different between zed vs rar

English

Etymology

From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta). Letter had rare nonstandard usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

zed (plural zeds) (chiefly Commonwealth)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. (in combination) Something Z-shaped.

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.

4. (slang) A zombie.

   A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.

Synonyms

• (all): zee (US, Newfoundland)
• (letter): izzard (Scotland)
• (sleep): zee (Canada) (more common)

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded) (chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa)

1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
2. (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
   • 1931, Reginald Rankin, The Collected Works of Lt. Colonel Sir Reginald Rankin

     We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left...

See also

• zeta

Yola

Adjective

zed

1. stewed, sodden

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Noun

rar (plural rars)

1. Alternative letter-case form of RAR

Anagrams

• arr

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• raru

Etymology

From Latin r?rus (“seldom”). Compare Romanian rar.

Adjective

rar

1. sparse, thin
2. scarce, few
3. rare, unusual, uncommon

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan rar, from Latin r?rus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?rar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ra?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

rar (feminine rara, masculine plural rars, feminine plural rares)

1. rare (very uncommon; scarce)

   Antonym: comú

2. strange, odd

   Synonyms: estrany, anormal

   Antonym: normal

3. rare (of a gas: thin)

Derived terms

• rarament
• raresa
• rarificar

Related terms

• raritat

Further reading

• “rar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rar (“rare, valuable”), ultimately borrowed from Latin r?rus (“loose, sparse, rare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?r/, [????]
• Rhymes: -a??r

Adjective

rar

1. pleasant
2. kind
3. nice

Inflection

Synonyms

• dejlig
• kærlig
• sød

German

Etymology

From Latin rarus, chiefly through French rare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?r/, [?a?(??)], [?a??]
• Rhymes: -a???, -a?
• Homophone: Rah (many speakers)

Adjective

rar (comparative rarer, superlative am rarsten)

1. scarce; seldom found and therefore in demand

   Synonyms: begehrt, dünn gesät, gefragt, gesucht, knapp, spärlich

2. (dated) rare, infrequent (in general)

   Synonyms: selten, unüblich

Declension

Derived terms

• Rarität

Further reading

• “rar” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin r?rus (“seldom; rare”).

Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarere, indefinite superlative rarest, definite superlative rareste)

1. strange

Synonyms

• merkelig

References

• “rar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin r?rus (“seldom; rare”).

Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarare, indefinite superlative rarast, definite superlative raraste)

1. strange

Synonyms

• merkeleg

References

• “rar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin r?rus (“seldom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rar]

Adjective

rar m or n (feminine singular rar?, masculine plural rari, feminine and neuter plural rare)

1. sparse, thin
2. scarce, few
3. rare, unusual, uncommon

Declension

Adverb

rar

1. sparsely, thinly
2. seldom, rarely, infrequently
3. (of speaking) slowly

   V? rog s? vorbi?i mai rar.

   Please speak more slowly.

Usage notes

For the temporal senses, the literal definition found in the Romanian dictionary DEX indicates a meaning like "at longer intervals of time than usual", which explains the usage related to speech.

Derived terms

• rareori

Related terms

• raritate

References

• rar in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rar, ultimately borrowed from Latin rarus.

Adjective

rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)

1. cute; sweet
2. (archaic) rare

Declension

Zazaki

Noun

rar (c)

1. different
2. way