piro

From Latin pirum. Compare French poire, Italian pera, English pear.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

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• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: pi‧ro

piro (accusative singular piron, plural piroj, accusative plural pirojn)

1. pear (edible fruit produced by a pear tree)

   Ĉu vi ŝatus torton faritan kun piroj? ― Would you like a pie made with pears?

• “piro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “piro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiro/

piro (plural piri)

1. pear (fruit)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ro]

pirō

1. dative/ablative singular of pirus

From Proto-Oceanic *pilo (compare with Samoan piro, Tahitian piro “dirty, smelly” and Hawaiian pilo (“foul odour, halitosis, pollution”))^[1][2][3] monophthongized from pirau (“to decay, to fester”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

piro

1. rotten, putrid
2. smelly
3. disgusting
4. offensive

piro

1. to rot
2. to disgust

piro

1. rot
2. intestines

   Synonym: pirau

• pirau

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

piro

1. extinguished, put out
2. defeated, beaten (in games)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “piro”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 330
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “piro”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[2], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

From pire +‎ -'o.

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾo/
• Rhymes: -o

piro

1. to peel, skin

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “piro”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 89
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “piro”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 87, column 2

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

piro

1. rotten

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɾo/ [ˈpi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: pi‧ro

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

piro m (plural piros)

1. a member of the Yine people of Peru

   Synonym: yine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

piro

1. first-person singular present indicative of pirar

• “piro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025