pere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pere"

English

Noun

pere

1. Alternative spelling of père

Anagrams

• pree, Reep, peer, Pree

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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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

• [1]

Esperanto

Etymology

per +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

Further reading

• “pere”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (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/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
• 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^[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

1. plural of pera

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin pater.

Noun

pere m (plural peresc)

1. father

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pira.

Noun

pēre f

1. pear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: peer
  • Afrikaans: peer
  • Jersey Dutch: pêr
  • → Aukan: peli
  • → 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, peore, peare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
• (mainly Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/

Noun

pere (plural peres or peren)

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

Related terms

• perer
• peretre
• perre
• pirie

Descendants

• English: pear
  • →⇒ Chinese: 啤梨 (pílí)
  • →⇒ 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 2019-04-20.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira, from Vulgar Latin *petricus.

Alternative forms

• per, peere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/

Noun

pere

2. (rare) A pillar or stand of a bridge.

Descendants

• English: pier

References

• “pēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-20.

Etymology 3

From Old French per and Anglo-Norman peir, from Latin pār.

Alternative forms

• per, peer, peere, pier, pyer, piere, pyere, pir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːr/

Noun

pere (plural peres)

2. A peer; one who is equal to or like another.
3. A rival, enemy, or competitor; one who is in opposition.
4. An individual who is of the same social class or standing as another.
5. An associate or collaborator; one who works or associates with another.
6. A member of the nobility or ruling class of a country or settlement.
7. (anatomy, rare) A body part connected or concomitant with another.

Related terms

• dosse per
• noumpere
• parage
• pereles

Descendants

• English: peer
• Scots: peer

References

• “pẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

Adjective

pere

1. The same; having no differences from something else.

References

• “pẹ̄r, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

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 Sotho

Noun

pere

1. horse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *peru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.re/

Noun

pere f

1. (fruit) pear

Declension

Declension of pere (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pere	peran
accusative	peran	peran
genitive	peran	perena
dative	peran	perum

Descendants

• English: pear

Old French

Alternative forms

• pedre

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

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): [ˈpere]

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

Noun

pere

1. family

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, 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