poire

Meaning

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

Concepts

pear

🍐

mug

pears

fall guy

pear tree

pear-tree

perry

sucker

syringe

💉

European pear

Pyrus

Pyrus communis

genus Pyrus

Asian pear

pear brandy

inflation bulb

ball

pear

🍐

common pear

dupe

meal ticket

Synonyms

poirier

poirier commun

pigeon

gogo

poire pour la soif

poirier sauvage

roue de secours

trogne

poirier cultivé

paire

pyrus

poirier commun|pl=grusza pospolita|uk=груша звичайна

couillon

pyrus communis

gueule

tronche

gagne-pain

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.