pære
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See also: päre
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]pære c (singular definite pæren, plural indefinite pærer)
- pear
- light bulb
- Synonyms: lyspære, elektrisk pære
- (colloquial) intellect
- Prøv at bruge pæren en gang imellem!
- Try to use your head once in a while!
- Prøv at bruge pæren en gang imellem!
Inflection
[edit]Declension of pære
Descendants
[edit]- → Greenlandic: pære
References
[edit]- “pære” in Den Danske Ordbog
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pære (plural pærit)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse pera (“pear tree”), from Latin pirum.
Noun
[edit]pære f or m (definite singular pæra or pæren, indefinite plural pærer, definite plural pærene)
- a pear
- any pear-shaped object, such as a bulb (light bulb)
- (colloquial) (human) head
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly humorous remolding of pur (“pure”)
Adjective
[edit]pære (indeclinable)
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]pære
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse pera, from Latin pirum.
Noun
[edit]pære f (definite singular pæra, indefinite plural pærer, definite plural pærene)
- a pear
- any pear-shaped object, such as a light bulb
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “pære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish colloquialisms
- da:Fruits
- Greenlandic terms borrowed from Danish
- Greenlandic terms derived from Danish
- Greenlandic lemmas
- Greenlandic nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål colloquialisms
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs
- nb:Fruits
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Fruits