poire

Meaning

1. pear
2. (colloquial) mug, sucker, soft touch
3. (informal) mush, face
4. a bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper
5. pear brandy
6. a pull cord switch with a pear-shaped knob
7. a beef cut

Concepts

pear

pears

fall guy

mug

ball

perry

dupe

sucker

Pyrus

genus Pyrus

Pyrus communis

pear tree

meal ticket

syringe

pear brandy

inflation bulb

pear-tree

Asian pear

European pear

common pear

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pwaʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, considered as a feminine singular.