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Usage notes The usual plural of pair is pairs.

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See also: Pair

English [ edit ]

(sense 1) Pair of porcelain Rococo figurines, circa 1755

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adj). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”).

Noun [ edit ]

pair (plural pairs or (archaic or dialectal) pair)

Usage notes [ edit ]

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 Middle English paire, 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 [ edit ]

( two objects in a group ) : duo dyad couple brace twosome duplet Thesaurus:duo

Thesaurus:duo ( pair of breasts ) : See also Thesaurus:breasts

Derived terms [ edit ]

Descendants [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

two similar or identical things Albanian: çift (sq) m

Arabic: زَوْج m ( zawj ) Egyptian Arabic: جوز m ( gōz ) , اجواز m pl ( egwaz ) , جوزين m du ( gōzen )

Armenian: զույգ (hy) ( zuyg )

Aromanian: pãreaclje pãreaclji giugii uidii zivyari

Azerbaijani: cüt (az)

Basque: biko

Belarusian: па́ра f ( pára )

Bengali: জোড়া ( joṛa )

Bulgarian: дво́йка (bg) f ( dvójka ) , чифт (bg) m ( čift ) , Burmese: ဒွေးဘော် (my) ( dwe:bhau ) , ယမက (my) ( ya.ma.ka. ) , အတွဲ (my) ( a.twai: )

, , Catalan: parella (ca) f , parell (ca) m

, Chinese: Mandarin: 雙 (zh) 双 (zh) ( shuāng ) , 對 (zh) 对 (zh) ( duì ) , 一對 (zh) 一对 (zh) ( yīduì )

Czech: pár (cs) m

Danish: par (da) n

Dutch: paar (nl) n , koppel (nl) n , duo (nl) n , tweetal (nl) n

, , , Dzongkha: ཆ ( cha )

Esperanto: paro

Estonian: paar

Finnish: pari (fi)

French: paire (fr) f Old French: couple

Friulian: pâr

Galician: par (gl) m

Georgian: წყვილი ( c̣q̇vili )

German: Paar (de) n

Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺 n ( gajuk )

Greek: ζεύγος (el) n ( zévgos ) , ζευγάρι (el) n ( zevgári ) Ancient: ζεῦγος n ( zeûgos )

, Hawaiian: pa'a

Hebrew: זוּג (he) m ( zug ) , צֶמֶד (he) m ( tzémed )

, Hindi: जोड़ा m ( joṛā )

Hungarian: pár (hu)

Icelandic: par (is) n

Irish: péire m

Italian: paio (it) m

Japanese: 対 (ja) ( たい, tai ) , 一対 (ja) ( いっつい, ittsui ) , 一組 ( ひとくみ, hitokumi ) , ペア ( pea )

, , , Kazakh: жұп ( jūp )

Khmer: គូ (km) ( kuu )

Korean: 한쌍 ( hanssang ) , 켤레 (ko) ( kyeolle ) , 페어 ( peeo ) , , Kurdish: Central Kurdish: جووت (ku) ( cût ) Northern Kurdish: cot (ku)

Kyrgyz: жуп (ky) ( jup )

Lao: ຄູ່ ( khū )

Latin: par (la) n

Latvian: pāris (lv) m

Lithuanian: pora f

Luxembourgish: Puer n

Macedonian: пар m ( par ) , чифт m ( čift )

, Mansaka: paris

Maori: tōpū

Marathi: जोडी f ( joḍī )

Middle English: paire

Mongolian: хос (mn) ( xos )

Moore: yɩɩbse

Norman: pathe f

Norwegian: Bokmål: par (no) n

Occitan: parelh (oc)

Oriya: ଜୋଡା ( joḍa )

Pashto: جوړه (ps) f ( ǰoṛá ) , زوج m ( zawǰ ) , Persian: جفت (fa) ( joft ) , زوج (fa) ( zouj )

, Plautdietsch: Poa n

Polish: para (pl) f

Portuguese: par (pt) m

Quechua: t'inki

Romanian: pereche (ro)

Romansch: pèra f , peera f

, Russian: па́ра (ru) f ( pára )

Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (sa) m or n ( dvaṃdva ) , मिथुन (sa) m ( mithuna )

, Scottish Gaelic: càraid f

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пар m Roman: par (sh) m

Shan: please add this translation if you can

Slovak: pár m

Slovene: par (sl) m

Spanish: par (es) m

Swahili: jozi

Swedish: par (sv) n

Tajik: ҷуфт (tg) ( juft )

Tausug: pasang

Thai: คู่ (th) ( kûu )

Turkish: çift (tr)

Turkmen: jübüt

Ukrainian: па́ра f ( pára )

Urdu: جوڑا m ( joṛā )

Uyghur: جۈپ ( jüp ) , پار ( par )

, Uzbek: juft (uz) par (uz)

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Venetian: pèr (vec) m

Vietnamese: đôi (vi) cặp (vi)

Welsh: pâr (cy) m

Yagnobi: ҷуфт ( juft )

Yiddish: פּאָר f ( por )

Zazaki: çit

Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

two people in a relationship Armenian: զույգ (hy) ( zuyg )

Bulgarian: дво́йка (bg) f ( dvójka )

Catalan: parella (ca) f

Chinese: Mandarin: 夫婦 (zh) 夫妇 (zh) ( fūfù ) , 一對 (zh) 一对 (zh) ( yīduì ) , 一雙 一双 ( yīshuāng )

Czech: dvojice (cs) f , pár (cs) m

, Dutch: paar (nl) n , koppel (nl) n , stel (nl) n

, , Esperanto: duopo

Finnish: pari (fi)

French: paire (fr) f

Georgian: წყვილი ( c̣q̇vili )

German: Paar (de) n , Pärchen (de) n

, Greek: ζευγάρι (el) n ( zevgári ) , ζεύγος (el) n ( zévgos ) Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος n ( zeûgos ) , Hebrew: זוּג (he) m ( zug ) , צֶמֶד (he) m ( tzémed )

, Irish: beirt f

Italian: coppia (it) f

Japanese: ペア ( pea ) , 一対 (ja) ( いっつい, ittsui )

, Korean: 한쌍 ( hanssang ) , 일대 (ko) ( ildae ) ( literary )

, Latvian: pāris (lv) m

Malay: tokorua

Maori: tōpū

Marathi: जोडी f ( joḍī ) , युगुल (mr) n ( yugul )

, Middle English: paire

Norman: pathe f

Polish: para (pl) f , dwoje (pl) dwójka (pl) f , stadło (pl) n

, , Portuguese: par (pt) m

Romanian: pereche (ro) f

Russian: па́ра (ru) f ( pára ) , ( stilted, of married couples only ) чета́ (ru) f ( četá ) , Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (sa) m or n ( dvaṃdva ) , मिथुन (sa) m ( mithuna )

, Scottish Gaelic: càraid f , dithis f

, Spanish: pareja (es)

Thai: คู่หนึ่ง ( kûu-nʉ̀ng )

Turkish: çift (tr)

Vietnamese: cặp (vi)

used with binary nouns Catalan: parell (ca) m

Czech: pár (cs) m

Finnish: pari (fi)

French: paire (fr) f

Hebrew: זוּג (he) m ( zug )

Latvian: pāris (lv) m

Middle English: paire

Norman: pathe

Old French: couple

Portuguese: par (pt) m

Romanian: pereche (ro) f

couple of working animals attached to work together Bulgarian: чифт (bg) m ( čift )

Catalan: parell (ca) m

Dutch: tweespan (nl) n

Finnish: parivaljakko (fi)

French: paire (fr) m

Greek: ζευγάρι (el) n ( zevgári ) Ancient Greek: ζεῦγος n ( zeûgos )

Hebrew: צֶמֶד (he) m ( tzémed )

Italian: pariglia (it) f

Japanese: 一対 (ja) ( いっつい, ittsui )

Korean: 한쌍 ( hanssang )

Marathi: जोडी f ( joḍī )

Middle English: paire

Polish: dwójka (pl) f , para (pl) f

, Romanian: pereche (ro) f

Russian: дво́йка (ru) f ( dvójka ) , па́ра (ru) f ( pára )

, Turkish: çift (tr)

poker hand Bulgarian: чифт (bg) ( čift )

Catalan: parella (ca) f

Dutch: paar (nl) n

Finnish: pari (fi)

French: paire (fr) f

Greek: ζευγάρι (el) n ( zevgári )

Hungarian: pár (hu)

Icelandic: tvenna f , par (is) n

, Irish: péire m

Italian: coppia (it) f

Maori: tokorua

Romanian: pereche (ro) f

Russian: пара (ru) f ( para )

Slovene: par (sl) m

cricket score Dutch: brilstand n

— see double play baseball: two outs recorded in one play

— see doubleheader baseball: doubleheader

slang: pair of breasts Finnish: daisarit (fi)

exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote

two members of opposite parties who mutually agree not to vote on a given question

— see set number of things resembling one another, or belonging together

kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion German: Gelenk (de) n

Italian: coppia (it) f

Japanese: 対偶 (ja) ( たいぐう, taigū )

Korean: 짝 (ko) ( jjak ) , 면짝 ( myeonjjak )

, Russian: па́ра (ru) f ( pára )

Spanish: par (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked German: (please verify) Paar (de) n

Vietnamese: (please verify) đôi (vi) (please verify) cặp (vi)

Verb [ edit ]

pair (third-person singular simple present pairs, present participle pairing, simple past and past participle paired) ( transitive ) To group into one or more sets of two. The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party. a. 1744, The Works of Alexander Pope , volume I, new edition, J. Murray, published 1871, Alexander Pope , “Sappho to Phaon”, in John Wilson Croker , editor,, volume I, new edition, J. Murray, published 1871, pages 94–95 Brown as I am, an Ethiopian dame / Inspired young Perseus with a gen’rous flame; / Turtles and doves of diff’ring hues unite, / And glossy jet is paired with shining white. ( computing ) to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch. 2015, Microsoft, “How-to: Keyboards”, in http://www.microsoft.com ‎[1], retrieved : , Microsoft, “How-to: Keyboards”, in, retrieved : If your computer has a built-in, non-Microsoft transceiver, you can pair the device directly to the computer by using your computer’s Bluetooth software configuration program but without using the Microsoft Bluetooth transceiver. ( transitive ) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating. ( intransitive ) To come together for mating. 1883, Alexander Stewart, Nether Lochaber (page 112) The raven, in short, when he pairs, which he does at the earliest moment permitted by the laws of ravendom, pairs for life [ … ] ( politics , slang ) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. ( intransitive ) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert , 2nd edition, Jacob Tonson, published 1714, , Nicholas Rowe,, 2nd edition, Jacob Tonson, published 1714, page 46 My Heart was made to fit and pair with thine, / Simple and plain, and fraught with artleſs Tenderneſs; / Form’d to receive one Love, and only one, / But pleas’d and proud, and dearly fond of that, / It knows not what there can be in Variety, / And would not if it could.

Derived terms [ edit ]

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Translations [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Middle English pairen, peiren, shortened form of apeiren, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō.

Verb [ edit ]

pair (third-person singular simple present pairs, present participle pairing, simple past and past participle paired)

Anagrams [ edit ]

Catalan [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Unknown. Compare dialectal Italian padire.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

pair (first-person singular present paeixo, past participle paït)

( transitive, intransitive ) to digest digerir ( figuratively , transitive ) to handle, to cope with de mal pair ― hard to take

Conjugation [ edit ]

Derived terms [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin pār (“equal”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /pɛʁ/

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pair (feminine paire, masculine plural pairs, feminine plural paires)

( of a number ) even impair

Derived terms [ edit ]

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Noun [ edit ]

pair m (plural pairs)

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

Antonyms [ edit ]

pari m

Derived terms [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

“pair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012.

Anagrams [ edit ]

Louisiana Creole French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From French peur (“fear”), compare Haitian Creole pè.

Verb [ edit ]

pair

to be afraid

References [ edit ]

Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Middle English [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

pair

paire Alternative form of

Romanian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From French pair.

Noun [ edit ]

pair m (plural pairi)

peer ( noble )

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of pair singular plural indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation nominative/accusative (un) pair pairul (niște) pairi pairii genitive/dative (unui) pair pairului (unor) pairi pairilor vocative pairule pairilor

Romansch [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

pér Sursilvan, Sutsilvan )

) peir Surmiran)

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin pirum.

Noun [ edit ]

pair m (plural pairs)

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Welsh [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle Welsh peir, from Proto-Brythonic *pėr, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos. Cognate with Irish coire.

Noun [ edit ]

pair m (plural peiri or peirau)

Derived terms [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb [ edit ]

pair

Mutation [ edit ]

Welsh mutation radical soft nasal aspirate pair bair mhair phair Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References [ edit ]

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