Complete Definition of "pear"

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English

Etymology
OE. pere, common West Germanic, from Vulgar L. *pira, feminine singular of pira, plural of pirum, pear

Pronunciation
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(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/p��/, SAMPA|/pE@/
(General American|US) AHD|pâr, IPA|/p�ɹ/, SAMPA|/pEr\/
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Homophones
commons
pair
pare

Noun
en-noun

  1. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
  2. (also pear tree) A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

#:A trio of pears pared to a pair of pears.

  1. The wood of the pear tree.

Derived terms
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alligator pear
anchovy-pear
apple-pear
apples and pears
Asian pear
avocado pear
balsam pear
butter-pear
cactus pear
Callery pear
Chinese pear, Chinese white pear
choke-pear
European pear
garlic pear
grape pear
greening-pear
hard pear
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Japanese pear
Korean pear
Le Conte pear
Malvern pear
Moorcroft pear
Nashi pear
pear-apple
pear blight
pear drop
pear-encrinite
pear-gauge
pear-haw
pear leaf blister mite
pear leaf blister moth
pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
pear-louse
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pear midge
pearmonger
pear orchard
pear oyster scale
pear-plum
pear psylla
pear-quince
pear-shaped
pear-shell
pear-slug
pear-sucker
pear-thorn
pear thrips
pear tree
pear-wise
pear-withe
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pear-wood
prickly pear
sand Pear
snow pear
sugar-pear
snowy pear
Stinking Bishop pear
strawberry pear
Taiwan pear
vegetable pear
vine-pear
wax pear
willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear
wooden pear
Ya Pear
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Translations
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Afrikaans: peer
Albanian: dardhë f
Arabic: ARchar|��ثر�|����ث�ر�� (kúmmaθra) f
Armenian: (thanz)
Bosnian: t-|bs|kruška|f
Breton: per collective noun; perenn singular f
Catalan: pera f
Chinese: 梨 (lí), 梨� (lí-z�)
Croatian: t-|hr|kruška|f
Czech: t-|cs|hruška|f
Danish: t+|da|pære
Dutch: t+|nl|peer|f
Esperanto: piro
Estonian: t-|et|pirn
Finnish: t+|fi|päärynä
French: t+|fr|poire|f
Frisian: par
Galician: pera f
German: t+|de|Birne|f
Greek: α�λάδι (akhláði) n, α�ίδι (apíði) n, ά�ιον (ápion) n (obsolete)
Hindi: नाशपात� (n��ap�tī) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|körte
Ido: piro
Italian: t+|it|pera|f
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Japanese: 梨 (��, nashi)
Korean: t-|ko|��배|sc=Hang
Kurdish: t|ku|hirmî f, t|ku|karçîn, KUchar|���ر��
Latin: t-|la|pirum|n
Lithuanian: kriauš� f
Macedonian: к���а (kruša) f
Norwegian: t-|no|pære|c
Persian: t+|fa|گ�اب�|trgolabi|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: gruszka f
Portuguese: t+|pt|pêra|f
Romanian: t+|ro|par�|f
Russian: г���а (gruša) f
Sardinian: pira f
Scots: peir
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|hruška|f
Slovene: t+|sl|hruška|f
Spanish: t+|es|pera|f
Swedish: t+|sv|päron|n
Turkish: t+|tr|armut
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Arabic: ARchar|��ثر�|����ث�ر�� (kúmmaθra) f
Albanian: dardhë f
Bosnian: t-|bs|kruška|f
Catalan: perera f
Chinese: 梨樹 (lí-shù)
Croatian: t-|hr|kruška|f
Czech: t-|cs|hruše�|f
Dutch: perenboom m
Esperanto: pirarbo, pirujo
Estonian: t-|et|pirnipuu
Finnish: t+|fi|päärynä, t+|fi|päärynäpuu
French: t-|fr|poirier|m
Galician: pereira f
German: Birnbaum m
Greek: α�λαδιά (akhlaðyá) f, α�ιδιά (apiðyá) f, α�λάδα (akhláða) f (folk and poetic), α�ιδέα (apiðéa) f (obsolete)
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Hungarian: körtefa
Italian: t+|it|pero|m
Kurdish: KUchar|دار ���ر��
Latin: t-|la|pirus|m
Lithuanian: kriauš� f
Norwegian: pæretre n
Polish: grusza f
Portuguese: t+|pt|pêra|f
Russian: г���а (grúša) f
Scots: peir
Serbian:

Spanish: t-|es|peral|m
Swedish: t-|sv|päronträd
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ttbc|Basque: madari, udare
ttbc|Vietnamese: quả lê, cây lê


Frisian

Noun
pear

  1. pair

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