different between kar vs var

kar

English

Noun

kar (plural kars)

(marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
- 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:
  In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

Anagrams

AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

cart
car, automobile

Synonyms

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Romani kar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka?]
IPA^(key): [ka?] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

(anatomy) penis
(slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

Derived terms

karuc m (diminutive)

Synonyms

penis m (chiefly formal)
bile m
luc m (childish)
karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
dërrasë f (vulgar)
hu m (vulgar)

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ?n kar)

deaf
(phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

Antonyms

(of a consonant): cingiltili

Breton

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?k??r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

relative

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kar

Hard mutation of gar.

Mutation

Chuukese

Adjective

kar

Czech

Noun

kar m

cirque

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/, [k??]
Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

vessel
trough

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k?r/
Hyphenation: kar
Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

A cart.
Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.

Derived terms

golfkar
handkar
hondenkar
huifkar
karren
karrenvracht
ossenkar
racekar
sleepkar
steekkar
strijdkar

Descendants

Afrikaans: kar

Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?k?r]
Rhymes: -?r

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
(only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)
Meronym: tanszék
a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)
Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

Declension

Derived terms

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k?a?r/
Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

Declension

Derived terms

baðkar

Etymology 2

From English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

(colloquial, North America) car, automobile

Declension

Synonyms

bíll

Related terms

(colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

K'iche'

Noun

kar

fish

Latvian

Verb

kar

2nd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
3rd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
3rd person plural present indicative form of k?rt
2nd person singular imperative form of k?rt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of k?rt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of k?rt

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

they

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

Usage notes

Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

Derived terms

ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

a container, vessel, tub, vat
a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
a pier (for a bridge)
a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

Derived terms

badekar
blodkar
brokar

References

“kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

Derived terms

badekar
blodkar

References

“kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

ark, kra, rak

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar f

genitive plural of kara

Noun

kar n

genitive plural of karo

Romani

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar m (plural kara)

(anatomy) penis

Descendants

? Albanian: kar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k??r/
Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

tub
bathtub

Declension

Synonyms

(bathtub): badkar

Anagrams

ark, rak

References

kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

Synonyms

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (“snow”), from Old Turkic ????????? (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r, *Ki?r (“snow”). Compare Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative kar?, plural karlar)

snow

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

kar

second-person singular imperative of karmak

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

deaf

Derived terms

karlik

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

choice

Derived terms

foarkar

Zazaki

Noun

kar

(grammar) verb

Synonyms

fiil

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var

Translingual

Symbol

var

(physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

English

Noun

var (plural vars)

(programming) Abbreviation of variable.
(statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
(physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.

Derived terms

varmeter

Anagrams

ARV, rav

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werja, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wer- (“to bind, hang”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (aeír?, “to heave, hoist up”), Lithuanian vérti (“to weigh”)).

Verb

var (first-person singular past tense vara, participle varur)

I hang
I depend on
I bring down

Derived terms

varg
varesë

Related terms

vjerr, zverk

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b?r. Cognate with Old Turkic ????????? (bar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v?r/

Predicative

var

Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist
Expressing possession: to have

Synonyms

var olmaq

Antonyms

yox (“there is no; to not have”)
yox olmaq

Derived terms

varl?q (“existence; being”)

References

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech var, from Proto-Slavic *var?.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?var]
Hyphenation: var
Rhymes: -ar

Noun

var m inan

boiling

Declension

Derived terms

bod varu

Related terms

va?it
v?ít
varný

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [????]

Adjective

var

only in the expression: blive var: become aware

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [???]

Verb

var

past tense of være

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [????]

Verb

var

imperative of vare

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *var, from Old Dutch *far, *fare, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *farh, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Related to varken (“pig”), an old diminutive of var. Related to English farrow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v?r/

Noun

var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)

male pig; boar

Synonyms

(male pig): beer

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v?a??/
Rhymes: -?a??
Homophones: varð, vær

Verb

var

first/third-person indicative past of at vera

Usage notes

eg var ógvuliga bangin - I was terribly afraid
hann var ein góður maður - he was a good man
hon var borin í heim í 1913 - she was born 1913
tað var stuttligt - it was funny
var tað ikki hon? - wasn't it her?

Conjugation

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?v?r]
Rhymes: -?r

Noun

var (plural varok or varak)

scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)

Declension

or less commonly:

Derived terms

varas

(Compound words):

ótvar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va?r/
Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)

cautious, aware

Declension

Derived terms

varlega
varlegur
gera vart við sig ("to make oneself known; to show oneself")
vera var um sig ("to be on one's guard")
verða var við ("to be aware of")

Etymology 2

Noun

var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)

lee, shelter

Declension

Synonyms

(shelter): skjól

Etymology 3

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

first/third-person singular past indicative of vera

Latvian

Verb

var

3rd person singular present indicative form of var?t
3rd person plural present indicative form of var?t
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of var?t
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of var?t

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /????/

Verb

var

simple past of være
imperative of vare

Derived terms

(of adjective, yet to be added) varsom
(of noun) putevar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h?wes-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???(r)/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

var

past tense of vera (“to be”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???r/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

var (masculine and feminine var, neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)

wary, careful
nervous, timid
sensitive
Eg er var for høge lydar.
I am sensitive to loud noises.

Derived terms

føre var

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ver from verja. Doublet of vær.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

a sheath or covering

Derived terms

putevar

Etymology 4

Of uncertain origin, but may be related to verk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

(dried) slime, puss, pain

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???r/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

var

present of va
imperative of vara and vare

References

“var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

arv, rav

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ??? (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesan?.

Verb

var

first/third-person singular indicative past of vera

Descendants

References

var in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, Common Slavic *var?.

Noun

var n (plural varuri)

lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *var?, from Proto-Indo-European *w?rh?os.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?â?r/

Noun

v?r m or f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

(uncountable) heat

Declension

References

“var” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Alternative forms

hvar (obsolete since 1906)
hwar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v???/
Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

var (not comparable)

where; at which place
Var är mina nycklar?
Where are my keys?
Var var jag?
Where was I?

Related terms

vart
varifrån

Conjunction

var

where; the situation in which

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). A cognate to Icelandic hver.

Determiner

var (neuter vart)

(dated) every
- c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
Synonym: varje
each; per person/thing involved

Derived terms

vardag (“weekday”)
var och en (“one and all”)
varsågod

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

var n or c

(uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
pillowcase n
various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c

Declension

Related terms

bergsvar
glasvar
havsvar
kuddvar
piggvar
slätvar
varböld

Etymology 4

Etymology

From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ??? (was), from Proto-Germanic *was

Verb

var

past tense of vara.: was, were
imperative of vara.

Anagrams

Tat

Etymology

From Middle Persian w’t (w?d, “wind”), from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wéh?n?ts (“wind”).

Noun

var

wind

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v??/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Proto-Turkic *b?r. Compare Old Turkic ????????? (bar).

Adjective

var (not comparable)

there is, there are (not a verb)
(Time)
it exists
Expressing possession, equivalent of have.

Usage notes

As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.

Antonyms

yok (there isn't, not have)

Etymology 2

Verb

var

second-person singular imperative of varmak

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va?r/, /væ?r/
Rhymes: -á?r

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

var

cautious, aware
bätter fyri var än ätter snar
better safe than sorry

Etymology 2

Noun

var m

cover, refuge
häran tag varn å mänisja
the hare takes refuge from people

Etymology 3

From Old Norse v?rr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.

Noun

var m

a line in the water made by the movement of a swimming bird or fish
(figuratively, of people)
hä garn var bodhta om
There is a fuss around him

Derived terms

varäs (“streaks appear in the water”)

Etymology 4

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

singular past indicative of vera

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different between kar vs var

kar

English

Noun

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Albanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Adjective

Antonyms

Breton

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

Mutation

Chuukese

Adjective

Czech

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Elfdalian

Noun

Inflection

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Usage notes

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

K'iche'

Noun

Latvian

Verb

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål