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3-letter words (2 found)

GAR,RAG,

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Definitions and meaning of gar

gar

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Clipping of garfish.

Noun

gar (plural gars)

  1. (especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
  2. (especially UK, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.
Usage notes
  • The European species was the original gar, and the North American gars were named after it, with other common names also shared between the two. In modern usage an attempt has been made to restrict "gar" to the North American fish and "garfish" to the European ones, but both names can be found for both types. Context can help: the North American gars are freshwater fish of a very primitive type, while the European gars are saltwater fish known for their green bones and their association with mackerel in folklore.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).

Verb

gar (third-person singular simple present gars, present participle garring, simple past and past participle gart)

  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th–19th c.]

See also

  • atgar
  • by gar

Anagrams

  • Gra, grá, Arg., RAG, Rag, RGA, rag, ARG, arg, agr-, arg.

Basque

Noun

gar inan

  1. blaze

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Middle Breton garr, from Proto-Brythonic *garr, from Proto-Celtic *garros.

Noun

gar f (dual divc’har, plural garoù)

  1. leg

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gar

  1. soft mutation of kar

Mutation

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo, from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Cognate with Dutch gaar, archaic English yare (“keen, lively, eager”). Related to gerben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːr/, [ɡaː], [ɡaːɐ̯], [ɡaːʁ]
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː

Adjective

gar (strong nominative masculine singular garer, not comparable)

  1. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)
  2. (of a metal) refined

Declension

Derived terms

  • garen

Adverb

gar

  1. (chiefly in the negative) at all; even
    Synonym: überhaupt
  2. (chiefly formal or literary) even; expressing a climax
    Synonyms: sogar, selbst, geradezu
  3. (chiefly formal or literary, with zu) all
    Synonym: all, usually spelt allzu
  4. (Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, poetic) very; quite; really
    Synonyms: ganz, recht, sehr, ziemlich; see also Thesaurus:sehr

Derived terms

  • ganz und gar
  • Garaus

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gar (“short; near”). See Middle Irish gerr (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɾˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ɡɑ(ː)ɾˠ/

Adjective

gar (genitive singular masculine gair, genitive singular feminine gaire, plural gara, comparative gaire or neasa)

  1. near
  2. short (of time)
  3. (literary) convenient; easy, likely
  4. near, mean, stingy

Declension

Derived terms

  • gar- (“near, close; approximate”)

Noun

gar m (genitive singular gair, nominative plural garanna)

  1. nearness, proximity
  2. convenience, service; turn, favor

Declension

Synonyms

  • aice
  • cóngar
  • fogas

Derived terms

  • i ngar

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latvian

Etymology

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

Preposition

gar (with accusative)

  1. along

Middle English

Noun

gar

  1. alternative form of gare

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“pointed stick, spear”).

Cognate with Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Old Norse geirr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːr/

Noun

gār m

  1. (poetic) spear, arrow, dart

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: gor, gar, gare, gær
    • ⇒ Middle English: garfysche
      • English: garfish
      • Scots: gairfish

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: gar
  • Homophone: Gar

Etymology 1

Back-formation from gary, which is an alteration of *garki, a non-standard form of garnki, plural of garnek, from Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ.

Noun

gar m inan

  1. (colloquial) augmentative of garnek
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gar f

  1. genitive plural of gara

Further reading

  • gar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kār. Compare to Shor қар, Kazakh қар (qar), Kyrgyz кар (kar), Southern Altai кар (kar), Azerbaijani qar, Turkish kar.

Noun

gar (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. snow

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “qar”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gǫrva, gørva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare English yare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡar/, /ɡɛr/

Verb

gar (simple past and past participle gart or gert)

  1. to make (somebody or something do something)
    Whit gars ye say that? ― What makes you say that?

Related terms

  • gare
  • gair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

gar

  1. us (direct object)
    Cò a bhios gar cuideachadh? ― Who will help us?
Usage notes
  • Adds the prefix n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel:
    Cha robh i gar n-ainmeachadh. ― She didn't mention us.
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gorim, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrenso-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”); see also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”), Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.

Verb

gar (past ghar, future garaidh, verbal noun garadh, past participle garte)

  1. warm
    a' garadh an làmhan ris an teine ― warming their hands at the fire
Related terms
  • gorm

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غار (gar), from French gare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾ/, [ɡaɾ̞̊]

Noun

gar (definite accusative garı, plural garlar)

  1. station (railway)

Related terms

  • otogar

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Turkmen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”). Cognate with Turkish kar (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɢaːɾ]

Noun

gar (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. snow

Further reading

  • “gar” in Enedilim.com
  • “gar” in Webonary.org

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡar/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *garr, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“leg”). Cognate with Breton gar, Old Irish gairr, French jarret.

Noun

gar f (plural garrau)

  1. (rare) leg, shank
    Synonym: coes

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

gar

  1. soft mutation of car

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Tarangan

Noun

gar

  1. water

Further reading

  • Richard J. Nivens, A Lexical Phonology of West Tarangan, in Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku (1992, edited by Donald A. Burquest, Wyn D. Laidig)
  • Richard J. Nivens, Borrowing Versus Code-switching in West Tarangan (Indonesia) (2002)
  • E. Wattimury, A. Haulussy, J. Pentry, Sintaksis bahasa Tarangan (1995), page 48

Source: wiktionary.org