"perry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perry.wav Forms: perries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹi Etymology: From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perre}} Middle English perre, {{der|en|fro|peré}} Old French peré, {{der|en|la-vul|*piratum}} Vulgar Latin *piratum, {{der|en|la|pirum}} Latin pirum Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} perry (countable and uncountable, plural perries)
  1. A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider. Wikidata QID: Q2047030 Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: pear cider, pear wine Hypernyms: drink, drink, beverage Derived forms: ice perry, sparkling perry Coordinate_terms: sherry Translations (Beverage from pears): крушовица (krušovica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hruškový mošt [masculine] (Czech), perenwijn (Dutch), päärynäsiideri (Finnish), poiré [masculine] (French), cidre de poire [masculine] (French), Birnenmost [masculine] (German), Birnenwein [masculine] (German), leann piorra [masculine] (Irish), piracium [neuter] (Latin), perijs [masculine] (Latvian), bumbieru sidrs [masculine] (Latvian), perre (Middle English), gruszecznik [masculine] (Polish), cydr gruszkowy [masculine] (Polish), гру́шевый сидр (grúševyj sidr) [masculine] (Russian), пуаре́ (puarɛ́) [masculine] (Russian), hruškov mošt (Slovene), perada [feminine] (Spanish), armut şarabı (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "Beverage from pears",
      "word": "hruškov mošt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Beverage from pears",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Beverage from pears",
      "word": "armut şarabı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perry"
}

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