pare

From Middle English paren, from Old French parer (“to arrange, prepare, trim”), from Latin parō (“I prepare, arrange; I provide, furnish; I resolve, purpose”) (related to pariō (“I bear, I give birth to; I spawn, produce, beget; I procure, acquire”)), from a Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forward, bring forth”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛə(ɹ)/

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• (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /pɛɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophones: pair, pear

pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)

1. (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.

   Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.

2. (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

   Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.

   • 1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:

     From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.

3. To trim the hoof of a horse.
4. (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.

• to peel
• to skin

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para).

pare f

1. money

pare

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of parar

From Latin pater, patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾe/

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• Rhymes: -aɾe

pare m (plural pares)

1. father

• cappare
• Pare de Nadal

• “pare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

pare

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

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pare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of paren

• rape

From paro +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/
• Rhymes: -are

pare

1. pairwise

• IPA^(key): /paʁ/

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• Homophones: parent, pares

pare

1. inflection of parer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• âpre, râpe, râpé

pare

1. inflection of parir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Javanese ꦥꦫꦺ (paré). Doublet of paria and pêria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpare/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ré
• Rhymes: -re, -e

paré (first-person possessive pareku, second-person possessive paremu, third-person possessive parenya)

1. bitter gourd

• paria
• paré

• “pare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

pare

1. present of parer
2. imperative of parer

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pà‧re

pare

1. plural of para

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of parere

• apre, arpe, pera, rape

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːre]

pare

1. rice (plant)

• kadodo (“cooked rice”)
• wiha (“uncooked rice”)

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “pare”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.reː/, [ˈpäːreː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/, [ˈpäːre]

pārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

pare class 5 (plural mavare class 6)

1. road

• “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

pare class 5 (plural mapvare class 6)

1. road

• “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

• IPA^(key): /pɑːˈɾɛ/

pare m

1. money

pare

1. inflection of para (“other”):
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. masculine nominative/accusative plural
   3. feminine vocative singular

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧re

pare

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of părea

• paraid (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• preit (Sursilvan)

From Vulgar Latin *paretem, from Latin pariēs, parietem.

pare f (plural pares)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) (internal) wall
2. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) rock face

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) mir
• (Surmiran) meir
• (Puter, Vallader) mür

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre).

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

1. money

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾe/ [ˈpa.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: pa‧re

pare m (plural pares)

1. (Latin America) stop sign

pare

1. inflection of parar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of parir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• pre
• par

Final clipping of kumpare, kompadre.

• Hyphenation: pa‧re
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾe/, [ˈpa.ɾe]

pare

1. buddy; close male friend

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan

   Coordinate term: mare

2. (informal) Term of address to a male stranger

From Spanish padre.

• Hyphenation: pa‧re
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾeʔ/, [ˈpa.ɾeʔ]

parè

1. (religion, archaic) Alternative spelling of pari

• “pare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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

pare

1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

pare m (plural pari)

1. father

• mare