Para

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: päʹrÉ™, IPA: /ˈpɑːrÉ™/
• US enPR: pärʹə, IPA: /ˈpɑːrÉ™/

From Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره, from Persian پاره.

Full definition of para

Noun

1. Formerly, a subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Pronunciation

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Noun

1. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Related terms

• nullipara
• primipara

Pronunciation

• enPR: păʹrÉ™, IPA: /ˈpærÉ™/

Shortened from paragraph

Noun

1. A paragraph.

Pronunciation

• enPR: păʹrÉ™, IPA: /ˈpærÉ™/

Shortened from paratrooper

Noun

1. A paratrooper.

Pronunciation

• enPR: păʹrÉ™, IPA: /ˈpærÉ™/

Shortened from paralytic

Adjective

1. (Australia, slang) very drunk

Anagrams

• AARP, apar