different between vars vs gars

English

Noun

vars

1. plural of var

Anagrams

• ARVs, VRSA, ravs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fars/

Adjective

vars (attributive varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)

1. fresh

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.

Noun

vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)

1. stalk
2. shaft

Inflection

Derived terms

• käsivars

Icelandic

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive singular of var

Latgalian

Noun

vars m

1. copper

Romanian

Verb

vars

1. first-person singular present indicative of v?rsa
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of v?rsa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]
• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Adverb

vars

1. (dialectal, Northern Sweden) where

Usage notes

• Used both with motion and direction, where standard Swedish would use var and vart, respectively.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Interjection

vars

1. (colloquial) Added to an answering interjection to signify that the answer does not have full validity

Etymology 3

See main entry var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive plural of var
2. indefinite genitive singular of var

Etymology 4

• (relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”).
• (distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var +? sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun, distributive pronoun) /v??rs/, [v???], [v???s]
• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun) /vars/, [va?]

Pronoun

vars

1. (relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
2. (distributive pronoun, dialectal, Scania) each

Usage notes

• Not used as an interrogative pronoun, in which case vems (singular) or vilkas (plural) is used.
• The use of vars with a plural referent was earlier proscribed in favour of vilkas, but is now accepted, e.g.:

References

• vars in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vars in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Vars. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

Anagrams

• arvs, sarv, svar

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z/

Noun

gars

1. plural of gar

Anagrams

• ARGs, GRAS, args, rags

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ars/

Noun

gars (uncountable)

1. barley

Descendants

• ? Xhosa: írhási

French

Etymology

From Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/, /?a/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [??]
• (Canada)
• Rhymes: -?

Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. lad, guy

   Synonyms: bougre, mec, type

2. (in the plural) guys (usually all male)

Derived terms

• garce

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gras

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ars/

Noun

gars m (1st declension)

1. spirit
2. mind, intellect
3. ghost, spectre

   Synonym: r?gs

4. vapor

Declension

Middle English

Noun

gars

1. Alternative form of gras

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. (Jersey) gander

Old French

Noun

gars m

1. nominative singular of garçon
2. nominative singular of garçun

Descendants

• Portuguese: garoto