pare
English
Etymology
From Middle English paren, 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
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /pɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) enPR: pâr, IPA(key): /pɛɹ/
- Homophones: pair, pear, pere
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Verb
pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)
- (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.
- (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.
- 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:
- Also referring to the deeds of certain Border Ruffians, he said, rapidly paring away his speech, like an experienced soldier, keeping a reserve of force and meaning, “They had a perfect right to be hung.”
- 1960 April, “The European Summer Timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 223:
- From May 29 another 10 min. are being pared from the southbound journey, and the time over the 504.4 miles from Paris to Hendaye will come down to 6 hr. 58 min., an average of 72.4 m.p.h. with two intermediate stops.
- To trim the hoof of a horse.
- (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.
Derived terms
- cheeseparing
- pare away
- pare down
- pare off
- parer
- pare to the bone
- paring
- paring knife
Translations
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Asturian
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin patrem, from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- cappare
- Pare de Nadal
Further reading
- “pare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Coastal Konjo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpare/
- Rhymes: -are
French
Verb
pare
- inflection of parer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpare/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ré
- Rhymes: -re, -e
Noun
paré (first-person possessive pareku, second-person possessive paremu, third-person possessive parenya)
Further reading
- “pare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: pà‧re
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaːre]
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.reː/, [ˈpäːreː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.re/, [ˈpäːre]
Makasar
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpare/, [ˈpʰa.rɛ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧re
Derived terms
- appare-pare
Maore Comorian
References
- “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Ngazidja Comorian
References
- “pare” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
pare
- inflection of para (“other”):
- masculine/neuter locative singular
- masculine nominative/accusative plural
- feminine vocative singular
Portuguese

Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɾɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
- Hyphenation: pa‧re
Verb
pare
- inflection of parar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
Romansch
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾe/ [ˈpa.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: pa‧re
Etymology 1

Verb
pare
- inflection of parar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Verb
pare
- inflection of parir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾe/, [ˈpa.ɾɛ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧re
Noun
pare (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒ)
Derived terms
- erap
- repa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾeʔ/, [ˈpa.ɾɛʔ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧re
Further reading
- “pare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Toraja-Sa'dan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pāre, para, “a part, piece; a single entire thing, a single article; money, coin”),[1][2] from Persian پاره (pâre).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːˈɾe/
- Hyphenation: pa‧re
Noun
pare (definite accusative pareyi, plural pareler)
- (dated) A piece, part of a whole.
- (dated) A single unit, one piece or copy of a thing.
- 2023 April 22, 21 pare top atışıyla halkı selamlayacak, İstanbul: Aydınlık:
- Sarayburnu'nda halkın ziyaretine açılan Türkiye'nin en büyük savaş gemisi TCG Anadolu'nun, 23 Nisan saat 12.00'de İstanbul Boğazı'ndan geçiş yaparak 21 pare top atışı ve çimariva ile halkı selamlayacağı duyuruldu.
- It was announced that TCG Anadolu, Turkey's largest warship, which was opened to public visit in Sarayburnu, will salute the public with a 21-piece gun salute and çimariva while passing through the Bosphorus at 12:00 on April 23rd.
- Alternative form of para
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Dative | pareye | parelere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | parede | parelerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms
- çalpara
- paralamak
- paramparça
- parça
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پاره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 432
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پاره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 312
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pare”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “pare”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pare”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3778