parer

Etymology

From pare +‎ -er.

Noun

parer (plural parers)

1. A tool used to pare things.

Anagrams

• Raper, raper

Etymology

From Latin parēre. Displaced as a verb by the doublet parèixer (“to seem”); compare Spanish parecer (“to seem; opinion”).

Noun

parer m (plural parers)

1. view, opinion
   • 2003, Ferran Grau Codina, Universidad de Valencia. Departament de Filologia Clàssica, La Universitat de València i l’humanisme: Studia humanitatis i renovació cultural a Europa i el nou món, Universitat de València (→ISBN), page 431

     Encara que el Papa Pau III era del mateix parer, tot i aixó, l'emperador imposá el seu criteri.

     Although Pope Paul III was of the same view, the emperor nevertheless imposed his own opinion.

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁe/

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Verb

parer

1. to adorn; to bedeck

   Paré de fleurs. ― Adorned with flowers.

2. to fend off
3. (fencing) to parry
4. (reflexive) to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)

Further reading

• “parer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• râper

Verb

parer

1. to seem, appear to be

Verb

parer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of parō

Alternative forms

• parare

Etymology

From Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō (“I appear, I am visible, apparent”).

Verb

parer

1. (transitive) to seem (look like)