paire

See also:pairé

English

Noun

paire(pluralpaires)

1. Obsoleteform ofpair.

French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchpaire,fromLatinparia,neuter plural ofpār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones:perds,perd,père

Adjective

paire

1. femininesingularofpair

Noun

pairef(pluralpaires)

1. apair;acouple

Derived terms

• autre paire de manches
• deux paires
• double paire
• paire minimale
• paire torsadée
• faire la paire
• se faire la paire

Further reading

• “paire”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• parie,parié

Galician

Verb

paire

1. inflection ofpairar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pare,parr,pair,payr,payre,peir,peire,peyr,peyre,payere

Etymology

FromOld Frenchpaire,fromLatinparia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈpæi̯r(ə)/

Noun

paire(pluralpaire)

1. Apair;a group of twosimilar,identical,or matching items or creatures:
   1. Twopeople(often when in a romantic or sexualrelationship).
   2. Twoanimals;a pair or duo ofbeastsorcreatures.
2. Used withbinary nouns,especially for tools or implements.
3. Agroupingorcollectionofmatchingorsimilaritems.
4. Anumberormultitudeof things or items.

Usage notes

The-splural is attested aspares.

Descendants

• English:pair
• Scots:pair
• Yola:paare

References

• “paire,n.(1).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2019-04-21.

Occitan

Etymology 1

FromOld Occitanpaire,fromLatinpater, patrem(“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈpajɾe]

Noun

pairem(pluralpaires)

1. father

Derived terms

• pairal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

paire

1. first-personsingularpresentsubjunctiveofpairar
2. third-personsingularpresentsubjunctiveofpairar

Old Occitan

Etymology

FromLatinpater, patrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pajɾe/

Noun

pairem(oblique pluralpaires,nominative singularpaires,nominative pluralpaire)

1. father

Descendants

• Occitan:paire

Portuguese

Verb

paire

1. inflection ofpairar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative