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• Received-Pronunciation: pâr
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɛə/
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• Canada, General-American: pâr
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• Canada, General-American: /pɛɹ/
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• Australian: /peː/
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• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpeə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈpiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ˈpeɹ/
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• /ˈpɜː/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• homophone: pare
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• homophone: pear
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• homophone: pere
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• homophone: peer
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• homophone: pier (both cheer–chair merger)
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• homophone: per
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• homophone: purr (both fair–fur merger)
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the German surname, probably a variant of Baer, from the noun Bär (“bear”).

From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adjective). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”), Italian paio (“pair”)

From Middle English pairen, peiren, shortened form of apeiren, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.

281 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çift — two similar or identical things
• Northern Altai: тӧй (töy) — two similar or identical things
• Southern Altai: кош (koš) — two similar or identical things
• Arabic: زَوْج (zawj) — two similar or identical things
• Arabic: جوز (gōz) — two similar or identical things
• Arabic: اجواز (egwaz) — two similar or identical things
• Arabic: جوزين (gōzen) — two similar or identical things
• Armenian: զույգ (zuyg) — two similar or identical things
• Aromanian: pãreaclje — two similar or identical things
• Aromanian: pãreaclji — two similar or identical things
• Aromanian: giugii — two similar or identical things
• Aromanian: uidii — two similar or identical things
• Aromanian: zivyari — two similar or identical things
• Azerbaijani: cüt — two similar or identical things
• Basque: biko — two similar or identical things
• Belarusian: па́ра (pára) — two similar or identical things
• Bengali: জোড়া (jōṛa) — two similar or identical things
• Bulgarian: дво́йка (dvójka) — two similar or identical things
• Bulgarian: чифт (čift) — two similar or identical things
• Burmese: ဒွေးဘော် (dwe:bhau) — two similar or identical things
• Burmese: ယမက (ya.ma.ka.) — two similar or identical things
• Burmese: အတွဲ (a.twai:) — two similar or identical things
• Catalan: parella — two similar or identical things
• Catalan: parell — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙 /双 (shuāng) — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Mandarin: 對 /对 (duì) — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Mandarin: 一對 /一对 (yīduì) — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Cantonese: 啤 (pe1) — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Cantonese: 雙 /双 (soeng1) — two similar or identical things
• Chinese Cantonese: 對 /对 (deoi3) — two similar or identical things
• Czech: pár — two similar or identical things
• Danish: par — two similar or identical things
• Dutch: paar — two similar or identical things
• Dutch: koppel — two similar or identical things
• Dutch: duo — two similar or identical things
• Dutch: tweetal — two similar or identical things
• Dzongkha: ཆ (cha) — two similar or identical things
• Esperanto: paro — two similar or identical things
• Estonian: paar — two similar or identical things
• Finnish: pari — two similar or identical things
• French: paire — two similar or identical things
• Old French: couple — two similar or identical things
• Friulian: pâr — two similar or identical things
• Galician: par — two similar or identical things
• Georgian: წყვილი (c̣q̇vili) — two similar or identical things
• German: Paar — two similar or identical things
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺 (gajuk) — two similar or identical things
• Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) — two similar or identical things
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — two similar or identical things
• Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος (zeûgos) — two similar or identical things
• Hawaiian: paʻa — two similar or identical things
• Hebrew: זוּג (zug) — two similar or identical things
• Hebrew: צֶמֶד (tzémed) — two similar or identical things
• Hindi: जोड़ा (joṛā) — two similar or identical things
• Hungarian: pár — two similar or identical things
• Icelandic: par — two similar or identical things
• Ingrian: pari — two similar or identical things
• Irish: péire — two similar or identical things
• Italian: paio — two similar or identical things
• Japanese: 対 (tai) — two similar or identical things
• Japanese: 一対 (ittsui) — two similar or identical things
• Japanese: 一組 (hitokumi) — two similar or identical things
• Japanese: ペア (pea) — two similar or identical things
• Kazakh: жұп (jūp) — two similar or identical things
• Khakas: хос (xos) — two similar or identical things
• Khmer: គូ (kuu) — two similar or identical things
• Korean: 한쌍 (hanssang) — two similar or identical things
• Korean: 켤레 (kyeolle) — two similar or identical things
• Korean: 페어 (peeo) — two similar or identical things
• Kumyk: жут (jut) — two similar or identical things
• Kumyk: чер (çer) — two similar or identical things
• Kumyk: эки (eki) — two similar or identical things
• Central Kurdish: جووت (cût) — two similar or identical things
• Northern Kurdish: cot — two similar or identical things
• Kyrgyz: жуп (jup) — two similar or identical things
• Kyrgyz: кош (koş) — two similar or identical things
• Lao: ຄູ່ (khū) — two similar or identical things
• Latin: par — two similar or identical things
• Latvian: pāris — two similar or identical things
• Lithuanian: pora — two similar or identical things
• Luxembourgish: Puer — two similar or identical things
• Macedonian: пар (par) — two similar or identical things
• Macedonian: чифт (čift) — two similar or identical things
• Mansaka: paris — two similar or identical things
• Māori: tōpū — two similar or identical things
• Marathi: जोडी (joḍī) — two similar or identical things
• Middle English: paire — two similar or identical things
• Mongolian: хос (xos) — two similar or identical things
• Moore: yɩɩbse — two similar or identical things
• Neapolitan: paro — two similar or identical things
• Norman: pathe — two similar or identical things
• Norwegian Bokmål: par — two similar or identical things
• Occitan: parelh — two similar or identical things
• Odia: ଜୋଡା (joḍā) — two similar or identical things
• Pashto: جوړه (ǰoṛá) — two similar or identical things
• Pashto: زوج (zawǰ) — two similar or identical things
• Persian: جفت (joft) — two similar or identical things
• Persian: زوج (zowj) — two similar or identical things
• Plautdietsch: Poa — two similar or identical things
• Polish: para — two similar or identical things
• Portuguese: par — two similar or identical things
• Quechua: t'inki — two similar or identical things
• Romanian: pereche — two similar or identical things
• Romansh: pèra — two similar or identical things
• Romansh: peera — two similar or identical things
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — two similar or identical things
• Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) — two similar or identical things
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (mithuna) — two similar or identical things
• Scottish Gaelic: càraid — two similar or identical things
• Scottish Gaelic: lànan — two similar or identical things
• Scottish Gaelic: paidhir — two similar or identical things
• Serbo-Croatian: пар — two similar or identical things
• Serbo-Croatian: par — two similar or identical things
• Slovak: pár — two similar or identical things
• Slovene: par — two similar or identical things
• Spanish: par — two similar or identical things
• Swahili: jozi — two similar or identical things
• Swedish: par — two similar or identical things
• Tajik: ҷуфт (juft) — two similar or identical things
• Tausug: pasang — two similar or identical things
• Thai: คู่ (kûu) — two similar or identical things
• Turkish: çift — two similar or identical things
• Ottoman Turkish: چفت (çift) — two similar or identical things
• Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc) — two similar or identical things
• Turkmen: jübüt — two similar or identical things
• Ukrainian: па́ра (pára) — two similar or identical things
• Urdu: جوڑا (joṛā) — two similar or identical things
• Uyghur: جۈپ (jüp) — two similar or identical things
• Uyghur: پار (par) — two similar or identical things
• Uzbek: juft — two similar or identical things
• Uzbek: par — two similar or identical things
• Venetan: pèr — two similar or identical things
• Vietnamese: đôi — two similar or identical things
• Vietnamese: cặp — two similar or identical things
• Welsh: pâr — two similar or identical things
• Yaghnobi: ҷуфт (juft) — two similar or identical things
• Yiddish: פּאָר (por) — two similar or identical things
• Zazaki: cıt (diq) — two similar or identical things
• Armenian: զույգ (zuyg) — two people in a relationship
• Bulgarian: дво́йка (dvójka) — two people in a relationship
• Catalan: parella — two people in a relationship
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫婦 /夫妇 (fūfù) — two people in a relationship
• Chinese Mandarin: 一對 /一对 (yīduì) — two people in a relationship
• Chinese Mandarin: 一雙 /一双 (yīshuāng) — two people in a relationship
• Czech: dvojice — two people in a relationship
• Czech: pár — two people in a relationship
• Dutch: paar — two people in a relationship
• Dutch: koppel — two people in a relationship
• Dutch: stel — two people in a relationship
• Esperanto: duopo — two people in a relationship
• Finnish: pari — two people in a relationship
• French: paire — two people in a relationship
• Georgian: წყვილი (c̣q̇vili) — two people in a relationship
• German: Paar — two people in a relationship
• German: Pärchen — two people in a relationship
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — two people in a relationship
• Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) — two people in a relationship
• Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος (zeûgos) — two people in a relationship
• Hebrew: זוּג (zug) — two people in a relationship
• Hebrew: צֶמֶד (tzémed) — two people in a relationship
• Irish: beirt — two people in a relationship
• Italian: coppia — two people in a relationship
• Japanese: ペア (pea) — two people in a relationship
• Japanese: 一対 (ittsui) — two people in a relationship
• Korean: 한쌍 (hanssang) — two people in a relationship
• Korean: 일대 (ildae) — two people in a relationship
• Latvian: pāris — two people in a relationship
• Malay: pasangan — two people in a relationship
• Māori: tōpū — two people in a relationship
• Māori: tokorua — two people in a relationship
• Māori: takirua — two people in a relationship
• Marathi: जोडी (joḍī) — two people in a relationship
• Marathi: युगुल (yugul) — two people in a relationship
• Middle English: paire — two people in a relationship
• Norman: pathe — two people in a relationship
• Polish: para — two people in a relationship
• Polish: dwoje — two people in a relationship
• Polish: dwójka — two people in a relationship
• Polish: stadło — two people in a relationship
• Portuguese: par — two people in a relationship
• Romanian: pereche — two people in a relationship
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — two people in a relationship
• Russian: чета́ (četá) — two people in a relationship
• Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) — two people in a relationship
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (mithuna) — two people in a relationship
• Scottish Gaelic: càraid — two people in a relationship
• Scottish Gaelic: dithis — two people in a relationship
• Spanish: pareja — two people in a relationship
• Thai: คู่หนึ่ง (kûu-nʉ̀ng) — two people in a relationship
• Turkish: çift — two people in a relationship
• Ottoman Turkish: چفت (çift) — two people in a relationship
• Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc) — two people in a relationship
• Vietnamese: cặp — two people in a relationship
• Catalan: parell — used with binary nouns
• Czech: pár — used with binary nouns
• Finnish: pari — used with binary nouns
• French: paire — used with binary nouns
• Old French: couple — used with binary nouns
• Hebrew: זוּג (zug) — used with binary nouns
• Ingrian: pari — used with binary nouns
• Latvian: pāris — used with binary nouns
• Middle English: paire — used with binary nouns
• Norman: pathe — used with binary nouns
• Portuguese: par — used with binary nouns
• Romanian: pereche — used with binary nouns
• Russian: пара (para) — used with binary nouns
• Bulgarian: чифт (čift) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Catalan: parell — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Dutch: tweespan — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Finnish: parivaljakko — couple of working animals attached to work together
• French: paire — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος (zeûgos) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Hebrew: צֶמֶד (tzémed) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Irish: cuingir — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Italian: pariglia — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Japanese: 一対 (ittsui) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Korean: 한쌍 (hanssang) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Marathi: जोडी (joḍī) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Middle English: paire — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Polish: dwójka — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Polish: para — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Romanian: pereche — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Russian: дво́йка (dvójka) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Scottish Gaelic: caigeann — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Scottish Gaelic: cuingire — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Scottish Gaelic: cuingear — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Turkish: çift — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Ottoman Turkish: چفت (çift) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Ottoman Turkish: قوش (koş) — couple of working animals attached to work together
• Bulgarian: чифт (čift) — poker hand
• Catalan: parella — poker hand
• Dutch: paar — poker hand
• Finnish: pari — poker hand
• French: paire — poker hand
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — poker hand
• Hungarian: pár — poker hand
• Icelandic: tvenna — poker hand
• Icelandic: par — poker hand
• Irish: péire — poker hand
• Italian: coppia — poker hand
• Māori: tokorua — poker hand
• Romanian: pereche — poker hand
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — poker hand
• Slovene: par — poker hand
• Dutch: brilstand — cricket score
• Finnish: daisarit — slang: pair of breasts
• German: Gelenk — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Italian: coppia — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Japanese: 対偶 (taigū) — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Korean: 짝 (jjak) — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Korean: 면짝 (myeonjjak) — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Spanish: par — kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion
• Bulgarian: сдвоявам (sdvojavam) — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Bulgarian: чифтосвам (čiftosvam) — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Czech: párovat — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Dutch: paren — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Dutch: koppelen — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Georgian: აწყვილებს (ac̣q̇vilebs) — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Greek: ζευγαρώνω (zevgaróno) — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Icelandic: para — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Polish: parować — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Polish: sparować — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Polish: parzyć — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Portuguese: emparelhar — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Quechua: t'inkiy — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Romanian: împerechea — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Romanian: împreuna — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Spanish: emparejar — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Spanish: parear — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Spanish: aparear — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Swedish: para — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Swedish: para ihop — transitive: to group into sets of two
• Spanish: emparejar — intransitive: to suit, fit
• Spanish: aparearse — intransitive: to suit, fit
• Spanish: aparejarse — intransitive: to mate
• Spanish: emparejarse — intransitive: to mate
• Spanish: aparearse — intransitive: to mate