para

Other forms of para

plural

paras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about para

What does para mean?

para means "(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in para?

para has 2 syllables: par-a. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹə/.

What is another word for para?

Close synonyms include parity, paratrooper, Para River, Belem, Feliz Lusitania. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is para a common word?

para is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.