para
/ˈpɑːɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
noun
Clipping of paraphilia.
noun
Clipping of paraplegic.
noun
Clipping of paratrooper.
Example Sentences
- "She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her."
- "The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen."
- "Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pàra//па̀ра, پاره
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑːɹə/
- British English: /ˈpɑːɹə/
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Slang
- New Zealand usage