Definition of "para"

para¹

/ˈpɑːɹə/

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

para²

/ˈpæɹə/

noun
plural paras
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.

para³

/ˈpæɹə/

noun
plural paras
1. Clipping of paragraph.
2. (military) Clipping of paratrooper.
  Quotations
  Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]
  2023 September 26, Dan Sabbagh, “Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation”, in The Guardian‎
3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
4. Clipping of paraplegic.
  Quotations
  The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.
  2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain, editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability

para⁴

/ˈpæɹə/

adjective
comparative more para, superlative most para
1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

para⁵

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