Definition of "para" in English

noun

1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

noun

1. (medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

noun

1. Clipping of paragraph.

2. Clipping of paraphilia.

3. Clipping of paraplegic.

4. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.

5. (military) Clipping of paratrooper.

adjective

1. (UK, Australia, slang) Very drunk.

noun

1. (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).

noun

1. (Islam, South Asia) Synonym of juz.