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 Translation for 'pear' from English to French
NOUN1   a pear | pears
NOUN2   pear [wood] | -
SYNO pear | pear tree | Pyrus communis
bot.cuis.T
poire {f} [Pyrus communis]
pear
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2 Words
alim.cuis.
bergamote {f} [poire]
bergamot (pear)
cuis.
alcool {m} de poire
pear brandy
cuis.
cidre {m} de poire
pear cider
bot.
poirier {m}
pear tree
4 Words
électr.
poire {f} [interrupteur]
(pear-shaped) light switch
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
bot.T
concombre {m} balsamite [Momordica balsamina]
(southern) balsam pear
bot.T
courgette {f} africaine [Momordica balsamina]
(southern) balsam pear
bot.T
opuntia {f} littoralis [Opuntia littoralis]
coastal prickly pear
bot.T
opuntia {m} engelmannii [Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii, syn. : O. aciculata, O. engelmannii, O. flexospina, O. lindheimeri, O. linguiformis, O. tardispina]
desert prickly pear
bot.T
opuntia {m} engelmannii [Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii, syn. : O. aciculata, O. engelmannii, O. flexospina, O. lindheimeri, O. linguiformis, O. tardispina]
discus prickly pear
bot.T
opuntia {m} engelmannii [Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii, syn. : O. aciculata, O. engelmannii, O. flexospina, O. lindheimeri, O. linguiformis, O. tardispina]
Engelmann's prickly pear
bot.cuis.T
figue {f} de Barbarie
prickly pear
bot.T
chayote {f} [Sechium edule] [aussi : chayotte, chouchoute ou christophine]
vegetable pear [Aus.] [NZ]
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Usage Examples English
  • Poire Williams is the name for "eau de vie" (colorless fruit brandy) made from the Williams pear (also known as Williams' bon chrétien and as the Bartlett pear in the United States, Canada and Australia) in France and Switzerland.
  • The earliest known written use in English is attested from 1697 as "avogato pear", later "avocado pear" (due to its shape), a term sometimes corrupted to "alligator pear".
  • "Fulguropsis pyruloides" is a species of Marine Gastropod, commonly known as the pear whelk.
  • The Seckel pear (or sugar pear) is a small, very sweet cultivar of pear believed to have originated in Pennsylvania.
  • Apple Bloom encounters a kind old pear merchant named Grand Pear while walking through the busy Ponyville marketplace.

  • "Pyrus" × "bretschneideri" (or "Pyrus" "bretschneideri"), the ya pear or pearple or Chinese white pear (...), is an interspecific hybrid species of pear native to North China, where it is widely grown for its edible fruit.
  • It is a species of prickly pear native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
  • Courtland hosts the annual Pear Fair, celebrating the delta's Bartlett pear harvest, a tradition since 1972. The 2020 Pear Fair was cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.
  • Near the Innovation City is the Naju Pear Museum and Pear Orchard for Tourists (나주배박물관 및 배밭 관광체험), which is dedicated to the Asian pear; all of its displays are in Korean.
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