pere
Dutch
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pereh.
Declension
Declension of pere (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrɛ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpere/, [ˈpe̞re̞]
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: pe‧re
Declension
Declension of pere (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, 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, →ISBN, page 74
Middle Dutch
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “pere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English

Etymology 1
From Old English pere, peru, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin pirum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
- (mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈpɛr(ə)/
Noun
- A pear (fruit of Pyrus communis)
- A thing of little import or worth.
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːr(ə)/
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peːr/
Noun
pere (plural peres)
- A peer; one who is equal to or like another.
- A rival, enemy, or competitor; one who is in opposition.
- An individual who is of the same social class or standing as another.
- An associate or collaborator; one who works or associates with another.
- A member of the nobility or ruling class of a country or settlement.
- (anatomy, rare) A body part connected or concomitant with another.
References
- “pẹ̄r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.
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.
Northern Sotho
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *peru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe.re/
Declension
Descendants
- English: pear
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.
Noun
pere oblique singular, m (oblique plural peres, nominative singular pere, nominative plural pere)
- father (male family member)
Alternative forms
Romanian
Sotho
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Afrikaans perd, from Dutch paard, from Middle Dutch pert, from Old Dutch *pered, from Late Latin paraverēdus.
Spanish
Etymology
Contraction of espere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾe/ [ˈpe.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -eɾe
- Syllabification: pe‧re
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through, across”). Compare Sanskrit पर्वन् (parvan).
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
Inflection
Declension of pere (type XIV/terve, no gradation) | ||
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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 [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French pere, pedre, from Latin pater, patrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛːʀ/
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adverb sense derives from ideophone sense
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pé.ɾé/, /k͡pè.ɾé/
Ideophone
péré or pèré
Usage notes
- Only used with numbers