pera

See also: Perä, perä, Pera, pêra, pēra, perá, пера, and пэра

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

pera

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

1. pear

Further reading

• “pera” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Basque

Noun

pera

1. allative singular of pe

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ɾa]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

pera f (plural peres)

1. pear (fruit)
2. goatee

   Synonym: masclet

Derived terms

• partir peres
• perer
• perera
• tocar la pera

Further reading

• “pera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “pera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾa/, [ˈpe.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera

1. pear (fruit)

Corsican

Noun

pera f (plural pere)

1. pear

Related terms

• peru (“pear tree”)

References

• “pera” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛra]

Etymology 1

Noun

pera

1. inflection of pero:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 2

Verb

pera

1. masculine singular present transgressive of prát

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -eːɹa

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pera	peran	perur	perurnar
accusative	peru	peruna	perur	perurnar
dative	peru	peruni	perum	perunum
genitive	peru	perunnar	pera	peranna

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera (13th century, Alfonso X), from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾɐ]

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear (fruit)
2. (slang) masturbation

Derived terms

• pereira (“pear tree”)
• leite de pera (“semen”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pera”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pera”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pera”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pera”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “pera”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pera, probably from Old English pere, peru, from Latin pirum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Noun

pera f (genitive singular peru, nominative plural perur)

1. pear (fruit)
2. light bulb

Declension

Declension of pera (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pera	peran	perur	perurnar
accusative	peru	peruna	perur	perurnar
dative	peru	perunni	perum	perunum
genitive	peru	perunnar	pera	peranna

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Noun

pera f

1. stone

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

pera

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: pé‧ra

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pera f (plural pere)

1. pear (the fruit)
2. (slang) fix (dose of drug)

   farsi una pera

   to shoot up

Related terms

• peretta
• pero

Anagrams

• apre, arpe, pare, rape

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήρα (pḗra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpeː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.ra]

Noun

pēra f (genitive pērae); first declension

1. bag, satchel (slung over one shoulder)
2. wallet
3. scrip

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pēra	pērae
genitive	pērae	pērārum
dative	pērae	pērīs
accusative	pēram	pērās
ablative	pērā	pērīs
vocative	pēra	pērae

Derived terms

• pērula

Related terms

• hippopēra

References

• “pera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “pera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

• aper, prae

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Lindu

Noun

pera

1. silver

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpera]

Verb

pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)

1. (transitive) to wring out

Maori

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pera

1. blubber

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pillow.

Noun

pera

1. pillow

   Synonym: urunga

Derived terms

• uhwi pera (“pillowcase”)

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

Related terms

• perer / perièr

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾa/

Etymology 1

From Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Preposition

pera

1. for, towards
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 100 (facsimile):

     Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.

     Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.

Descendants

• Galician: para, pra
• Portuguese: para, pra, pa (syncopated), p'ra (pre-standardization spelling, now nonstandard), p/ (abbreviation), pera (archaic)

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear

   maçãas e peras ― apples and pears

Descendants

• Galician: pera
• Portuguese: pera

Polish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (diminutive perka)

1. (Poznań) alternative form of pyra

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pera	pery
genitive	pery	per
dative	perze	perom
accusative	perę	pery
instrumental	perą	perami
locative	perze	perach
vocative	pero	pery

Declension of pera

References

• “Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania, (Can we date this quote?)

Further reading

• pera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Alternative forms

• pêra (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -eɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear
2. (colloquial) a knuckle sandwich
3. (Portugal) goatee

   Synonym: (Brazil) cavanhaque

Derived terms

• pera doce
• pereira

Descendants

• → Bengali: পেয়ারা (peẏara)
• → Gujarati: પેર (per), પેરુ (peru)
• → Kannada: ಪೇರಲ (pērala), ಪೇರ್ಲೆ (pērle)
• → Konkani: पेर (per)
• → Malayalam: പേര (pēra)
• → Marathi: पेरू (perū)
• → Sinhalese: පේර (pēra)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• péra (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. archaic form of pedra

Usage notes

Fossilized in constructions such as perafita (formerly spelled péra-fita).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pɛ.ɾɐ/, (with syncope) /pɾa/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pɛ.ɾɐ/, (with syncope) /pɾa/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pɛ.ɾa/, (with syncope) /pɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pɛ.ɾɐ/, (with syncope) /pɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Preposition

pera

1. archaic form of para

Etymology 4

Clipping of espera, imperative of esperar (“to wait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ra

Interjection

pera

1. (colloquial) just a minute

   Synonym: pera aí / peraí

2. (colloquial) wait (asking for stop to make an observation)

Further reading

• “pera”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pera”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “pera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “pera”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pera

1. inflection of pero:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpera]

Noun

pera

1. genitive singular of pero

Noun

pera f

1. lip

Declension

Declension of pera
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	pera	pery
genitive	pery	perí, pier
dative	pere	perám
accusative	peru	pery
locative	pere	perách
instrumental	perou	perami

Further reading

• “pera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾa/ [ˈpe.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pe‧ra

Noun

pera f (plural peras)

1. pear
2. (boxing) speed bag
3. (Rioplatense, Chile) chin

   Synonyms: barbilla, mentón

Derived terms

• del año de la pera
• más sano que una pera
• partir peras
• pedir peras al olmo
• pera de agua
• pera en dulce
• peras y manzanas
• perilla
• sumar peras con manzanas

Descendants

• → Jicarilla: béela

Further reading

• “pera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• rape, rapé, pare, paré