different between sublime vs rare

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??bla?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English sublimen, borrowed from Old French sublimer, from Latin sublim? (“to raise on high; to sublimate (in Medieval Latin)”).

Verb

sublime (third-person singular simple present sublimes, present participle subliming, simple past and past participle sublimed)

1. (chemistry, physics, transitive, intransitive) To sublimate.
2. (transitive) To raise on high.
   • 1857, E. P. Whipple, Harper's Magazine

     a soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit

3. (transitive) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

   Synonym: (archaic) sublimate
4. (transitive) To dignify; to ennoble.
   • a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Clerus Domini, or, A discourse of the divine institution, necessity, sacredness, and separation of the office ministerial together with the nature and manner of its power and operation

     An ordinary gift cannot sublime a person to a supernatural employment.

Related terms

• sublimation

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French sublime, from Latin subl?mis (“high”), from sub- (“up to, upwards”) + a root of uncertain affiliation often identified with Latin l?mis, ablative singular of l?mus (“oblique”) or l?men (“threshold, entrance, lintel”)

Adjective

sublime (comparative sublimer, superlative sublimest)

1. Noble and majestic.
   • 1842, Thomas De Quincey, Cicero (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine)

     the sublime Julian leader

2. Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple.
3. (obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

   • Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.

4. (obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.
5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.

Related terms

• subliminal

Translations

Noun

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. Something sublime.

Translations

Anagrams

• blueism

Danish

Adjective

sublime

1. definite of sublim
2. plural of sublim

French

Etymology

From Middle French sublime, borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.blim/
• Rhymes: -im

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. sublime, extraordinary

Derived terms

• Sublime Porte

Verb

sublime

1. inflection of sublimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sublime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

sublime

1. inflection of sublim:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimi)

1. sublime

Related terms

• sublimità

Latin

Adjective

subl?me

1. vocative masculine singular of subl?mus

References

• sublime in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sublime in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sublime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subl?mus.

Adjective

sublime m or f (plural sublimes)

1. sublime (noble, majestic, magnificent, etc.)

Descendants

• French: sublime

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.?bli.m?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.?bli.m?/
• Hyphenation: su?bli?me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin subl?mis.

Adjective

sublime m or f (plural sublimes, comparable)

1. sublime

Noun

sublime m, f (plural sublimes)

1. sublime

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sublime

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sublimar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sublimar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sublimar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sublimar

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublimis.

Adjective

sublime (plural sublimes)

1. sublime

Verb

sublime

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sublimar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sublimar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sublimar.

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)

1. Very uncommon; scarce.

   Synonyms: scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare

   Antonyms: common, frequent; see also Thesaurus:common
2. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• rare bird
• rare earth mineral

Related terms

• rarity

Translations

Noun

rare (plural rares)

1. (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.

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)

1. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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)

1. (obsolete) early

References

• Rare in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Anagrams

• arré, rear

Danish

Adjective

rare

1. plural and definite singular attributive of rar

Dutch

Alternative forms

• raren (Brabantian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?.r?/

Adjective

rare

1. Inflected form of raar

Noun

rare m (plural raren, diminutive rareke n)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. inflection of rar:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Ido

Adverb

rare

1. rarely

   Antonyms: freque, ofte

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Adjective

rare

1. feminine plural of raro

Anagrams

• erra

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

r?r? (comparative r?rius, superlative r?rissim?)

1. thinly, sparsely, here and there
2. rarely, seldom

Etymology 2

Adjective

r?re

1. 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

1. airy, vacuous
2. porous, breathable
3. sparsely spread
4. rare, uncommon, scarce
5. 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

1. (Jersey) rare

Derived terms

• rarement (“rarely”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

rare

1. inflection of rar:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

rare

1. inflection of rar:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Swedish

Adjective

rare

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of rar.

Anagrams

• rear