Phrase guide

pear tree

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɛə ˈtɹiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌpɛɚ ˈtɹi/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3533).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pear, Pyrus communis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit tree

History

Etymology

From Middle English peretre, pertre, pere tre; equivalent to pear + tree.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҳаҵла (aḥacʼla) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Arabic: شَجَرَةُ اَلكُمَّثْرَى (šajaratu al-kummaṯrā) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Armenian: տանձենի (tanjeni) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Aromanian: per — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Asturian: peral — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Basque: udareondo — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Basque: madariondo — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Belarusian: гру́ша (hrúša) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Bulgarian: кру́ша (krúša) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Catalan: perer — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Catalan: perera — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梨樹 /梨树 (líshù) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Czech: hrušeň — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Czech: hruška — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Dutch: perenboom — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Finnish: päärynäpuu — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Finnish: päärynä — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • French: poirier — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Friulian: piruçâr — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Galician: pereira — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • German: Birnbaum — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Hungarian: körtefa — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Italian: pero — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Japanese: 梨の木 (nashi no ki) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Macedonian: кру́ша (krúša) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Middle English: peretre — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Middle English: pirie — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Old English: pyrige — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Plautdietsch: Bäarenboom — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Polish: grusza — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Portuguese: pereira — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ (nāśpātī) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਖ (nākh) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Romanian: păr — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Russian: гру́ша (grúša) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Slovak: hruška — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Slovene: hruška — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Lower Sorbian: kšuška — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Lower Sorbian: kšušcyna — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Spanish: peral — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Swedish: päronträd — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Turkish: armut ağacı — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Ukrainian: гру́ша (hrúša) — tree of the genus Pyrus
  • Unami: hàkhàkopëlìshakw — tree of the genus Pyrus