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па́ра — meaning in English

Para

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English meaning

  • couple noun Two people who are in a romantic relationship or married.
  • doublet noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  • duo noun Two people, especially performers or partners, doing something together.
  • dyad noun A pair of two closely connected people or things treated as a single unit.
  • fellow noun A man or boy; a guy.
  • item noun A single thing, especially one on a list or among a group of things.
  • match noun An organized contest between competitors, as in sport.
  • mate noun A friend or companion, especially of the same sex.
  • pair noun Two matching or related things considered together.
  • para noun A former small unit of currency used in parts of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and the Balkans.
  • tandem adj Arranged one behind the other, or working together closely.
  • two num The number after one; the quantity written as 2.
  • twosome noun Two people or things considered together, as a pair.

Senses

па́ра is used for these senses in English:

  • Pará A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Belém.
  • couple Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
  • couple Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • couple One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  • duo (musician group) Two musicians who perform music together.
  • fellow (chiefly, in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
  • item (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
  • match Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

couple — full definition

  1. noun Two people who are in a romantic relationship or married.
  2. noun A small, unspecified number of things or people — roughly two or a few.
  3. verb To join or connect two things together.

doublet — full definition

  1. noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  2. noun One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
  3. noun In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
  4. noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

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