piro

See also: Piro, piró, -piro, and piro-

Esperanto

Du piroj sur pirarbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pirum. Compare French poire, Italian pera, English pear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: pi‧ro

Noun

piro (accusative singular piron, plural piroj, accusative plural pirojn)

1. pear (edible fruit produced by a pear tree)

   Ĉu vi ŝatus torton faritan kun piroj? ― Would you like a pie made with pears?

Derived terms

• pirarbo (“pear tree”)
• pirforma (“pear-shaped”)
• pirujo

Further reading

• “piro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “piro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

Noun

piro (plural piri)

1. pear (fruit)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ro]

Noun

pirō

1. dative/ablative singular of pirus

Māori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *pilo (compare with Samoan piro, Tahitian piro “dirty, smelly” and Hawaiian pilo (“foul odour, halitosis, pollution”)) monophthongized from pirau (“to decay, to fester”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

piro

1. rotten, putrid
2. smelly
3. disgusting
4. offensive

Verb

piro

1. to rot
2. to disgust

Noun

piro

1. rot
2. intestines

   Synonym: pirau

See also

• pirau

Derived terms

• kōpiro
• piropiro
• waipiro
• whakapiro

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

piro

1. extinguished, put out
2. defeated, beaten (in games)

Derived terms

• piropiro
• whakapiro

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “piro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 330
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “piro”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From pire +‎ -'o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾo/
• Rhymes: -o

Verb

piro

1. to peel, skin

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “piro”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 89
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “piro”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 87, column 2

Portuguese

Verb

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

Rapa Nui

Adjective

piro

1. rotten

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾo/ [ˈpi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: pi‧ro

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

piro m (plural piros)

1. a member of the Yine people of Peru

   Synonym: yine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

Further reading

• “piro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025