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Etymology 1
From, from , from , neuter plural of. Related to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
 * 2) One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
 * 3) Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
 * 4) A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
 * 5)  A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
 * 6)  A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
 * 7)  A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
 * 8)  A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
 * 9)  A boat for two sweep rowers.
 * 10)  A pair of breasts
 * 11)  A pair of testicles
 * 12)  The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
 * 13) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
 * There were two pairs on the final vote.
 * 1)  A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
 * 2)  In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
 * 1)  A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
 * 2)  A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
 * 3)  A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
 * 4)  A boat for two sweep rowers.
 * 5)  A pair of breasts
 * 6)  A pair of testicles
 * 7)  The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
 * 8) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
 * There were two pairs on the final vote.
 * 1)  A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
 * 2)  In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
 * 1)  The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
 * 2) Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
 * There were two pairs on the final vote.
 * 1)  A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
 * 2)  In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
 * 1)  In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
 * 1)  In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.

Usage notes
The usual plural of pair is pairs. This is a recent innovation; the plural pair was formerly predominant and may be found in older texts like "A Key to Joyce's Arithmetic" (compare 🇨🇬, plural paire). That is, a native English speaker, back in the early 19th century, would say 20 pair of shoes, as opposed to today's 20 pairs of shoes. In colloquial or dialectal speech, forms such as 20 pair may still be found; because of their relegation to informal speech, they are now sometimes proscribed.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , ; see also Thesaurus:duo
 * See also Thesaurus:breasts

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: زَوْج
 * Egyptian Arabic: جوز, اجواز, جوزين
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: pãreaclje, pãreaclji, giugii, uidii, zivyari
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: biko
 * Belarusian: па́ра
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Dzongkha: ཆ
 * Esperanto: paro
 * Estonian: paar
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: couple
 * Friulian: pâr
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წყვილი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ζεῦγος
 * Hawaiian: pa'a
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: जोड़ा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: pari
 * Irish: péire
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 一組,
 * Kazakh: жұп
 * Khakas: хос
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 한쌍,, 페어
 * Kumyk: жут, чер, эки
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: جووت
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ຄູ່
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: pora
 * Luxembourgish: Puer
 * Macedonian: пар, чифт
 * Mansaka: paris
 * Maori: tōpū
 * Marathi: जोडी
 * Middle English: paire
 * Mongolian:
 * Moore: yɩɩbse
 * Neapolitan: paro
 * Norman: pathe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ଜୋଡା
 * Ottoman Turkish: چفت, زوج
 * Pashto:, زوج
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Poa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: t'inki
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: pèra, peera
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: càraid, lànan, paidhir
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пар
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Slovak: pár
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: кош
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: jozi
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tausug: pasang
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: jübüt
 * Ukrainian: па́ра
 * Urdu: جوڑا
 * Uyghur: جۈپ, پار
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yagnobi: ҷуфт
 * Yiddish: פּאָר
 * Zazaki:
 * Zhuang:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 一雙
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: duopo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წყვილი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Irish: beirt
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 한쌍,
 * Latvian:
 * Malay: tokorua
 * Maori: tōpū, takirua
 * Marathi: जोडी,
 * Middle English: paire
 * Norman: pathe
 * Ottoman Turkish: چفت, زوج
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: càraid, dithis
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: คู่หนึ่ง
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: pari
 * Latvian:
 * Middle English: paire
 * Norman: pathe
 * Old French: couple
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: cuingir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 한쌍
 * Marathi: जोडी
 * Middle English: paire
 * Ottoman Turkish: چفت, قوش
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: caigeann, cuingire, cuingear
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tvenna,
 * Irish: péire
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tokorua
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:


 * Dutch: brilstand


 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 면짝
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * German:
 * Vietnamese: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To group into one or more sets of two.
 * 2)  to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth
 * 3)  To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
 * 4)  To come together for mating.
 * 5)  To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
 * 6)  To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
 * 1)  To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
 * 2)  To come together for mating.
 * 3)  To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
 * 4)  To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
 * 1)  To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сдвоявам,
 * Czech: párovat
 * Dutch: ,
 * Georgian: აწყვილებს
 * Greek:
 * Polish:, sparować,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: t'inkiy
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, para ihop

Etymology 2
From, , shortened form of , , from , , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To impair, to make worse.
 * 2)  To become worse, to deteriorate.
 * 1)  To become worse, to deteriorate.
 * 1)  To become worse, to deteriorate.
 * 1)  To become worse, to deteriorate.

Etymology
. Compare dialectal 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to digest
 * 2)  to handle, to cope with
 * 1)  to handle, to cope with

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  even

Noun

 * 1) a peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)

Etymology
From, compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to be afraid

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) peer

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  pear

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) cauldron, boiler
 * 2) furnace