English Online Dictionary. What means var? What does var mean?
Translingual
Symbol
var
- (physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR
English
Noun
var (plural vars)
- (programming) Abbreviation of variable.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
- (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
Derived terms
- varmeter
Anagrams
- ARV, rav
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *werja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang”) (compare Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to heave, hoist up”), Lithuanian vérti (“to weigh”)).
Verb
var (first-person singular past tense vara, participle varur)
- I hang
- I depend on
- I bring down
Derived terms
- varg
- varesë
Related terms
- vjerr, zverk
References
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bār. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑr/
Predicative
var
- Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist
- Expressing possession: to have
Synonyms
- var olmaq
Antonyms
- yox (“there is no; to not have”)
- yox olmaq
Derived terms
- varlıq (“existence; being”)
References
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *varъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /var/
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
var m
- boiling
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- bod varu
Related terms
- vařit
- vřít
- varný
Further reading
- var in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- var in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑˀ]
Adjective
var
- only in the expression: blive var: become aware
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑ]
Verb
var
- past tense of være
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑˀ]
Verb
var
- imperative of vare
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *var, from Old Dutch *far, *fare, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *farh, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Related to varken (“pig”), an old diminutive of var. Related to English farrow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑr/
Noun
var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)
- male pig; boar
Synonyms
- (male pig): beer
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛaːɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
- Homophones: varð, vær
Verb
var
- first/third-person indicative past of at vera
Usage notes
- eg var ógvuliga bangin - I was terribly afraid
- hann var ein góður maður - he was a good man
- hon var borin í heim í 1913 - she was born 1913
- tað var stuttligt - it was funny
- var tað ikki hon? - wasn't it her?
Conjugation
Hungarian
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈvɒr]
- Rhymes: -ɒr
Noun
var (plural varok or varak)
- scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)
Declension
or less commonly:
Derived terms
- varas
(Compound words):
- ótvar
See also
- forradás
- heg
Further reading
- var in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːr/
- Rhymes: -aːr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective
var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)
- cautious, aware
Declension
Derived terms
- varlega
- varlegur
- gera vart við sig ("to make oneself known; to show oneself")
- vera var um sig ("to be on one's guard")
- verða var við ("to be aware of")
Etymology 2
Noun
var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)
- lee, shelter
Declension
Synonyms
- (shelter): skjól
Etymology 3
Inflected form of vera (“to be”).
Verb
var
- first/third-person singular past indicative of vera
Latvian
Verb
var
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of varēt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of varēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of varēt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of varēt
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːɾ/
Verb
var
- simple past of være
- imperative of vare
Derived terms
- (of adjective, yet to be added) varsom
- (of noun) putevar
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːr/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.
Adjective
var (masculine and feminine var, neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)
- wary, careful
- nervous, timid
- sensitive
- Eg er var for høge lydar.
- I am sensitive to loud noises.
- Eg er var for høge lydar.
Derived terms
- føre var
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ver from verja. Doublet of vær.
Noun
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
- a sheath or covering
Derived terms
- putevar
Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin, but may be related to verk.
Noun
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
- (dried) slime, puss, pain
Etymology 4
From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.
Verb
var
- past tense of vera and vere: was
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
var
- present of va
- imperative of vara and vare
References
- “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- arv, rav
Old Norse
Etymology
From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesaną.
Verb
var
- first/third-person singular indicative past of vera
Descendants
References
- var in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, Common Slavic *varъ.
Noun
var n (plural varuri)
- lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wōrh₁os.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋâːr/
Noun
vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)
- (uncountable) heat
Declension
References
- “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hvar (obsolete since 1906)
- hwar (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Adverb
var (not comparable)
- where; at which place
- Var är mina nycklar?
- Where are my keys?
- Var var jag?
- Where was I?
- Var är mina nycklar?
Related terms
- vart
- varifrån
Conjunction
var
- where; the situation in which
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). A cognate to Icelandic hver.
Determiner
var (neuter vart)
- (dated) every
- c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
- Synonym: varje
- c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
- each; per person/thing involved
Descendants
- vardag
- varsågod
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
var n or c
- (uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
- pillowcase n
- various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c
Declension
Related terms
- bergsvar
- glasvar
- havsvar
- kuddvar
- piggvar
- slätvar
- varböld
Etymology 4
Etymology
From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was
Verb
var
- past tense of vara.: was, were
- imperative of vara.
Anagrams
- arv
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑɾ/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish وار, from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar), from Proto-Turkic *bār.
Adjective
var (not comparable)
- there is, there are (not a verb)
- (Time)
- it exists
- Expressing possession, equivalent of have.
Usage notes
As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.
Declension
or
Antonyms
- yok (there isn't, not have)
Etymology 2
Verb
var
- second-person singular imperative of varmak
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaːr/, /væːr/
- Rhymes: -áːr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective
var
- cautious, aware
- bätter fyri var än ätter snar
- better safe than sorry
- bätter fyri var än ätter snar
Etymology 2
Noun
var m
- cover, refuge
- häran tag varn å mänisja
- the hare takes refuge from people
- häran tag varn å mänisja
Etymology 3
From Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.
Noun
var m
- a line in the water made by the movement of a swimming bird or fish
- (figuratively, of people)
- hä garn var bodhta om
- There is a fuss around him
- hä garn var bodhta om
Derived terms
- varäs (“streaks appear in the water”)
Etymology 4
Inflected form of vera (“to be”).
Verb
var
- singular past indicative of vera