English Pronunciation AHD: pâr IPA: /peə(r)/ SAMPA: /pe@(r)/ Homophones pair pare Noun (also pear tree) A fruit tree. (More info required here) A fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem. Translations Breton: per collective noun; perenn singular f (2) Catalan: pera f (2) Dutch: perenboom m (1), peer f (2) Finnish: päärynä (2) French: poirier m (1), poire f (2) Frisian: par (2) German: Birne f (2) Greek: αχλάδι (achladi) (2) Italian: pero m (1), pera f (2) Latin: pyrus (2) Romanian: pară f (2) Slovene: hruška Spanish: pera f (2) Swedish: päron (2) n