pere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pere"

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English

Noun

pere

1. Alternative spelling of père.

Anagrams

• pree, Reep, peer, Pree

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pere

1. plural of peer

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]

Verb

pere

1. third-person singular present of prát

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

• [2]

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto per

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

▲

Polish -einflu.

▲

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto pere

From per + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpere/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ere
• Syllabification: pe‧re

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

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

• perekond

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

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	—
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/, [ˈpe̞re̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: pe‧re

Noun

pere

1. family
2. swarm

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

• perekunta
• perekäs
• peremees

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], 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^[4], →ISBN, page 74

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: pé‧re

Noun

pere f

1. plural of pera

Khoekhoe

Etymology

A loanword from an extinct, Sog- Eastern Sudanic language, where it referred to pennisetum; compare Ik rébè (“pennisetum”) and Luo bél (“sorghum”).

Noun

pere ? (dual, plural)

1. grain, bread

References

Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎^[5], United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 323

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin pater.

Noun

pere m (plural peresc)

1. father

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpere/ [ˈpɛɾɛ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pele, from Proto-Oceanic *bele (“Abelmoschus manihot”).

Noun

pere

1. karapapa (Alseuosmia macrophylla)

   Synonyms: karapapa, toropapa

2. Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia

Etymology 2

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *pere (“sudden sharp movement”).

Verb

pere

1. (transitive) to flick, to yank

Derived terms

• kōpere (“sling, shoot”, verb)

Noun

pere

1. dart
2. arrow
3. an adze-shaped wooden hoe
4. vector

Etymology 3

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *piri (“riddle”).

Noun

pere

1. riddle

Etymology 4

From English bell.

Noun

pere

1. bell

Verb

pere (passive perea)

1. (transitive) to ring (a bell), to toll

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “pere”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pira.

Noun

pēre f

1. pear

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	pēre	pēren
accusative	pēre	pēren
genitive	pēre, pēren	pēren
dative	pēre, pēren	pēren

Descendants

• Dutch: peer
  • Afrikaans: peer
  • Jersey Dutch: pêr
  • → Aukan: peli
  • → Indonesian: pir
  • → Saramaccan: péíli (from the diminutive form)
• Limburgish: paer
• West Flemish: peire

Further reading

• “pere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “pere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

peres

Etymology 1

From Old English pere, peru, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.

Alternative forms

• peere, per, peire
• peare, peire, peore, peyre (Southern, West Midland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ̞ːr(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpœːr(ə)/ (West Midland, from Mercian Old English *peoru)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/ (mainly Early Middle English)

Noun

pere (plural peres or peren)

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

Related terms

• perer
• peretre
• perre
• pirie

Descendants

• English: pear
  • →⇒ Cantonese: 啤梨 (be¹ lei^4-2)
  • →⇒ Khmer: ផ្លែភា (phlae phiə)
  • → Sotho: pere
  • → Thai: แพร์ (pɛɛ)
  • → Tokelauan: pea
  • → Xhosa: ipere
• Scots: peer, peir
• → Scottish Gaelic: peur

References

• “pē̆re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 April 2019.

Etymology 2

From either Anglo-Norman pere (“stone”, from Latin petra) or Old French *piere (Old Northern French pire, from either Late Latin *petricus or pēra "satchel"); compare Medieval Latin pira.

Alternative forms

• per, peere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːr(ə)/

Noun

pere (rare)

1. A support or pillar of a bridge.
2. A breakwater; a construction surrounding a harbour.

Descendants

• English: pier

References

• “pēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 April 2019.
• “pier, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Bliss, A[lan] J. (1969), “Vowel-Quantity in Middle English Borrowings from Anglo-Norman”, in Roger Lass, editor, Approaches to English historical linguistics; an anthology‎^[6], New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 18, page 174.

Etymology 3

Noun

pere

1. alternative form of per (“peer”)

Adjective

pere

1. alternative form of per (“equal”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pere, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

1. father

Descendants

• French: père
  • → Dutch: pere
  • → English: père
• Norman: père, pére, péthe

Neapolitan

Noun

pere m (plural piere)

1. alternative spelling of pede (“foot”)

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• pare

Noun

Central Kurdish	پارە (pare)

pere m

1. money

Declension of pere

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	pere	pere
construct	pereyê	pereyên
oblique	pereyî	pereyan
demonstrative oblique	wî pereyî	wan pereyan
vocative	pereyo	pereyino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	pereyek	pereyin
construct	pereyekî	pereyine
oblique	pereyekî	pereyinan

Northern Sotho

Noun

pere

1. horse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *peru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.re/
• Rhymes: -e.re

Noun

pere f

1. (fruit) pear

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	pere	peran
accusative	peran	peran
genitive	peran	perena
dative	peran	perum

Descendants

• English: pear

Old French

Alternative forms

• pedre, pedra

Etymology

From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pere oblique singular, 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

• Pere

Descendants

• Bourguignon: peire
• Middle French: pere
  • French: père
    • → Dutch: pere
    • → English: père
  • Norman: père, pére, péthe
• Walloon: pere

Puyuma

Etymology

From Pre-Puyuma *pərəʔ, from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq.

Verb

pere

1. to wring out

Derived terms

• papereu

References

• “203772”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[7] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026

Romanian

Noun

pere f pl

1. plural of pară

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pere (Cyrillic spelling пере)

1. third-person singular present of prati

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pere/, [ˈpere]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: pe‧re

Noun

pere

1. 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)

1. horse

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)

1. pear

Spanish

Etymology

Contraction of espere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾe/ [ˈpe.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Syllabification: pe‧re

Interjection

pere

1. (colloquial, Colombia) wait

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, across”). 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

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pereh.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpʲerʲe]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpere]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpere]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈpereh/, [ˈpereɦ]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: pe‧re

Noun

pere

1. family

Inflection

Declension of pere (type XIV/terve, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pere	pered
genitive	pere	pereje
partitive	perette	pereit
illative	perre, perrese	pereise
inessive	perez	pereiz
elative	peress	pereiss
allative	perelle	pereille
adessive	perell	pereill
ablative	perelt	pereilt
translative	peressi	pereissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) 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]‎^[8], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛːʀ/

Noun

pere m (plural peres)

1. father

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• پعِرعِ

Etymology

Adverb sense derives from ideophone sense

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pé.ɾé/, /k͡pè.ɾé/

Ideophone

péré or pèré

1. (of an object) being luxuriant or lush
2. (of an object) being only some amount or quantity

Adverb

péré

1. only

   ẹyọ mẹ́ta péré ― Only three entities

Usage notes

• Only used with numbers

Related terms

• nìkan

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

pere (pâre)

1. money