Complete Definition of "par"

see|Par|PAR|Pär
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/p��/
audio|en-us-par.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r)

Abbreviation
par.

  1. paragraph
  2. parallel
  3. parenthesis
  4. parish

Preposition
par

  1. By; with; used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Noun
par

  1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
  2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
  3. golf The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

#:He needs to make this shot for par.

  1. Young salmon (also spelled parr)

Verb
en-verb|parr|ing

  1. context|transitive|golf To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes

#:He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.


Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[p�ar]

Noun
par n

  1. pair

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n5|p|a|r|ø

Category:Faroese nouns


French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /pa�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /paR/

Preposition
par

  1. through
  2. by, for

Derived terms
par ici
par là

Noun
par m

  1. golf|lang=fr par

Category:French prepositions


Hindi

Postposition
par

  1. common transliteration of पर meaning on, at, etc.

Icelandic
Etymology 1
From the L.|is word par#Latin|par meaning "pair".
Noun
par n

  1. pair

Etymology 2
From the L.|is word par#Latin|par meaning "mate" "spouse" or "partner".
Noun
par n

  1. a couple, two people who are dating

Category:Icelandic nouns


Kurdish

Noun
par, f

  1. last year

Noun
par, f

  1. share, part

Adverb
par

  1. last year

Category:Kurdish language


Latin

Adjective
la-adj-3rd-1E|p�r|paris#Latin|paris

  1. equal
  2. like
  3. suitable

Inflection
Third declension, variation of one ending (3:1E).
la-decl-3rd-1E|par|p�r|par

Category:Latin adjectives


Portuguese

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /pa�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /paR/

Noun
par, m (plural pares)

  1. A pair.
  2. A couple.
  3. golf|lang=pt par.

Adjective
par, m (plural pares)

  1. (number) even.

Category:Portuguese nouns
Category:Portuguese adjectives


Romanian

Etymology
Latin palus

Noun
par m

  1. stake

Category:Romanian nouns


Spanish

Noun
par m, (plural pares)

  1. A pair.

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-n-zero
par n

  1. pair

Category:Swedish nouns


Tamil

Noun
par

  1. meaning 'world' in English, �ல�ம� in Tamil.

Verb
par

  1. பார�,'see' in English,pronunced 'paar'.

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