Meanings
pear1
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
- Choke pear (a torture device).
- Jamaicaavocado, alligator pear
- A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Pear2
- pluralplural onlyAn indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand.
- An endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
More synonyms by meaning
nounOld World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Vulgar Latinpira
- Proto-West Germanic*peru
- Old Englishpere
- Middle Englishpere
- Englishpear
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans peer
- peerfruit
Ancient Greek ἄπιον, ἀχράς
- ἄπιον (ápion)fruit
- ἀχράς (akhrás)fruit
- ἄπιος (ápios)tree
Arabic كُمَّثْرَى, إِجَّاص
- كُمَّثْرَى (kummaṯrā)fruit
- إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ)fruit
- كُمَّثْرَى (kummaṯrā)tree
Basque udare, madari
- udarefruit
- madarifruit
- txermenfruit
- udareondotree
- madariondotree
Bengali নাশপাতি
- নাশপাতি (naśpati)fruit
Bulgarian кру́ша, кру́ша
- кру́ша (krúša)fruit
- кру́ша (krúša)tree
Catalan pera, perera
- perafruit
- pereratree
Chinese Cantonese 梨, 雪梨
- 梨fruit
- 雪梨fruit
- 沙梨fruit
- 啤梨fruit
Chinese Mandarin 梨, 梨子
- 梨 (lí)fruit
- 梨子 (lízi)fruit
- 梨樹 /梨树 (líshù)tree
Czech hruška, hrušeň
- hruškafruit
- hrušeňtree
Danish pære
- pærefruit
Dutch peer, perenboom
- peerfruit
- perenboomtree
Esperanto piro, pirarbo
- pirofruit
- pirarbotree
- pirujotree
Estonian pirn, pirnipuu
- pirnfruit
- pirnipuutree
Finnish päärynä, päärynäpuu
- päärynäfruit
- päärynäpuuwood of the pear tree
- päärynätree
- päärynäpuutree
French poire, poirier
- poirefruit
- poiriertree
German Birne, Birnenholz
- Birnefruit
- Birnenholzwood of the pear tree
- Birnbaumholzwood of the pear tree
- Birnholzwood of the pear tree
- Birnbaumtree
- Birnetree
Greek αχλάδι, αχλαδιά
- αχλάδι (achládi)fruit
- αχλαδιά (achladiá)tree
Hebrew אַגָּס
- אַגָּס (agás)fruit
Hindi नाशपाती
- नाशपाती (nāśpātī)fruit
Hungarian körte, körtefa
- körtefruit
- körtefatree
Icelandic pera, perutré
- perafruit
- perutrétree
Indonesian pir
- pirfruit
Iranian Persian گلابی, امرود
- گلابی (golâbi)fruit
- امرود (amrud)fruit
- ارمود (armud)fruit
Irish piorra, péire
- piorrafruit
- péirefruit
Italian pera, pero
- perafruit
- perotree
Japanese 梨
- 梨 (nashi)fruit
Korean 서양배, 배
- 서양배 (seoyangbae)fruit
- 배 (bae)fruit
- 배나무 (baenamu)tree
Latin pirum, pirus
- pirumfruit
- pirustree
Latvian bumbieris, krausis
- bumbierisfruit
- krausisfruit
- bumbieretree
- krausetree
Lithuanian kriaušė, kriaušė
- kriaušėfruit
- kriaušėtree
Malay pear, pir
- pearfruit
- pirfruit
Māori pea
- peafruit
Norwegian Bokmål pære, pæretre
- pærefruit
- pæretretree
Polish gruszka, grusza
- gruszkafruit
- gruszatree
Portuguese pera, pereira
- perafruit
- pereiratree
Punjabi ਨਾਖ, ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ
- ਨਾਖ (nākh)fruit
- ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ (nāśpātī)fruit
Romanian pară, păr
- parăfruit
- părtree
Russian гру́ша, гру́ша
- гру́ша (grúša)fruit
- гру́ша (grúša)tree
Scottish Gaelic peur, peur
- peurfruit
- peurtree
Slovak hruška, hruška
- hruškafruit
- hruškatree
Spanish pera, peral
- perafruit
- peraltree
Swahili pea, mpea
- peafruit
- mpeatree
Swedish päron, pära
- päronfruit
- pärafruit
- päronträdtree
Tagalog peras
- perasfruit
Tamil பேரிக்காய், பேரி
- பேரிக்காய் (pērikkāy)fruit
- பேரி (pēri)fruit
Thai ลูกแพร์
- ลูกแพร์ (lûuk-pɛɛ)fruit
Turkish armut, kertme
- armutfruit
- kertmefruit
- ahlatfruit
- armuttree
Ukrainian гру́ша, гру́ша
- гру́ша (hrúša)fruit
- гру́ша (hrúša)tree
Urdu ناشپاتی
- ناشپاتی (nāśpātī)fruit
Vietnamese lê, quả lê
- lêfruit
- quả lêfruit
- trái lêfruit
- cây lêtree
Welsh gellygen, peren
- gellygenfruit
- perenfruit
Yiddish באַר
- באַר (bar)fruit
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Cite this entry
pear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pear
“pear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pear. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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