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3-letter words (1 found)

LAR,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,AR,LA,

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Definitions and meaning of lar

lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑɹ/, [lɑɹ], [lɑ˞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑɹ

Noun

lar (plural lars or lares)

  1. (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
  2. The lar gibbon.
Usage notes

The gibbon is pluralized as lars. The Latin household gods usually appear as the plurale tantum Lares, following its Latin plural form and capitalized to denote a particular group of lares; the alternative forms Lars, lares, and lars sometimes appear.

Etymology 2

Latin [Term?]

Alternative forms

  • lars

Noun

lar

  1. (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

References

  • Chambers 1908.

Anagrams

  • ALR, LRA

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin laurus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɾ/

Noun

lar m (plural larë, definite lari, definite plural larët)

  1. (botany) laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Declension

Synonyms

  • dafinë

Derived terms

  • larëz, larth, larushkë

References

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • laar

Etymology

From Old High German lāri, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz. Cognate with German leer, Dutch laar, English leer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑː/

Adjective

lar

  1. empty

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin larem (“guardian spirit; home”), from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾ/

Noun

lar m (plural lares)

  1. home (place or building where one dwells)
  2. fireside
  3. hearth
  4. a household or ancestral god in ancient Rome
Synonyms
  • (home): casa, fogar
  • (fireside): lareira
  • (hearth): ástrago, larega, sollo
Derived terms
  • larada
  • lareira (“fireplace”)
  • larengo (“piglet”)
  • lariño (“nest”) (snug residence)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Suevic or borrowed from Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Noun

lar m (plural lares)

  1. clay
    Synonyms: arxila, xiz, toba, sarso, xarzo, greda

References

  • “lar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “lar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • lars

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”), though it could possibly be from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“eager”), cognate with lascivus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laːr/, [ɫ̪äːr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lar/, [lär]

Noun

lār m (genitive laris); third declension

  1. the protective spirit of a place, particularly a household
  2. home, household

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • Larēs

Descendants

References

  • “Lar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lar”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

lar

  1. Alternative form of lore

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lar

  1. present tense of la

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lar

  1. present tense of la

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Old Saxon lēra, Dutch leer, Old High German lēra (German Lehre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːr/

Noun

lār f (nominative plural lāre)

  1. teaching, learning, education
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
  2. lesson
  3. teaching
  4. doctrine
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
  5. advice, counsel
  6. school
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"

Declension

Derived terms

  • bōclār
  • mislār

Related terms

  • lǣran
  • lǣring
  • lǣrestre
  • lǣringmǣden
  • lǣringmann

Descendants

  • Middle English: lore, lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore; lære, leore, loare
    • English: lore
      • → Russian: лор (lor)
      • → Ukrainian: лор (lor)
    • Scots: lare, lair

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lār.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: lar
  • Homophone: Lar

Noun

lar m animal

  2. (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) lar (household god, particularly overseeing the family itself)
  4. lar, lar gibbon, common gibbon, white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
    Synonym: gibon białoręki

Declension

Further reading

  • lar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • lar in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin larem (“guardian spirit”), likely from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”).

Pronunciation

  • (Caipira Brazil) IPA(key): /laɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: lar

Noun

lar m (plural lares)

  1. (endearing) home (place or building where one dwells)
    Synonym: casa
  2. hearth (place in a home for lighting fires)
    Synonym: lareira
  3. the surface of a baking oven

Usage notes

Lar is not as used as loosely as English home. Lar is used to express affection to one’s abode; in other contexts, casa is used instead.

Derived terms

  • do lar
  • lar, doce lar
  • lareira

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lārem, in its current form most likely a learned borrowing. A popular or inherited form also existed, referring to the irons in a hearth on which vats were hung to heat water or make stews. The word may ultimately be of Etruscan origin. Doublet of llar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾ/ [ˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lar

Noun

lar m (plural lares)

  1. hearth
    Synonym: hogar

See also

References

Further reading

  • “lar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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