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celestial
English
Alternative forms
- cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??l?st???l/, /s??l?sti?l/
- Hyphenation: ce?les?tial
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).
Adjective
celestial (not comparable)
- Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
- Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
Synonyms
- (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
celestial (plural celestials)
- An inhabitant of heaven.
Etymology 2
From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.
Alternative forms
- Celestial (native of China)
Noun
celestial (plural celestials)
- (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
- (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.
References
- celestial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
- Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.
Anagrams
- cistellae
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestiais)
- celestial
Related terms
- ceo
Old Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestials)
- celestial
Related terms
- cel
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelesti?lis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.les.t??i.?aw/, /se.le?.t??i.?aw/, /se.les.?t??jaw/, /se.le?.?t??jaw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /s?l???tja?/
Adjective
celestial m or f (plural celestiais, comparable)
- (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
- Synonym: celeste
Coordinate terms
- (heavenly): infernal, terreno
Related terms
- celeste
- céu
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?eles?tjal/, [?e.les?t?jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seles?tjal/, [se.les?t?jal]
Adjective
celestial (plural celestiales)
- celestial
Related terms
- celeste
- cielo
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rare
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???(?)/
- (Irish) IPA(key): [???]
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /????/, /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin r?rus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)-, *r?- (“friable, thin”). Replaced native Middle English gesen (“rare, scarce”) (from Old English g?sne), Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden), and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English selds?ne; see seldsome).
Adjective
rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
- Very uncommon; scarce.
- Synonyms: scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
- Antonyms: common, frequent; see also Thesaurus:common
- (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
- (Britain, slang) Good; enjoyable.
- 1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
- Sees her reflection in a butcher shop.
- She finds it all quite rare
- That her meat's all vanity fair.
- 1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
Derived terms
- rare bird
- rare earth mineral
Related terms
- rarity
Translations
Noun
rare (plural rares)
- (gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
- 1995, George Baxter, Larry W. Smith, Mastering Magic Cards (page 116)
- Most of the time, you do this by trading low-valued rares for more valuable ones or trading uncommons for rares. Other times it's trading cards that are in print for ones that are out of print, or low-value rares for good uncommons.
- 1995, George Baxter, Larry W. Smith, Mastering Magic Cards (page 116)
Etymology 2
From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hr?r, hr?re (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hr?ran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?zijan? (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *?roHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hr?r (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.
Alternative forms
- reer, rere (British)
Adjective
rare (comparative rarer or more rare, superlative rarest or most rare)
- (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
- Antonym: well done
Derived terms
- medium rare
Translations
Etymology 3
Variant of rear.
Verb
rare (third-person singular simple present rares, present participle raring, simple past and past participle rared)
- (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
Usage notes
- Principal current, non-literary use is of the present participle raring with a verb in "raring to". The principal verb in that construction is go. Thus, raring to go ("eager (to start something)") is the expression in which rare is most often encountered as a verb.
Etymology 4
Compare rather, rath.
Adjective
rare (comparative more rare, superlative most rare)
- (obsolete) early
References
- Rare in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Anagrams
- arré, rear
Danish
Adjective
rare
- plural and definite singular attributive of rar
Dutch
Alternative forms
- raren (Brabantian)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?.r?/
Adjective
rare
- Inflected form of raar
Noun
rare m (plural raren, diminutive rareke n)
- weird person
- Synonym: rare vogel
References
- [1]
French
Etymology
Borrowed (in this form) from Latin r?rus. Compare the inherited Old French rer, rere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Adjective
rare (plural rares)
- rare
Derived terms
- métal rare
- oiseau rare
- perle rare
- rareté
- rarissime
- se faire rare
- terre rare
Further reading
- “rare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- erra
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a???
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Ido
Adverb
rare
- rarely
- Antonyms: freque, ofte
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -are
Adjective
rare
- feminine plural of raro
Anagrams
- erra
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
r?r? (comparative r?rius, superlative r?rissim?)
- thinly, sparsely, here and there
- rarely, seldom
Etymology 2
Adjective
r?re
- vocative masculine singular of r?rus
References
- rare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rere
Etymology
From Old French rer and Latin r?rus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?r(?)/, /?r??r(?)/
Adjective
rare
- airy, vacuous
- porous, breathable
- sparsely spread
- rare, uncommon, scarce
- small, little
Related terms
- rarefien
Descendants
- English: rare
References
- “r?r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?rus.
Adjective
rare m or f
- (Jersey) rare
Derived terms
- rarement (“rarely”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
rare
- inflection of rar:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
rare
- absolute definite natural masculine form of rar.
Anagrams
- rear
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