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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Panamint with r as a placeholder.

Symbol

par

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Panamint.

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English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

Noun

par

  1. Abbreviation of paragraph.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419:
      And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army.
  2. Abbreviation of parenthesis.
  3. Abbreviation of parish.

Adjective

par

  1. Abbreviation of parallel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.

Pronunciation

Preposition

par

  1. (in compounds) By; with.
Usage notes
  • Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

Noun

par (countable and uncountable, plural pars)

  1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
  2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
  4. (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
    He needs to make this shot for par.
  5. (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
    • 2009 January 18, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun‎:
      Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.
  6. (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Coordinate terms

(golf score):

Derived terms
terms derived from par (noun)

Verb

par (third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred)

  1. (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
    He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

Etymology 4

Noun

par (plural pars)

  1. Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole, itself from partner.

Verb

par (third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred)

  1. (MLE, MTE) To associate, to chill, to hang.
    • 2007 May 21, “Sirens” (track 3), in Maths + English‎, performed by Dizzee Rascal:
      Par with the hard heads and young offenders.
    • 2014 September 27, “Fire in the Booth”‎performed by Stormzy:
      I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.
    • 2016 August 12, “Don't run” (track 2), in PARTYNEXTDOOR 3(PX3)‎, performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR:
      Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.

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Anagrams

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Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese para.

Preposition

par

  1. for
  2. in order to
    par bali roko ― in order to buy tobacco

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin pāreō. Compare Daco-Romanian părea, par.

Alternative forms

Verb

par first-singular present indicative (past participle pãrutã)

  1. to seem, appear
Derived terms
  • pãreari / pãreare
  • pãrut
See also
  • undzescu

Etymology 2

From Latin pālus. Compare Daco-Romanian par.

Alternative forms

Noun

par

  1. stake

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pār (“even, equal”). The sports usage is a Calque of English par.

Pronunciation

Adjective

par m or f (masculine and feminine plural pars)

  1. (archaic) similar, equal
  2. (mathematics) even
    Synonym: parell
    Antonym: senar

Noun

par m (plural pars)

  1. (historical) peer
  2. (golf) par

Derived terms

Further reading

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Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish par (“pair”).

Pronunciation

Noun

par

  1. pair

Danish

Etymology 1

From late Old Danish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār.

Pronunciation

Noun

par n (singular definite parret, plural indefinite par)

  1. pair
  2. couple
Inflection
More information neuter gender, singular ...

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English par.

Pronunciation

Noun

par c

  1. (golf) par (the allotted number of strokes to reach the hole)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

par

  1. imperative of parre
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Faroese

Etymology

From late Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār.

Pronunciation

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, plural pør)

  1. pair

Declension

More information n5, singular ...
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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin par.

Adjective

par (feminine pare, masculine plural pars, feminine plural pares) (ORB, broad)

  1. even, equal

References

  • pair in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • par in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri.

Pronunciation

Preposition

par

  1. through
    par la fenêtre ― through the window
    aller par le parc ― go through the park
  2. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)
    voyager par train ― travel by train
    par surprise ― by surprise
    le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. ― the boat is [being] attacked by pirates.
  3. over (used to express direction)
    Viens par ici ! ― Come over here!
  4. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
    voir par devant ― see from the back
    le liquide est arrivé par le robinet ― the liquid arrived from the tap
  5. around, round (inside of)
    par tout le cinéma ― all around the cinema
  6. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
    par terre ― on the ground
  7. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
    par un beau jour ― on a nice day
    par un soir ― in one evening
  8. in
    marcher par deux ― walk in twos
  9. per, a, an
    trois fois par semaine ― three times a week
  10. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
    par pure colère ― out of pure anger
    par tristesse ― out of sadness
  11. for

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: par

Noun

par m (plural pars)

  1. (golf) par

Further reading

Anagrams

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

par

  1. for
  2. through
  3. by

Gabrielino-Fernandeño

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

par

  1. water

References

  • Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
  • HG

German

Determiner

par (invariable)

  1. obsolete spelling of paar (“a few, couple”)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār (“equal”).

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, nominative plural pör)

  1. pair
    Synonym: tvenna
  2. couple (two people who are dating)
  3. (poker) pair
Declension
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English par.

Noun

par n (genitive singular pars, no plural)

  1. (golf) par
Declension
More information singular, indefinite ...

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese para, from Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Preposition

par

  1. (Diu) to (indicates indirect object)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
      The youngest one told (literally: said to) his father […]
  2. (Diu) for (indicates subject of an infinitive)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to regale ourselves:

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin per.

Preposition

par

  1. for
  2. through

Italian

Jamaican Creole

Kaqchikel

Latin

Latvian

Maltese

Middle French

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old French

Phalura

Polish

Portuguese

Romagnol

Romanian

Sassarese

Serbo-Croatian

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Tok Pisin

Venetan

West Frisian

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