different between easter vs folar

English

Etymology

Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.st?/

Adjective

easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)

1. (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:

     In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.

Derived terms

• easterly
• Easter Ross

Related terms

• wester

References

• “easter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese folar.

Noun

folar (uncountable)

1. A traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter.

Further reading

• folar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Flora, flora

Icelandic

Noun

folar

1. indefinite nominative plural of foli

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

folar m

1. indefinite plural of fole

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fo?lar

Noun

folar m (plural folares)

1. (cooking) folar (traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter)

Further reading

• folar on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt