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pear tree en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɛɚ ˈtɹi/ (General-American)
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• /ˌpɛə ˈtɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
   • On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree 1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas:

Forms

Deriveds

and a partridge in a pear tree

Hypernyms

tree

Translations (44)

fr poirier (tree of the genus Pyrus) · eu udareondo (tree of the genus Pyrus) · sv päronträd (tree of the genus Pyrus) · uk гру́ша (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ja 梨の木 (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ca perer (tree of the genus Pyrus) · tr armut ağacı (tree of the genus Pyrus) · rup per (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ang pyrige (tree of the genus Pyrus) · sk hruška (tree of the genus Pyrus) · bg кру́ша (tree of the genus Pyrus) · unm hàkhàkopëlìshakw (tree of the genus Pyrus) · pdt Bäarenboom (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ru гру́ша (tree of the genus Pyrus) · cs hrušeň (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ast peral (tree of the genus Pyrus) · dsb kšuška (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ca perera (tree of the genus Pyrus) · pa ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ (tree of the genus Pyrus) · sl hruška (tree of the genus Pyrus) · pa ਨਾਖ (tree of the genus Pyrus) · hu körtefa (tree of the genus Pyrus) · fi päärynäpuu (tree of the genus Pyrus) · de Birnbaum (tree of the genus Pyrus) · fur piruçâr (tree of the genus Pyrus) · gl pereira (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ab аҳаҵла (tree of the genus Pyrus) · cmn 梨樹 /梨树 (tree of the genus Pyrus) · eu madariondo (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ro păr (tree of the genus Pyrus) · cs hruška (tree of the genus Pyrus) · ar شَجَرَةُ اَلكُمَّثْرَى (tree of the genus Pyrus) · fi päärynä (tree of the genus Pyrus) · dsb kšušcyna (tree of the genus Pyrus) · hy տանձենի (tree of the genus Pyrus) · enm pirie (tree of the genus Pyrus) · it pero (tree of the genus Pyrus) · mk кру́ша (tree of the genus Pyrus) · be гру́ша (tree of the genus Pyrus) · nl perenboom (tree of the genus Pyrus) · pt pereira (tree of the genus Pyrus) · pl grusza (tree of the genus Pyrus) · es peral (tree of the genus Pyrus) · enm peretre (tree of the genus Pyrus)