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Definitions and meaning of rare
rare
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɛə(ɹ)/
(Irish) IPA(key): [ɹɜɹ]
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɛɚ/, /ɹɛɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishrare, from Old Frenchrare, rere(“rare, uncommon”), from Latinrārus(“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-(“friable, thin”). Replaced native Middle Englishgesen(“rare, scarce”) (from Old Englishgǣsne), Middle Englishseld(“rare, uncommon”) (from Old Englishselden), and Middle Englishseldscene(“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old Englishseldsēne).
Adjective
rare (comparativerarer, superlativerarest)
Very uncommon; scarce.
Synonyms:scarce, selcouth, seld, selly, geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
Antonyms:common, frequent; see also Thesaurus:common
(of a gas) Thin; of low density.
(UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
Sees her reflection in a butcher shop.
She finds it all quite rare
That her meat's all vanity fair.
Derived terms
Related terms
rarity
Translations
Noun
rare (pluralrares)
(gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
Etymology 2
From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle Englishrere, from Old Englishhrēr, hrēre(“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hrēran(“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic*hrōzijaną(“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European*ḱroHs-(“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old Englishhrōr(“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
Antonym:well done
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Variant of rear.
Verb
rare (third-person singular simple presentrares, present participleraring, simple past and past participlerared)
(US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
(US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
Usage notes
Principal current, non-literary use is of the present participle raring with a verb in "raring to". The principal verb in that construction is go. Thus, raring to go ("eager (to start something)") is the expression in which rare is most often encountered as a verb.
Etymology 4
Compare rather, rath.
Adjective
rare (comparativemore rare, superlativemost rare)
(obsolete) Early.
References
Rare in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Anagrams
arré, rear
Danish
Adjective
rare
plural and definite singular attributive of rar
Dutch
Alternative forms
raren(Brabant)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈraː.rə/
Adjective
rare
inflection of raar:
masculine/feminine singular attributive
definite neuter singular attributive
plural attributive
Noun
rarem (pluralraren, diminutiverareken)
weird person
Synonym:rare vogel
References
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French
Etymology
Borrowed (in this form) from Latinrārus. Compare the inherited Old Frenchrer, rere.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʁaʁ/, /ʁɑʁ/
Adjective
rare (pluralrares)
rare
Derived terms
Further reading
“rare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“rare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
rere
Etymology
From Old Frenchrer and Latinrārus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈraːr(ə)/, /ˈrɛːr(ə)/
Adjective
rare
airy, vacuous
porous, breathable
sparsely spread
rare, uncommon, scarce
small, little
Related terms
rarefien
Descendants
English: rare
Yola: rare
References
“rār(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinrārus.
Adjective
rarem or f
(Jersey)rare
Derived terms
rarement(“rarely”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
rare
inflection of rar:
definite singular
plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
rare
inflection of rar:
definite singular
plural
Swedish
Adjective
rare
definite natural masculine singular of rar
Anagrams
rear
Yola
Etymology
From Middle Englishrare, from Old Frenchrer, from Latinrārus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɾɔː/
Adjective
rare
rare
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116