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vars
English
Noun
vars
- plural of var
Anagrams
- ARVs, VRSA, ravs
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vers.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fars/
Adjective
vars (attributive varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)
- fresh
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.
Noun
vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)
- stalk
- shaft
Inflection
Derived terms
- käsivars
Icelandic
Noun
vars
- indefinite genitive singular of var
Latgalian
Noun
vars m
- copper
Romanian
Verb
vars
- first-person singular present indicative of v?rsa
- 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
- (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
- (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
- indefinite genitive plural of var
- 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
- (relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
- (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
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oars
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /??z/
- Homophones: ores, ors
- Rhymes: -??(?)z
Noun
oars
- plural of oar
Verb
oars
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oar
Anagrams
- AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, SORA, Soar, Sora, aros, oras, osar, rosa, soar, sora
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