poire
French
noun
Definitions
- pear
- (colloquial) mug, sucker, soft touch
- (informal) mush, face
- A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
- pear brandy
- A pear-shaped switch.
- (butchery) A beef cut.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French peire inherited from Latin *pira, pirum (pear, a pear).
Origin
Latin
pirum
Gloss
pear, a pear
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
梨
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pear English
- pear cider English
- pear tree English
- pear wine English
- pearless English
- pearlike English
- pearwood English
- peary English
- *pira Latin
- *piratum Latin
- pira Latin
- pirarius Latin
- pirum Latin
- pera Italian
- cidre French
- cidre de poire French
- poirer French
- poirier French
- poiré French
- poiré de glace French
- poiré mousseux French
- vin French
- vin de poire French
- pere Old English
- peru Old English
- pere Middle English
- pera Old Norse
- peire Old French
- perier Old French
- pară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ลูกแพร์ Thai
- แพร์ Thai
- pēre Middle Dutch
- paithe Norman
- peire Norman
- poiré Middle French
- pera Old Portuguese
- 啤梨 Chinese
- pearã Aromanian
- pär Westrobothnian
- pair Romansh
- peir Romansh
- pér Romansh
- pera Asturian
- piruç Friulian
- pera Old Occitan
- pera Old Spanish
- ipere Xhosa
- per Breton
- paira Dalmatian