piro

See also: Piro, piró, -piro, and piro-

Esperanto

Du paroj sur pirarbo

Etymology

From Latin pirum. Compare French poire, Italian pera, English pear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiro]

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: pi‧ro

Noun

piro (accusative singular piron, plural piroj, accusative plural pirojn)

1. pear (edible fruit produced by a pear tree)

   Ĉu vi ŝatus torton faritan kun piroj? ― Would you like a pie made with pears?

Derived terms

• pirarbo (“pear tree”)
• pirforma (“pear-shaped”)
• pirujo

 

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

Noun

piro (plural piri)

1. pear (fruit)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.roː/, [ˈpɪroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ro/, [ˈpiːro]

Noun

pirō

1. dative/ablative singular of pirus

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pilo (compare with Samoan piro, Tahitian piro (“dirty, smelly”) and Hawaiian pilo (“foul odour, halitosis, pollution”)). Maybe related to pirau (“to decay, to fester”).

Adjective

piro

1. rotten, putrid
2. smelly
3. disgusting
4. offensive

Verb

piro

1. to rot
2. to disgust

Noun

piro

1. rot
2. intestines

Related terms

• pirau

Derived terms

• waipiro
• kōpiro

Further reading

• “piro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Compound of pire +‎ -’o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾo/

Verb

piro

1. to peel, skin

Portuguese

Verb

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

Rapa Nui

Adjective

piro

1. rotten

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾo/ [ˈpi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: pi‧ro

Etymology 1

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Noun

piro m (plural piros)

1. a member of the Yine people of Peru

   Synonym: yine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

Further reading

• “piro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10