parr
/pɑː(ɹ)/
parr noun: young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
Noun
parr (countable and uncountable, plural parrs or parr)
Proper noun capitalized: Parr
Parr
- A surname.
- A suburb, ward and historic township in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5395).
- An unincorporated community in Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
parr meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
parr in Hindi
- पार्र, पारर
parr in Marathi
- पार्र, पॅर
parr in Urdu
- پارر
parr in Bengali
- তরুণ স্যামন
More languagesFewer languages
- parr in Telugu
- పార్ర్
- parr in Malayalam
- പാർ, പാർർ
- parr in Kannada
- ಪಾರ್ರ್, ಪ್ಯಾರ್
- parr in Punjabi
- ਪਾਰਰ, ਪਾਰ੍ਰ
- parr in Gujarati
- પાર્ર, પારર
- parr in Odia
- ପାର୍ର, ପାର୍ର୍
- parr in Nepali
- पार्र, पारर
Forms of parr
| plural | parrs |
|---|---|
| plural | parr |
Origin of parr
Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”). For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the Middle English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.
Words that rhyme with parr
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
Questions about parr
- What does parr mean?
- Parr means young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
- What is parr in Hindi?
- Parr in Hindi is पार्र, पारर. See Parr meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is parr?
- Parr can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce parr?
- Parr is pronounced /pɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of parr?
- The plural of parr is parrs.
Words near parr in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: parr (page history and authors); Parr (page history and authors); parr (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parr (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parr (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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