para
Pronunciation: /ˈpa.ra/
“para” is a Polish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- vapor (gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid)
- steam, water vapor (vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase)
- steam (internal energy for progress or motive power)
- breath
- pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
- pair (two symmetrical organs or limbs)
- pair (object made of two things, such as scissors or pants)
- pair (two people, animals, or groups in the same place at the same time)
- pair, couple (two people in a relationship or partnership)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish para (“steam”). By surface analysis, deverbal from parzyć.
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