Asturian

Noun

pera f ‎(plural peres)

1. pear

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾə/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f ‎(plural peres)

1. pear (fruit)

Related terms

• perer
• perera

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -e:ɹa

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pira, from pirum.

Noun

pera f ‎(plural peras)

1. pear (fruit)

Related terms

• pereira

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

Istriot

Etymology

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

Noun

pera f

1. stone

Italian

Etymology

From pira, the plural of Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

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

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.

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
• PERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 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

Maori

Noun

pera

1. pillow

See also

• urunga

Occitan

Etymology

From the plural of Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo]

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

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

Portuguese

pera

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pera, from Latin pirum.

Alternative forms

• pêra (superseded)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

Related terms

• pereira

Etymology 2

Clipping of espera.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾa/
• (Portugal) 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.

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese pera ‎(“pear”).

Noun

pera (ma class, plural mapera)

1. guava

Derived terms

• mpera

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• peh'-rah

Noun

pera ‎(plural mga pera)

1. money

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish perä.

Noun

pera

1. stern (rear end of a ship)

Inflection

References

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