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yar
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /j??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /j??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English ?aren, ?urren, ?eorren, from Old English ?eorran, ?irran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerran? (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
Alternative forms
- yarr
Verb
yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
- (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.
Adjective
yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
- (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.
Derived terms
- yarrish
Etymology 3
From Middle English yar, ?ar, variants of yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Alternative forms
- yare
Adjective
yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
- The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
- 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
- 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
- Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
Synonyms
- yare
Anagrams
- -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, ? ray, ?-ray
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian ???? (yâr).
Noun
yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)
- (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
- (dated) friend
- (dated) helper
Declension
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun
yar f (plural yer)
- hen
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun
yar f (plural yer)
- chicken, hen
Derived terms
Kalasha
Noun
yar
- friend
Synonyms
- dus
- dust
- malgiri
- raphek
- yardus
Middle English
Determiner
yar
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir
Somali
Adjective
yar
- small
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).
Noun
yar
- year
- Synonym: yia
- Pleiades
- a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, ?ISBN, page 110
- Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, ?ISBN, page 123
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yar, “precipice”), from Old Turkic y?r ("steep slope"), from Proto-Turkic *y?r (“precipice, steep bank”). More at ??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja?/
Noun
yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)
- cliff, scarp, precipice
Declension
Synonyms
- uçurum
References
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja?/
Verb
yar
- imperative of yarmak
Etymology 3
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (y?r, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian ???? (yâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja??/
Noun
yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)
- beloved; lover
- friend
Declension
- Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:
- Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin
- Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarlar? — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarlar?n
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par
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviations
Noun
par
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- Abbreviation of parish.
Adjective
par
- Abbreviation of parallel.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??/, [p???], [p???]
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Preposition
par
- By; with.
Usage notes
- Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin p?r (“equal”).
Noun
par (plural pars)
- Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
- (Britain) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Coordinate terms
(golf score):
- buzzard
- bogey
- birdie
- eagle
- albatross
- condor
- ostrich
Derived terms
Verb
par (third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred)
- (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
Etymology 4
Noun
par (plural pars)
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”)
Anagrams
- APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PRA, RAP, RPA, Rap, apr, arp, rap
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese para.
Preposition
par
- for
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin p?re?. Compare Daco-Romanian p?rea, par.
Alternative forms
- paru, ampar, apar, aparu
Verb
par (past participle pãrutã)
- I seem, appear.
Derived terms
- pãreari / pãreare
- pãrut
See also
- undzescu
Etymology 2
From Latin p?lus. Compare Daco-Romanian par.
Alternative forms
- paru
Noun
par
- stake
Related terms
- mpar
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish par (“pair”).
Noun
par
- pair
Danish
Etymology 1
From late Old Danish par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p??]
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
par n (singular definite parret, plural indefinite par)
- pair
- couple
Inflection
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English par.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p???]
Noun
par c
- (golf) par (the allotted number of strokes to reach the hole)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p???]
Verb
par
- imperative of parre
Faroese
Etymology
From late Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??a??/
- Rhymes: -?a??
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, plural pør)
- pair
Declension
French
Etymology
From Middle French par, from Old French par, from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?/
- Homophones: pars, part
- Rhymes: -a?
Preposition
par
- through
- by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
- over (used to express direction)
- from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
- around, round (inside of)
- on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
- on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
- in
- per, a, an
- out of (used to describe the reason for something)
- for
Derived terms
- de par
- par ici
- par là
Descendants
- ? English: par
Noun
par m (plural pars)
- (golf) par
Further reading
- “par” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rap
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin per.
Preposition
par
- for
- through
- by
Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Alternative forms
- paar /pa?r/, pa'r
- paara'
Etymology
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.
Noun
par
- water
References
- Kroeber, Shoshonean Dialects of California, in University of California Publications: American archaeology and ethnology, volume 4, page 81
- HG
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?a?r/
- Rhymes: -a?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German par, from Latin p?r (“equal”).
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, nominative plural pör)
- pair
- a couple, two people who are dating
- (poker) pair
Declension
Synonyms
- (pair): tvenna
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English par.
Noun
par n (genitive singular pars, no plural)
- (golf) par
Declension
Indo-Portuguese
Etymology
From Portuguese para, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).
Preposition
par
- (Diu) to (indicates indirect object)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
- The youngest one told (literally: said to) his father […]
- Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- (Diu) for (indicates subject of an infinitive)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
- Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to regale ourselves:
- Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin per.
Preposition
par
- for
- through
Kaqchikel
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *pahay.
Noun
par
- skunk
References
- Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 237
- Ruyán Canú, Déborah; Coyote Tum, Rafael; Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español?[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 180
Latin
Etymology
Unclear. A traditional reconstruction is Proto-Indo-European *perH- (“exchange”), comparing Ancient Greek ??????? (pérn?mi) etc. and Lithuanian pirkti; but this accounts badly for the /a(?)/. Others refrain from assigning an Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa?r/, [pä?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /par/, [p?r]
Adjective
p?r (genitive paris, comparative parior, superlative parissimus, adverb pariter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- even (of a number)
- equal
- like
- suitable
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- aequus
- similis
Latvian
Preposition
par (with accusative)
- about, on
- than
- for (price)
- as
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French par.
Conjunction
par
- by (introduces an agent)
- .
Descendants
- French: par
- ? English: par
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From *p- + *ar-, cognate with Avestan ????????????????-? (y?r?-, “year”), English year, all from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?r- (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
Noun
par f
- share, part
Noun
par f
- last year
Adverb
par
- last year
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para or parene)
- a pair
- a couple
- a few (determiner)
Derived terms
- brudepar
- ektepar
- kongepar
- parvis
Noun
par n
- (golf, uncountable) par
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??r/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of p?r. Akin to English pair.
Noun
par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para)
- a pair
- a couple
- a few (determiner)
Derived terms
- brudepar
- ektepar
- kongepar
- parvis
Etymology 2
From English par
Noun
par n
- (golf, uncountable) par
References
- “par” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin per.
Conjunction
par
- by; via (introduces a medium)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Tost m'oceïst par son orguel.
- Soon, he killed with his pride.
- Tost m'oceïst par son orguel.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- because of; due to (introduces a medium)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Premiers sont au mostier venu,
La furent par devocion- The first ones came to the minster,
they were there to pray
- The first ones came to the minster,
- Premiers sont au mostier venu,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- L'une a l'autre par la main prise,
- They took each other by the hand
- L'une a l'autre par la main prise,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by; through; across
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Li cheval par le chanp s'an fuient.
- The horses fled through the field
- Li cheval par le chanp s'an fuient.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- by (introduces an exclamation)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- "Sire, par Deu et par sa croiz!
- "Sire! By God and by his cross!"
- "Sire, par Deu et par sa croiz!
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- in (at a location)
Descendants
- Middle French: par
- French: par
- ? English: par
- French: par
- Lorrain: poir
- Picard: per
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par/
Adverb
par (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- suddenly
Alternative forms
- pras
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par/
Noun
par
- genitive plural of para
- genitive plural of pary
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese par, from Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pa?/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?pa?/
- Hyphenation: par
Noun
par m (plural pares)
- pair
- partner
- couple
- peer
- (golf) par
Derived terms
- grupo de pares
Adjective
par m or f (plural pares, not comparable)
- (mathematics) even
- Antonym: impar
Related terms
- díspar
- ímpar
- paridade
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin p?lus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *p?kslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-slos, from *peh??-.
Noun
par m (plural pari)
- stake
Related terms
- împ?ra
See also
- ?eap?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin par.
Adjective
par m or n (feminine singular par?, masculine plural pari, feminine and neuter plural pare)
- (of an integer) even; divisible by two
Antonyms
- impar
Etymology 3
Form of p?rea.
Verb
par
- first-person singular present indicative of p?rea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of p?rea
- third-person plural present indicative of p?rea
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Paar, from Latin par (“equal, like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâ?r/
Noun
p?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- pair, couple
- (informal) few, handful, several
Declension
Derived terms
- p?ran
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pà?r/
Noun
pár m inan
- pair
- some, a couple (of)
- couple (two partners)
- (golf)) par
- (card games) (poker) pair
Inflection
Synonyms
- (some): nekaj
See also
Further reading
- “par”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin p?r (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?/, [?pa?]
Adjective
par (plural pares)
- even (divisible by two)
- Antonym: impar
Derived terms
Noun
par m (plural pares)
- pair (two of the same or similar items that go together)
- couple (two of the same or similar items)
- (physics) two equal non-collinear forces; that is a force couple in Newtonian mechanics
- peer (somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal)
- some, a few
Noun
par f (plural pares)
- (finance) par (acceptable level)
Derived terms
Related terms
- impar
- parejo
Further reading
- “par” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
par n
- a pair, a couple (either two or a few of something)
- a couple, two people who are dating
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Finnish: pari
Anagrams
- apr, rap
Tok Pisin
Noun
par
- stingray
Venetian
Alternative forms
- paro
- pèr
Etymology
From Latin p?r. Compare Italian paio.
Noun
par m (plural pari)
- pair
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
par c (plural parren, diminutive parke)
- pear
Further reading
- “par”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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