
instrumental	perével	—
causal-final	peréért	—
translative	perévé	—
terminative	peréig	—
essive-formal	pereként	—
essive-modal	peréül	—
inessive	perében	—
superessive	perén	—
adessive	perénél	—
illative	perébe	—
sublative	perére	—
allative	peréhez	—
elative	peréből	—
delative	peréről	—
ablative	perétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	peréé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	perééi	—

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Ingrian

Noun

pere

1. family

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Italian

Noun

pere f

1. plural of pera

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pira.

Noun

pēre f

1. pear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: peer
  • Afrikaans: peer
  • Jersey Dutch: pêr
  • → Aukan: peli
  • → Saramaccan: péíli (from the diminutive form)
• Limburgish: paer
• West Flemish: peire

Further reading

• “pere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

peres

Etymology 1

From Old English pere, peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.

Alternative forms

• peere, per, peire, peore, peare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/

Noun

pere (plural peres or peren)

2. A pear (fruit of Pyrus communis)
3. A thing of little import or worth.

Related terms

• perer
• peretre
• perre
• pirie

Descendants

• English: pear
• Scots: peer, peir

References

• “pē̆re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-20.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pera, from , from Vulgar Latin *petricus.

Alternative forms

• per, peere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/

Noun

pere

2. (rare) A pillar or stand of a bridge.

Descendants

• English: pier

References

• “pēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-20.

Etymology 3

From Old French per and Anglo-Norman peir, from Latin pār.

Alternative forms

• per, peer, peere, pier, pyer, piere, pyere, pir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːr/

Noun

pere (plural peres)

2. A peer; one who is equal to or like another.
3. A rival, enemy, or competitor; one who is in opposition.
4. An individual who is of the same social class or standing as another.
5. An associate or collaborator; one who works or associates with another.
6. A member of the nobility or ruling class of a country or settlement.
7. (anatomy, rare) A body part connected or concomitant with another.

Related terms

• dosse per
• parage
• pereles

Descendants

• English: peer
• Scots: peer

References

• “pẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

Adjective

pere

1. The same; having no differences from something else.

References

• “pẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pere, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

1. father

Descendants

• French: père
  • → Dutch: pere
  • → English: père

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Old French

Alternative forms

• pedre

Etymology

From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere oblique singular, m (oblique plural peres, nominative singular pere, nominative plural pere)

1. father (male family member)

Proper noun

pere m

1. (Christianity, may be capitalized) Father (God)

Alternative forms

• Pere

Descendants

• Bourguignon: peire
• Middle French: pere
  • French: père
    • → Dutch: pere
    • → English: père
• Norman: père, pére, péthe
• Walloon: pere

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Sotho

Noun

pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)

1. horse
2. pear

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, across”). Compare Sanskrit पर्वन् (parvan).

Noun

pere

1. a plant stem, stalk

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French pere, pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

1. father

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Zazaki

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

pere (pâre)

1. money