pear
/pɛə/
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British/pɛː/
pear noun: an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
Noun (1)
pear (plural pears)
- An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
- A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
- Synonyms:
- pear tree
- The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
- Choke pear (a torture device).
- avocado, alligator pear
- A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Noun (2) capitalized: Pear
Pear pl (plural only)
- An indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand.
Proper noun capitalized: Pear
Pear
- An endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia.
pear meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pear in Hindi
- fruit
- नाशपाती nāśpātī
pear in Tamil
- fruit
- பேரிக்காய் pērikkāy, பேரி pēri
pear in Marathi
- fruit
- नाशपाती nāśpātī
pear in Urdu
- fruit
- ناشپاتی nāśpātī
More languagesFewer languages
- pear in Bengali
- নাশপাতি naśpati
- pear in Telugu
- పియర్ piyar, బేరీ bērī
- pear in Malayalam
- സബർജൽ sabaṟjal
- pear in Kannada
- ಪೇರಳೆ pēraḷe, ಮರಸೇಬು marasēbu
- pear in Punjabi
- ਨਾਖ nākh, ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ nāśpātī
- pear in Gujarati
- પિઅર piara, નાસપતી nāsaptī
- pear in Sinhala
- පෙයා peyā
- pear in Pashto
- ناک nāk
- pear in Tagalog
- peras
- pear in Arabic
- كُمَّثْرَى kummaṯrā, إِجَّاص ʔijjāṣ
- pear in Malay
- pear, pir
- pear in Indonesian
- pir
- pear in Persian
- گلابی golâbi, امرود amrud, ارمود armud
- pear in Thai
- ลูกแพร์ lûuk-pɛɛ
- pear in Vietnamese
- cây lê, lê, quả lê, trái lê
- pear in Myanmar
- သစ်တောသီး sactau:si:
- Dhivehi
- ނާޝްޕަތީ nāšpatī
Examples of pear in a sentence
- The fruit trees in the yard keep me in apples and pears for most of the year.
- Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).
- The underripe pears tasted fine, but were still a little crunchy.
Synonyms of pear
Forms of pear
| plural | pears |
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Origin of pear
From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular, ultimately a loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source. Cognate with Scots peer (“pear”), Saterland Frisian Peere, Pere (“pear”), West Frisian par (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish, Greenlandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk pære (“pear”), Faroese, Icelandic pera (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”), German Birne (“pear”), Luxembourgish Bier, Bir (“pear”), Vilamovian biyn (“pear”), Yiddish באַר (bar, “pear”), French poire (“pear”).
Words formed from pear
- Pearic
- alligator pear
- and a partridge in a pear tree
- apples and pears
- avocado pear
- butter pear
- Catherine pear
- choke pear
- desert pear
- ground pear
- musk pear
- papple
- pear apple
- pear belle Hélène
- pear blight
- pear cider
- pear drop
- pear-encrinite
- pear-gauge
- pear gauge
- pear haw
- pearita
- Pearland
- pear leaf blister mite
- pear leaf blister moth
- pear leaf-curling midge
- pear leaf midge
- pearless
- pearlike
- pear louse
- pear midge
- pearmonger
- pear of anguish
- pear orchard
- pear oyster scale
- pear plum
- pear psylla
- pear quince
- pear-shaped
- pear shell
- pear slug
- pear-sucker
- pear-thorn
- pear thrips
- peartini
- pear tomato
- Pear Tree
- peartree
- pear wine
- pear-wise
- pear-withe
- pear-wood
- peary
- perry
- Pope's pear
- prickly pear
- prickly pear cactus
- river pear
- sea pear
- tiger pear
Phrases with pear
- sand pear
- snow pear
- apple pear
- Asian pear
- pear drops
- pear plums
- pear slugs
- pear trees
- pear wines
- Welsh pear
- woody pear
- balsam pear
25 more phrasesFewer phrases
- cactus pear
- garlic pear
- Korean pear
- pear ciders
- pear gauges
- Seckel pear
- Taiwan pear
- African pear
- anchovy pear
- Callery pear
- Chinese pear
- pear psyllas
- Bradford pear
- Japanese pear
- pear tomatoes
- go pear shaped
- vegetable pear
- strawberry pear
- goes pear shaped
- gone pear shaped
- went pear shaped
- going pear shaped
- Prickly Pear Cays
- Chinese white pear
- Prickly Pear Island
Words that rhyme with pear
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about pear
- What does pear mean?
- Pear means an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
- What is pear in Hindi?
- Pear in Hindi is नाशपाती (nāśpātī). See Pear meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pear?
- Pear can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pear?
- Pear is pronounced /pɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pear?
- The plural of pear is pears.
Words near pear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pear (page history and authors); Pear (page history and authors). 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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