para
/ˈpɑːɹə/US/ˈpɑːɹə/
para noun: a former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. Also the clipping of paragraph.
Noun (1)
para (plural paras)
- A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
- She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...
Noun (2)
IPA/ˈpæɹə/
para (plural paras)
- A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
Adjective
IPA/ˈpæɹə/
para (comparative more para, superlative most para)
- Very drunk.
Noun (3)
para
Noun (4)
para (plural paras)
Proper noun capitalized: Para
Para
- A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
- A district of Suriname.
Also used as
para is also the clipping of paragraph.
para is also the clipping of paraphilia.
para is also the clipping of paraplegic.
para is also the clipping of paraprofessional educator.
para is also the clipping of paratrooper.
para meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
para in Hindi
- पैरा
para in Marathi
- पॅरा
para in Urdu
- پیرا
para in Bengali
- প্যারা
More languagesFewer languages
- para in Telugu
- పారా
- para in Kannada
- ಪ್ಯಾರಾ
- para in Gujarati
- પેરા
- para in Odia
- ପାରା |
- para in Nepali
- पारा
- para in Persian
- پاره pâre
Synonyms of para
- Adrian Quist
- adrip
- aled up
- all mops and brooms
- arseholed
- a sheet in the wind
- a sheet in the wind's eye
- bedrunken
- befuddled
- beliquored
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Forms of para
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paras |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more para |
| superlative | most para |
Origin of para
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).
Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara.
Clippings.
Words formed from para
Phrases with para
- para reds
- para surf
- para surfs
- para hockey
- para nordic
- para skiing
- para surfed
- para surfer
- para grasses
- para surfers
- para surfing
- para biathlon
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Words that rhyme with para
Questions about para
- What does para mean?
- Para means a former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
- What is para in Hindi?
- Para in Hindi is पैरा. See Para meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is para?
- Para can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce para?
- Para is pronounced /ˈpɑːɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of para?
- The plural of para is paras.
Words near para in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: para (page history and authors); Para (page history and authors); para (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); para (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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