pere
English
Noun
pere
- Alternative spelling of père.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
pere
- plural of peer
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]
Verb
pere
- third-person singular present of prát
Dutch
Etymology
Noun
pere m (plural peren, diminutive pereke n)
- (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)
- (Brabantian)
References
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpere/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Adverb
pere
Usage notes
- Used as part of the phrase pere de.
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pereh.
Noun
pere (genitive pere, partitive peret)
Declension
| Declension of pere (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pere | pered | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | pere | ||
| genitive | perede | ||
| partitive | peret | peresid | |
| illative | perre peresse |
peredesse | |
| inessive | peres | peredes | |
| elative | perest | peredest | |
| allative | perele | peredele | |
| adessive | perel | peredel | |
| ablative | perelt | peredelt | |
| translative | pereks | peredeks | |
| terminative | pereni | peredeni | |
| essive | perena | peredena | |
| abessive | pereta | peredeta | |
| comitative | perega | peredega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pere”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- pere in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Noun
pere
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of per
Declension
| 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 | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
peréé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
perééi | — |
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pereh. Cognates include Finnish perhe and Estonian pere.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Noun
pere
Declension
| Declension of pere (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pere | perreet |
| genitive | perreen | perrein |
| partitive | perettä | perreitä |
| illative | perreesse | perreisse |
| inessive | perrees | perreis |
| elative | perreest | perreist |
| allative | perreelle | perreille |
| adessive | perreel | perreil |
| ablative | perreelt | perreilt |
| translative | perreeks | perreiks |
| essive | perreennä, perreen | perreinnä, perrein |
| exessive1) | perreent | perreint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
| Soikkola declension of pere (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pere | perrehet, perreet |
| genitive | perrehen | perrehiin |
| partitive | perettä, pereht |
perrehiä |
| illative | perrehesse | perrehisse |
| inessive | perrehees | perrehiis |
| elative | perrehest | perrehist |
| allative | perrehelle | perrehille |
| adessive | perreheel | perrehiil |
| ablative | perrehelt | perrehilt |
| translative | perreheks | perrehiks |
| essive | perrehennä, perreheen |
perrehinnä, perrehiin |
| exessive1) | perrehent | perrehint |
| 1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) | ||
Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 398
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[3], →ISBN, page 74
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe.re/
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: pé‧re
Noun
pere f
- plural of pera
Ladin
Etymology
Noun
pere m (plural peresc)
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *pele, from Proto-Oceanic *bele (“Abelmoschus manihot”).
Noun
pere
- karapapa (Alseuosmia macrophylla)
- Synonyms: karapapa, toropapa
- Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia
Etymology 2
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *pere (“sudden sharp movement”).
Verb
pere
Derived terms
- kōpere (“sling, shoot”, verb)
Noun
pere
Etymology 3
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *piri (“riddle”).
Noun
pere
Etymology 4
Noun
pere
Verb
pere (passive perea)
Further reading
- “pere” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Noun
pēre f
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pēre | pēren |
| accusative | pēre | pēren |
| genitive | pēre, pēren | pēren |
| dative | pēre, pēren | pēren |
Descendants
Further reading
- “pere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pere, peru, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
- (mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/
Noun
- A pear (fruit of Pyrus communis)
- A thing of little import or worth.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pē̆re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 April 2019.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira, from Vulgar Latin *petricus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
Noun
pere
Descendants
- English: pier
References
- “pēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 April 2019.
Etymology 3
From Old French per and Anglo-Norman peir, from Latin pār.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peːr/
Noun
pere (plural peres)
- A peer; one who is equal to or like another.
- A rival, enemy, or competitor; one who is in opposition.
- An individual who is of the same social class or standing as another.
- An associate or collaborator; one who works or associates with another.
- A member of the nobility or ruling class of a country or settlement.
- (anatomy, rare) A body part connected or concomitant with another.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019.
Adjective
pere
- The same; having no differences from something else.
References
- “pẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French pere, from Latin pater, patrem.
Noun
pere m (plural peres)
Descendants
Neapolitan
Noun
pere m (plural piere)
Northern Sotho
Noun
pere
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *peru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe.re/
Noun
pere f
- (fruit) pear
Declension
Weak feminine (n-stem):
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pere | peran |
| accusative | peran | peran |
| genitive | peran | perena |
| dative | peran | perum |
Descendants
- English: pear
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.
Noun
pere oblique singular, m (oblique plural peres, nominative singular pere, nominative plural pere)
- father (male family member)
Proper noun
pere m
- (Christianity, may be capitalized) Father (God)
Alternative forms
Descendants
Puyuma
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq (compare Malay perah and Tagalog pigâ).
Verb
pere
- to wring out
Derived terms
- papereu
References
- “pere”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014
Romanian
Noun
pere f pl
- plural of pară
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
pere (Cyrillic spelling пере)
- third-person singular present of prati
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpere]
Noun
pere
- locative singular of pero
Sotho
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Afrikaans perd, from Dutch paard, from Middle Dutch pert, from Old Dutch *pered, from Late Latin paraverēdus.
Noun
pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English pear or Afrikaans peer, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
pere class 9/10 (plural lipere)
Spanish
Etymology
Contraction of espere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾe/ [ˈpe.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -eɾe
- Syllabification: pe‧re
Interjection
pere
- (colloquial, Colombia) wait
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, across”). Compare Sanskrit पर्वन् (parvan).
Noun
pere
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
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pereh.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpere]
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Noun
pere
Inflection
| Declension of pere (type XIV/terve, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pere | perred |
| genitive | perre | perreje, perrei |
| partitive | perette | perreite, perrei |
| illative | perrese, perre | perreise |
| inessive | perrez | perreiz |
| elative | perresse | perreisse |
| allative | perrele | perreile |
| adessive | perrelle | perreille |
| ablative | perrelte | perreilte |
| translative | perressi | perreissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pere”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French pere, pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛːʀ/
Noun
pere m (plural peres)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adverb sense derives from ideophone sense
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé.ɾé/, /k͡pè.ɾé/
Ideophone
péré or pèré
Adverb
péré
- only
- ẹyọ mẹ́ta péré ― Only three entities
Usage notes
- Only used with numbers
Related terms
Zazaki
Etymology
Noun
pere (pâre)