pare

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pâr, IPA^(key): /peə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
• Homophones: pair, pear

Verb

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.

3. to trim the hoof of a horse

Anagrams

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

Noun

pare f

1. money

Verb

pare

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pare m (plural pares)

1. father

Further reading

• “pare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Pronunciation

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Verb

pare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of paren

Anagrams

• rape

Adverb

pare

1. pairwise

Verb

pare

1. first-person singular present indicative of parer
2. third-person singular present indicative of parer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of parer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of parer
5. second-person singular imperative of parer

Anagrams

• âpre, râpe, râpé

Verb

pare

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

Verb

pare

1. present of parer
2. imperative of parer

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular indicative present of parere

Anagrams

• apre
• arpe
• pera
• rape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɾɛ/

Noun

pare m

1. money (currency)

Verb

pārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pāreō

Noun

pare class 5 (plural mavhare class 6)

1. road

Noun

pare (noun class 5/6, plural mapvare)

1. road

Verb

pare

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of parar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of parar
3. third-person singular imperative of parar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Verb

pare

1. third-person singular present indicative of părea.

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin pariēs, parietem.

Noun

pare f (plural pares)

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

Noun

pare f (Cyrillic spelling паре)

1. money

Verb

pare

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of parar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of parar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parar.

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem. Compare Italian padre.

Noun

pare m (plural pari)

1. father