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English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

Noun

para (plural paras)

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  1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
    • 1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...:
      She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.
Translations

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɑːɹə/

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. (medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
See also

Etymology 3

Clippings.

Pronunciation

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. Clipping of paragraph.
  2. (military) Clipping of paratrooper.
    • 2023 September 26, Dan Sabbagh, “Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]
  3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
  4. Clipping of paraplegic.
    • 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain, editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability:
      The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

Pronunciation

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

  1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk
Synonyms

Etymology 5

Noun

para

  1. (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”)

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

Back formation from përpara, from Proto-Albanian *pər-parə-a, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-e/o-s (“before, in front”)

Preposition

para (+ ablative)

  1. before
    para afatit
    before the deadline
  2. ago
    para dy shekujsh
    two centuries ago
  3. (physical position) in front of
    para një pasqyre
    in front of a mirror
  4. (presence) in front of, in the presence of
    para klasës
    in front of the class
  • përpara

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

para f (plural para, definite paraja, definite plural paratë)

  1. money

'Are'are

Noun

para

  1. fishhook

Verb

para

  1. be white

References

Asturian

Verb

para

  1. third-person singular present indicative of parar
  2. second-person singular imperative of parar

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish parar (“to stop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Interjection

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. stop! (used as a command to stop a vehicle)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Preposition

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. for
    Para sain ini?
    What's this for?

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/ [ˈpa.ɾaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Preposition

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. because of
    Para kaiyan?
    Because of that?

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/ [ˈpa.ɾaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Noun

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. erasure
Derived terms

Catalan

Verb

para

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾ̪ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Etymology 1

From Spanish parar (“to stop”).

Verb

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. to flag down; to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
  2. to signal a driver to stop in order for one to alight a vehicle

Etymology 2

From Spanish para (“for”). Displaced alang in most contexts.

Preposition

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. for
    Synonym: (formal) alang

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

More information Arabic, Cyrillic ...
Alternative scripts
Arabic پاره
Cyrillic пара
Latin para
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From Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

para

  1. cash, money

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of para
nominative para
genitive paranıñ
dative parağa
accusative paranı
locative parada
ablative paradan
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Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

Noun

para f or m (plural para's)

  1. para (paratrooper)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Clipping of paranoïde

Adjective

para (comparative paraer, superlative para'st)

  1. (informal) Synonym of paranoïde

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro (“pair”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpara/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: par‧a

Adjective

para (accusative singular paran, plural paraj, accusative plural parajn)

  1. even (not odd)
  2. paired

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from North Germanic, from the same origin as Swedish bära (“to carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑrɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧ra

Noun

para

  1. (witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Inflection of para (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative para parat
genitive paran parojen
partitive paraa paroja
illative paraan paroihin
singular plural
nominative para parat
accusative nom. para parat
gen. paran
genitive paran parojen
parain rare
partitive paraa paroja
inessive parassa paroissa
elative parasta paroista
illative paraan paroihin
adessive paralla paroilla
ablative paralta paroilta
allative paralle paroille
essive parana paroina
translative paraksi paroiksi
abessive paratta paroitta
instructive — paroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Possessive forms of para (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parani parani
accusative nom. parani parani
gen. parani
genitive parani parojeni
paraini rare
partitive paraani parojani
inessive parassani paroissani
elative parastani paroistani
illative paraani paroihini
adessive parallani paroillani
ablative paraltani paroiltani
allative paralleni paroilleni
essive paranani paroinani
translative parakseni paroikseni
abessive parattani paroittani
instructive — —
comitative —paroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parasi parasi
accusative nom. parasi parasi
gen. parasi
genitive parasi parojesi
paraisi rare
partitive paraasi parojasi
inessive parassasi paroissasi
elative parastasi paroistasi
illative paraasi paroihisi
adessive parallasi paroillasi
ablative paraltasi paroiltasi
allative parallesi paroillesi
essive paranasi paroinasi
translative paraksesi paroiksesi
abessive parattasi paroittasi
instructive — —
comitative —paroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative paramme paramme
accusative nom. paramme paramme
gen. paramme
genitive paramme parojemme
paraimme rare
partitive paraamme parojamme
inessive parassamme paroissamme
elative parastamme paroistamme
illative paraamme paroihimme
adessive parallamme paroillamme
ablative paraltamme paroiltamme
allative parallemme paroillemme
essive paranamme paroinamme
translative paraksemme paroiksemme
abessive parattamme paroittamme
instructive — —
comitative —paroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative paranne paranne
accusative nom. paranne paranne
gen. paranne
genitive paranne parojenne
parainne rare
partitive paraanne parojanne
inessive parassanne paroissanne
elative parastanne paroistanne
illative paraanne paroihinne
adessive parallanne paroillanne
ablative paraltanne paroiltanne
allative parallenne paroillenne
essive parananne paroinanne
translative paraksenne paroiksenne
abessive parattanne paroittanne
instructive — —
comitative —paroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative paransa paransa
accusative nom. paransa paransa
gen. paransa
genitive paransa parojensa
parainsa rare
partitive paraansa parojaan
parojansa
inessive parassaan
parassansa		 paroissaan
paroissansa
elative parastaan
parastansa		 paroistaan
paroistansa
illative paraansa paroihinsa
adessive parallaan
parallansa		 paroillaan
paroillansa
ablative paraltaan
paraltansa		 paroiltaan
paroiltansa
allative paralleen
parallensa		 paroilleen
paroillensa
essive paranaan
paranansa		 paroinaan
paroinansa
translative parakseen
paraksensa		 paroikseen
paroiksensa
abessive parattaan
parattansa		 paroittaan
paroittansa
instructive — —
comitative —paroineen
paroinensa
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Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

para

  1. third-person singular past historic of parer

Noun

para m or f (plural paras)

  1. paratrooper

References

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐɾɐ], [pɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ, -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Preposition

para

  1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)
  2. for (to obtain)
  3. to, toward (indicating destination)
  4. for (by the standards of)
  5. (after a form of estar) about to
Usage notes

In spoken language this preposition frequently contracts with the next word, especially with articles and pronouns, but today these contraction are not usually represented in the written language.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from parar (“to prepare”). Cognate with Portuguese apara.

Pronunciation

Noun

para f (plural paras)

  1. peeling (of a fruit, vegetable, cheese)
    Synonyms: carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pela, peladura, peleca, plana, tona
  2. shaving, woodshaving
    Synonyms: labra, lasca

Etymology 3

Verb

para

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of parir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Gamo

Noun

para

  1. horse

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Guaraní

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Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi pará.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paˈɾa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Noun

para

  1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

  2. suber, cork
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative para parák
accusative parát parákat
dative parának paráknak
instrumental parával parákkal
causal-final paráért parákért
translative parává parákká
terminative paráig parákig
essive-formal paraként parákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parában parákban
superessive parán parákon
adessive paránál paráknál
illative parába parákba
sublative parára parákra
allative parához parákhoz
elative parából parákból
delative paráról parákról
ablative parától paráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular		 paráé paráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		 paráéi parákéi
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Possessive forms of para
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. parám paráim
2nd person sing. parád paráid
3rd person sing. parája parái
1st person plural paránk paráink
2nd person plural parátok paráitok
3rd person plural parájuk paráik
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Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

Perhaps from paranoia.

Noun

para

  2. (slang) fear
    Synonyms: félelem, rettegés
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative para parák
accusative parát parákat
dative parának paráknak
instrumental parával parákkal
causal-final paráért parákért
translative parává parákká
terminative paráig parákig
essive-formal paraként parákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parában parákban
superessive parán parákon
adessive paránál paráknál
illative parába parákba
sublative parára parákra
allative parához parákhoz
elative parából parákból
delative paráról parákról
ablative parától paráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular		 paráé paráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		 paráéi parákéi
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Possessive forms of para
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. parám paráim
2nd person sing. parád paráid
3rd person sing. parája parái
1st person plural paránk paráink
2nd person plural parátok paráitok
3rd person plural parájuk paráik
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Derived terms

Adjective

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

  1. (slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark
    Synonyms: félelmetes, rémisztő, ijesztő, baljós
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative para parák
accusative parát parákat
dative parának paráknak
instrumental parával parákkal
causal-final paráért parákért
translative parává parákká
terminative paráig parákig
essive-formal paraként parákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parában parákban
superessive parán parákon
adessive paránál paráknál
illative parába parákba
sublative parára parákra
allative parához parákhoz
elative parából parákból
delative paráról parákról
ablative parától paráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular		 paráé paráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		 paráéi parákéi
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Etymology 3

From paraméter.

Noun

para

  2. (slang) (physical) parameter (height, weight, and age, often asked at the beginning of online dating)
    Synonym: paraméter
    Mik a paráid? ― What are your parameters?
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative para parák
accusative parát parákat
dative parának paráknak
instrumental parával parákkal
causal-final paráért parákért
translative parává parákká
terminative paráig parákig
essive-formal paraként parákként
essive-modal — —
inessive parában parákban
superessive parán parákon
adessive paránál paráknál
illative parába parákba
sublative parára parákra
allative parához parákhoz
elative parából parákból
delative paráról parákról
ablative parától paráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular		 paráé paráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		 paráéi parákéi
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Possessive forms of para
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. parám paráim
2nd person sing. parád paráid
3rd person sing. parája parái
1st person plural paránk paráink
2nd person plural parátok paráitok
3rd person plural parájuk paráik
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Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (para, “money”), from Persian پاره (pâre, “piece”).

Noun

para (plural parák)

  2. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)
Derived terms

Further reading

Ido

Adjective

para

  1. (mathematics) even

Antonyms

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Preposition

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

  1. for; on behalf of

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish para (“stop”) (second person singular imperative), from parar (“stop”).

Interjection

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

  1. Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.
Derived terms
  • agpara
  • ipara

Etymology 3

Noun

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

  1. sprouting coconut

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ڤارا (para), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paRa (collective particle). Compare Acehnese para (“horde, troop”).

Particle

para

  1. definitive particle used to denote that the word preceded is plural
    para siswa ― students

Usage notes

  • This particle is only used in human nouns. Plural forms of other nouns are formed by reduplication.

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ڤارا (para, “rubber; shelf”), from Proto-Austronesian *paRa (“storage shelf; attic, loft”). Compare Tagalog pága (“storage loft made of bamboo attached to ceiling”).

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. rubber
  2. Alternative spelling of para-para (“shelf”)

Etymology 3

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. Apocopic form of parasut
  2. paratrooper, military parachutist

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?]

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. (architecture, dialect) the space between the ceiling and the roof of a house

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?]

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. (dialect) upper arm
    Synonym: lengan atas

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Lawangan [Term?] (Paser)

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. (cooking, dialect) edible half rotten (melted) egg.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Bima [Term?]

Noun

para (plural para-para)

  1. (pathology, dialect) skin disease on the body in the form of white spots that collect at one point and cause fever

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish para and Karelian para.

Pronunciation

Noun

para

  1. (folklore) troll cat (being designed to bring milk to its creator)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination), singular ...
Declension of para (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative para parat
genitive paran parroin
partitive parraa paroja
illative parraa parroi
inessive paras parois
elative parast paroist
allative paralle paroille
adessive paral paroil
ablative paralt paroilt
translative paraks paroiks
essive paranna, parraan paroinna, parroin
exessive1) parant paroint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 383

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ra

Etymology 1

From Pará, Brazil, where it is produced.

Noun

para f (plural pare)

  1. crepe rubber
  2. crepe (for shoes)

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

para f (uncountable)

  1. (slang) paranoia

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

  1. inflection of parare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

para

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦫ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese parar.

Verb

para

  1. to stop

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàra. By surface analysis, deverbal from parzëc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra

Noun

para f

  1. steam (vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase)
    Synonym: ropa

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1970) “para”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 27
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “para woda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “para”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

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Latin

Lutuv

Lithuanian

Malay

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old Javanese

Old Polish

Pali

Papiamentu

Polish

Portuguese

Quechua

Romanian

Sanaviron

Serbo-Croatian

Silesian

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

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