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Abinomn

Pronoun

por

1. you (dual)

Albanian

Etymology

From po. Alternatively from Latin porr? (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p??]

Conjunction

por

1. but; however

Synonyms

• megjithatë, mirëpo, ama

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per.

Preposition

por

1. for
2. by

Derived terms

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/

Numeral

por (Bengali script ???)

1. four

Synonyms

• byryi
• cha / char

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Blagar

Noun

por

1. earth, world
2. land
3. island

References

• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan paor, from Latin pavor, pav?rem, attested from the 12th century. Compare French peur, Italian paura.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?po/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?po?/

Noun

por f (plural pors)

1. fear

Derived terms

• poruc

Etymology 2

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. Alternative form of porus (“pore”)

References

Further reading

• “por” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “por” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “por” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

por f (singulative poren)

1. leeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r

Verb

por

1. first-person singular present indicative of porren
2. imperative of porren

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish por.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/
• Hyphenation: por

Preposition

por

1. for, for the benefit of

See also

• per
• pro

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.

Preposition

por

1. by

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto

Preposition

por

1. Indicates motion.

   pola rúa

   down the street

   pola porta

   through the door

2. for (over a period of time)

   por dez anos

   for ten years

3. about, around (near, in the vicinity of)

   polas seis

   at about six

   por aquí

   over here

4. for (to obtain)

   Fun á tenda por xabón.

   I went to the store for soap.

5. for (in exchange for)
6. for (on behalf of)
7. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

8. by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
9. by, by means of
10. per

Derived terms

• polo
• por favor
• por tanto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?por]
• Hyphenation: por
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

por (plural porok)

1. dust
2. powder
3. (with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)

   Synonym: hamvak

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• por in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto por.

Preposition

por

1. for

Lolopo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?o²¹]

Suffix

por

1. (Yao'an, of humans) male

See also

• bol
• mo

Norman

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *por?- (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. (Jersey) pig

   Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot

Old French

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr?.

Preposition

por

1. for (in order to)
2. for (belonging to)

Descendants

• Middle French: pour
  • French: pour
• Norman: pouor, pour

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin porr?.

Adverb

por

1. forwards

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese poder and Spanish poder.

Verb

por

1. can, to be able to
2. may

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r/

Etymology 1

From Italian porro, from Latin porrum.

Noun

por m inan

1. leek

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros).

Noun

por m inan

1. pore

Declension

Further reading

• por in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Merger of Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), and Old Portuguese per, from Latin per (“through, by”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [pu?], [pu?], [po?], [po?]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [po?], [po?], [pu?], [pu?]
  • Homophone: pôr (with /o/)

Preposition

por

2. for (on behalf of)

4. for (in order to obtain)

6. for (over a period of time)

8. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

10. by (through the action or presence of)

12. by (indicates the creator of a work)

14. by (using the rules or logic of)

15. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

17. by; in the name of (indicates an oath)

19. per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)

21. (arithmetic) by (indicates a mathematical division)

23. through (entering and then leaving; being the medium of)

25. around; about; near (in the vicinity of)

27. around; about; approximately (close in quantity, amount or value to)

29. throughout (in various parts of)

31. for; in favour of (supporting)

33. (in the formula “X por Y”, where X is a clause and Y the infinitive of the verb in the clause, or of a synonym) for its own sake; without a motive

Usage notes

Por mandatorily contracts with definite articles in almost all circumstances:

• por + o ? pelo
• por + os ? pelos
• por + a ? pela
• por + as ? pelas

Contractions with indefinite articles and personal pronouns are uncommon and very colloquial:

• por + um ? prum
• por + uns ? pruns
• por + uma ? pruma
• por + umas ? prumas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:por.

Synonyms

• (over a period of time): durante
• (indicates an exchange): em troca de, a troco de (especially in figurative usage)
• (using the rules or logic of): de acordo com, segundo
• (in the name of): em nome de
• (each): cada
• (through): através de, pelo meio de
• (in the vicinity of): perto de, ao redor de
• (approximately): perto de, ao redor de, mais ou menos, aproximadamente, cerca de
• (throughout): em ... inteiro
• (in favour of): a favor de

Derived terms

• porque
• por que
• porquê

Etymology 2

Verb

por

1. Obsolete spelling of pôr, now a common misspelling

Romani

Noun

por m (plural por{{{4}}})

1. feather

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pore, Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros, “passage”).

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. pore

Related terms

• poros

Etymology 2

From Latin porrus or porrum.

Alternative forms

• pur

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. (popular) leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
2. (popular) sand leek (Allium scorodoprasum)
3. (popular) shallot (Allium ascalonicum)

Synonyms

• (leek): praz

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pó?r/, /p??r/

Noun

p??r or p?r m inan

1. leek

Inflection

Further reading

• “por”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per. Doublet of pro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?/, [po?]

Preposition

por

2. by (indicates the creator of a work)

4. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

5. through, out, via (indicating movement)

6. across (indicating movement)

7. about
8. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)

9. (used with directions) over

10. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by

11. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)

12. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)

13. for (indicating duration)

14. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)

15. per, for each

16. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)

17. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)

18. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)

Derived terms

See also

• para

Further reading

• “por” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

por c

1. pore

Declension

Anagrams

• rop

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr?, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek ??? (pûr), and Hittite ???????????? (pa??ur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

por

1. fire

Tok Pisin

Noun

por

1. monohull dugout canoe

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

Noun

par

1. Abbreviation of paragraph.
2. Abbreviation of parenthesis.
3. Abbreviation of parish.

Adjective

par

1. Abbreviation of parallel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??/, [p???], [p???]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Preposition

par

1. By; with.

Usage notes

• Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin p?r (“equal”).

Noun

par (plural pars)

1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
4. (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

5. (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
6. (Britain) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.

Coordinate terms

(golf score):

• buzzard
• bogey
• birdie
• eagle
• albatross
• condor
• ostrich

Derived terms

Verb

par (third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred)

1. (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.

Etymology 4

Noun

par (plural pars)

1. Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”)

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PRA, RAP, RPA, Rap, apr, arp, rap

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese para.

Preposition

par

1. for

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin p?re?. Compare Daco-Romanian p?rea, par.

Alternative forms

• paru, ampar, apar, aparu

Verb

par (past participle pãrutã)

1. I seem, appear.

Derived terms

• pãreari / pãreare
• pãrut

See also

• undzescu

Etymology 2

From Latin p?lus. Compare Daco-Romanian par.

Alternative forms

• paru

Noun

par

1. stake

Related terms

• mpar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish par (“pair”).

Noun

par

1. pair

Danish

Etymology 1

From late Old Danish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p??]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

par n (singular definite parret, plural indefinite par)

1. pair
2. couple

Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English par.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]

Noun

par c

1. (golf) par (the allotted number of strokes to reach the hole)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???]

Verb

par

1. imperative of parre

Faroese

Etymology

From late Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??a??/
• Rhymes: -?a??

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, plural pør)

1. pair

Declension

French

Etymology

From Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?/
• Homophones: pars, part
• Rhymes: -a?

Preposition

par

1. through

2. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))

3. over (used to express direction)

4. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)

5. around, round (inside of)

6. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)

7. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)

8. in

9. per, a, an

10. out of (used to describe the reason for something)

11. for

Derived terms

• de par
• par ici
• par là

Descendants

• ? English: par

Noun

par m (plural pars)

1. (golf) par

Further reading

• “par” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rap

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

par

1. for
2. through
3. by

Gabrielino-Fernandeño

Alternative forms

• paar /pa?r/, pa'r
• paara'

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

par

1. water

References

• Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
• HG

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?a?r/
• Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r (“equal”).

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, nominative plural pör)

1. pair
2. a couple, two people who are dating
3. (poker) pair

Declension

Synonyms

• (pair): tvenna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English par.

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, no plural)

1. (golf) par

Declension

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese para, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Preposition

par

1. (Diu) to (indicates indirect object)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]

     The youngest one told (literally: said to) his father […]

2. (Diu) for (indicates subject of an infinitive)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to regale ourselves:

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

par

1. for
2. through

Kaqchikel

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *pahay.

Noun

par

1. skunk

References

• Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 237
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español?^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 180

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. A traditional reconstruction is Proto-Indo-European *perH- (“exchange”), comparing Ancient Greek ??????? (pérn?mi) etc. and Lithuanian pirkti; but this accounts badly for the /a(?)/. Others refrain from assigning an Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?r/, [pä?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /par/, [p?r]

Adjective

p?r (genitive paris, comparative parior, superlative parissimus, adverb pariter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. even (of a number)
2. equal
3. like
4. suitable

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• aequus
• similis

Latvian

Preposition

par (with accusative)

1. about, on
2. than
3. for (price)
4. as

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French par.

Conjunction

par

1. by (introduces an agent)
   • .

Descendants

• French: par
  • ? English: par

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From *p- + *ar-, cognate with Avestan ????????????????-? (y?r?-, “year”), English year, all from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?r- (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???/

Noun

par f

1. share, part

Noun

par f

1. last year

Adverb

par

1. last year

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para or parene)

1. a pair

2. a couple
3. a few (determiner)

Derived terms

• brudepar
• ektepar
• kongepar
• parvis

Noun

par n

1. (golf, uncountable) par

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??r/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of p?r. Akin to English pair.

Noun

par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para)

1. a pair

2. a couple
3. a few (determiner)

Derived terms

• brudepar
• ektepar
• kongepar
• parvis

Etymology 2

From English par

Noun

par n

1. (golf, uncountable) par

References

• “par” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin per.

Conjunction

par

1. by; via (introduces a medium)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     Tost m'oceïst par son orguel.

     Soon, he killed with his pride.

2. because of; due to (introduces a medium)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     Premiers sont au mostier venu,
     La furent par devocion

     The first ones came to the minster,
     they were there to pray

3. by
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     L'une a l'autre par la main prise,

     They took each other by the hand

4. by; through; across
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     Li cheval par le chanp s'an fuient.

     The horses fled through the field

5. by (introduces an exclamation)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     "Sire, par Deu et par sa croiz!

     "Sire! By God and by his cross!"

6. in (at a location)

Descendants

• Middle French: par
  • French: par
    • ? English: par
• Lorrain: poir
• Picard: per

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par/

Adverb

par (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)

1. suddenly

Alternative forms

• pras

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par/

Noun

par

1. genitive plural of para
2. genitive plural of pary

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese par, from Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pa?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?pa?/
• Hyphenation: par

Noun

par m (plural pares)

1. pair
2. partner
3. couple
4. peer
5. (golf) par

Derived terms

• grupo de pares

Adjective

par m or f (plural pares, not comparable)

1. (mathematics) even

   Antonym: impar

Related terms

• díspar
• ímpar
• paridade

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin p?lus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-.

Noun

par m (plural pari)

1. stake

Related terms

• împ?ra

See also

• ?eap?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin par.

Adjective

par m or n (feminine singular par?, masculine plural pari, feminine and neuter plural pare)

1. (of an integer) even; divisible by two

Antonyms

• impar

Etymology 3

Form of p?rea.

Verb

par

1. first-person singular present indicative of p?rea
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of p?rea
3. third-person plural present indicative of p?rea

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Paar, from Latin par (“equal, like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâ?r/

Noun

p?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. pair, couple
2. (informal) few, handful, several

Declension

Derived terms

• p?ran

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pà?r/

Noun

pár m inan

1. pair
2. some, a couple (of)
3. couple (two partners)
4. (golf)) par
5. (card games) (poker) pair

Inflection

Synonyms

• (some): nekaj

See also

Further reading

• “par”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa?/, [?pa?]

Adjective

par (plural pares)

1. even (divisible by two)

   Antonym: impar

Derived terms

Noun

par m (plural pares)

1. pair (two of the same or similar items that go together)

2. couple (two of the same or similar items)

3. (physics) two equal non-collinear forces; that is a force couple in Newtonian mechanics
4. peer (somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal)
5. some, a few

Noun

par f (plural pares)

1. (finance) par (acceptable level)

Derived terms

Related terms

• impar
• parejo

Further reading

• “par” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

par n

1. a pair, a couple (either two or a few of something)
2. a couple, two people who are dating

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Finnish: pari

Anagrams

• apr, rap

Tok Pisin

Noun

par

1. stingray

Venetian

Alternative forms

• paro
• pèr

Etymology

From Latin p?r. Compare Italian paio.

Noun

par m (plural pari)

1. pair

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

par c (plural parren, diminutive parke)

1. pear

Further reading

• “par”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011