pere

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

English

Noun

pere

  1. Alternative spelling of père

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Noun

pere

  1. plural of peer

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


Esperanto

Etymology

per + -e

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adverb

pere

  1. by means...

Usage notes

  • Used as part of the phrase pere de.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pereh.

Noun

pere (genitive pere, partitive peret)

  1. family

Declension


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

Ingrian

Noun

pere

  1. family

Italian

Noun

pere f

  1. plural of pera

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pira.

Noun

pēre f

  1. pear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • pere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • pere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

peres

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
  • (mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/

Noun

pere (plural peres or peren)

  1. A pear (fruit of Pyrus communis)
  2. A thing of little import or worth.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira, from Vulgar Latin *petricus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/

Noun

pere

  1. (rare) A pillar or stand of a bridge.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peːr/

Noun

pere (plural peres)

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

Adjective

pere

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pere, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

  1. father

Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere 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

Descendants


Sotho

Noun

pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)

  1. horse
  2. pear

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per-. 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

Walloon

Etymology

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

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

  1. father

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

pere (pâre) ?

  1. money
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