different between arr vs parr

English

Etymology 1

Noun

arr

1. Abbreviation of arrival.

Etymology 2

Possibly from aye.

The pirate-imitation form was derived from the West Country dialect after its use by West Country-born actor Robert Newton (1905–1956) in the films Treasure Island (1950) and Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)—and the former’s spin-off media—in which he played, respectively, the fictional pirate Long John Silver and the historical pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (c.?1680 – 1718; also a West Country native).

Alternative forms

• ar

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Interjection

arr

1. (Britain, West Country, West Midlands, Yorkshire) Yes.
2. Used stereotypically in imitation of pirates.

Derived terms

• oo arr

Verb

arr (third-person singular simple present arrs, present participle arring, simple past and past participle arred)

1. (rare) To say “arr” like a pirate.
   • 2011, Sarah Bird, The Gap Year: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0-307-59279-8; 1st trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4516-7876-5, page 9:

     Pirates become a running joke between us. When she was a sophomore, I once served her artichokes, arugula, and arroz con pollo for dinner, and we "arred" our way through the entire meal.

Synonyms

• (yes): ay, aye, ya, yea, yeah, yep, yes, see also Thesaurus:yes
• (pirate): yarr

References

See also

• ahoy
• avast
• ay
• be
• booty
• doubloon
• hearty (noun)
• Jolly Roger
• matey
• me (Etymology 2)
• parlay
• peg-leg
• piece of eight
• shiver
• them (determiner)
• Category:en:Nautical
• See also Thesaurus:pirate

Anagrams

• RAR, rar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ærr, ørr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

arr n (definite singular arret, indefinite plural arr, definite plural arra or arrene)

1. a scar

Derived terms

• arrdelfin

References

• “arr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ær

Etymology

From Old Norse ærr, ørr.

Noun

arr n (definite singular arret, indefinite plural arr, definite plural arra)

1. a scar

Derived terms

• arrdelfin

References

• “arr” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of arrangemang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar?/

Noun

arr n

1. (music, colloquial) musical arrangement

Declension

Related terms

• arra

References

• arr in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Tarao

Noun

arr

1. Alternative form of arte (chicken).

References

• 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3 ?ISBN, page 230

English

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”).For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the old english parren (to enclose), refering to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??(?)/
• Homophones: par, Parr, pa (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

parr (countable and uncountable, plural parrs or parr)

1. Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
2. A young leveret.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• PRRA