para

1. 1.

   (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

   “the parity of the mother must be considered”

   “a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children”

   Synonymsparity

   Broaderpregnancy

   obstetrics

2. 2.

   100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia

   BroaderYugoslavian monetary unit

   Part ofYugoslavian dinar
3. 3.

   a soldier in the paratroops

   Synonymsparatrooper

   Broadersoldier

   Part ofparatroops
4. 4.

   an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows

   SynonymsPara River

   Broaderestuary

   Part ofBrazil
5. 5.

   port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin

   SynonymsBelemFeliz LusitaniaSanta Maria de BelemSt. Mary of Bethlehem

   Broadercityport

   Part ofBrazil

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.