paire

paire (plural paires)

1. Obsolete form of pair.

Inherited from Old French paire, from Latin paria, neuter plural of pār.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ/

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• Homophones: perds, perd, père

paire

1. feminine singular of pair

paire f (plural paires)

1. a pair; a couple

• “paire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• parie, parié

paire

1. inflection of pairar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• pare, parr, pair, payr, payre, peir, peire, peyr, peyre, payere

From Old French paire, from Latin paria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæi̯r(ə)/

paire (plural paire)

1. A pair; a group of two similar, identical, or matching items or creatures:
   1. Two people (often when in a romantic or sexual relationship).
   2. Two animals; a pair or duo of beasts or creatures.
2. Used with binary nouns, especially for tools or implements.
3. A grouping or collection of matching or similar items.
4. A number or multitude of things or items.

The -s plural is attested as pares.

• English: pair
• Scots: pair
• Yola: paare

• “paire, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019.

From Old Occitan paire, from Latin pater, patrem (“father”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpajɾe]

paire m (plural paires)

1. father

• pairal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paire

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of pairar

From Latin pater, patrem.

• IPA^(key): /pajɾe/

paire m (oblique plural paires, nominative singular paires, nominative plural paire)

1. father

• Occitan: paire

paire

1. inflection of pairar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative