paré
French, adjective
paré is a French adjective meaning “ready, prepared, all set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of parer. Without its accent, pare is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêt, préparé”.
What does paré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ready, prepared, all set
verb
- 1
past participle of parer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue papoue parlée dans la province Ouest de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
prefix: 1. Élément utilisé pour former des mots qui désignent quelque chose qui protège, qui détourne, qui fait écran.
suffix: 1. Utilisé pour former des noms correspondant à une notion de naissance, d’engendrement. 2. Qui porte, qui transporte.
adjective: 1. Prêt, préparé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paré
- parée feminine
- parés masculine plural
- parées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is paré in French?
paré appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).