poire
pear
The French translation for the English word 'pear' is 'poire'. It is a feminine noun in French and it is usually used in the same contexts as in English: in culinary discussions, grocery lists, descriptions of fruit, etc. Just like in English, 'poire' can also be used metaphorically in French to describe someone who is naive or easily fooled.
Example sentences using: poire
J'aime manger une poire après le dîner.
I like to eat a pear after dinner.
This is a simple statement expressing the speaker's love for eating a pear after dinner. It's common in French to use 'une' before the noun 'poire' to signify 'a' in English.
La poire est le fruit d'un certain nombre d'espèces d'arbres du genre Pyrus.
The pear is the fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Pyrus.
This sentence provides a brief botanical description of what a pear is. In French, 'est' is the verb 'is', and 'le' and 'un' are the indefinite articles 'the' and 'a', respectively.
Pour une poire, vous devriez payer environ un euro.
For a pear, you should pay about one euro.
This sentence is giving you an estimate of how much a pear might cost in Europe. The structure 'Pour une...vous devriez...' is similar to the English 'For a...you should...'.