pear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛə/
enpr: pâr
ipa: /pɛɚ/
ipa: /peː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpeə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpiə/
ipa: /ˈpeɹ/
ipa: /ˈpiːə(r)/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: pair
homophone: pare
homophone: pere
homophone: peer
homophone: pier (both cheer–chair merger)
homophone: per
homophone: purr (both fair–fur merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pears
Etymology: From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular, ultimately a loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source.
Cognate with Scots peer (“pear”), Saterland Frisian Peere, Pere (“pear”), West Frisian par (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish, Greenlandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk pære (“pear”), Faroese, Icelandic pera (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”), German Birne (“pear”), Luxembourgish Bier, Bir (“pear”), Vilamovian biyn (“pear”), Yiddish באַר (bar, “pear”), French poire (“pear”).
Senses: glosses: An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
synonyms: pear tree
glosses: A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
glosses: The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
glosses: Choke pear (a torture device).
glosses: avocado, alligator pear
glosses: A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Hypernyms: sense: edible fruit
word: fruit
sense: edible fruit
word: pome
Hyponyms: sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: African pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Grias cauliflora
word: anchovy pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: apple pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Asian pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Citrullus lanatus
word: balsam pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Bradford pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: butter pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Opuntia spp.
word: cactus pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus calleryana
word: Callery pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Chinese pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
alt: Pyrus × bretschneideri
word: Chinese white pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: choke pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus communis
word: common pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus communis
word: European pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Crateva spp.
word: garlic pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Amelanchier canadensis
word: grape pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Olinia ventosa
word: hard pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Japanese pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Korean pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Le Conte pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Malvern pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Moorcroft pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: nashi pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: sand pear)
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus nivalis
word: snow pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: snowy pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Stinking Bishop pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
english: Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.
translation: Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.
word: strawberry pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: sugar pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: Taiwan pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus pyrifolia
word: Taiwanese pear)
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Sechium edule
word: vegetable pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: vine pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: wax pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
word: willowleaf pear
sense: edible fruit or type of fruit tree
taxonomic: Pyrus salicifolia
word: willow-leafed pear
Derived terms: word: alligator pear
word: and a partridge in a pear tree
word: apples and pears
word: avocado pear
word: butter pear
word: Catherine pear
word: choke pear
word: desert pear
word: go pear shaped
word: go pear-shaped
word: pear-shaped
word: ground pear
word: musk pear
word: papple
word: pear apple
word: pear belle Hélène
word: pear blight
word: pear cider
word: pear drop
word: pear-encrinite
word: pear-gauge
word: pear gauge
taxonomic: Crataegus spp.
word: pear haw
word: pearita
word: Pearland
taxonomic: Eriophyes pyri
word: pear leaf blister mite
taxonomic: Leucoptera malifoliella
word: pear leaf blister moth
word: pear leaf-curling midge
word: pear leaf midge
word: pearless
word: pearlike
word: pear louse
taxonomic: Contarinia pyrivora
word: pear midge
word: pearmonger
word: pear of anguish
word: pear orchard
taxonomic: Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
word: pear oyster scale
word: pear plum
taxonomic: Psylla pyri
word: pear psylla
word: pear quince
word: pear shell
taxonomic: Caliroa cerasi
word: pear slug
word: pear-sucker
word: pear-thorn
taxonomic: Taeniothrips inconsequens
word: pear thrips
word: peartini
word: pear tomato
word: pear tree
word: peartree
word: Pear Tree
word: pear wine
word: pear-wise
word: pear-withe
word: pear-wood
word: peary
word: perry
word: Pope's pear
word: prickly pear cactus
taxonomic: Opuntia spp.
word: prickly pear
word: river pear
word: sea pear
word: tiger pear
word: wooden pear
word: woody pear
Related terms: warden