var

var

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Translingual

Symbol

var

  1. (physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)

  1. (programming) Abbreviation of variable.
  2. (statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
  3. (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
  4. (bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar.

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)

  1. I hang
  2. I depend on
  3. 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

  1. Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist
  2. Expressing possession: to have

Antonyms

  • yox (“there is no; to not have”)

Derived terms

  • varlıq (“existence; being”)

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vārus.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈvar/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈbar/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈvaɾ/

Adjective

var (feminine vara, masculine plural vars, feminine plural vares)

  1. varous

Related terms

  • vara

Further reading

  • “var” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chrau

Numeral

var

  1. two

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech var, from Proto-Slavic *varъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvar]
  • Hyphenation: var
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

var m inan

  1. boiling

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • var in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • var in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • var in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɑˀ]

Adjective

var

  1. only in the expression: blive var: become aware

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɑ]

Verb

var

  1. past of være

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɑːˀ]

Verb

var

  1. 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)

  1. male pig; boar

Synonyms

  • (male pig): beer

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
  • Homophones: varð, vær

Verb

var

  1. 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

Uncertain, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒr]
  • Rhymes: -ɒr

Noun

var (plural varok or varak)

  1. scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)

Declension

or less commonly:

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • var in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)

  1. 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)

  1. lee, shelter
Declension
Synonyms
  • (shelter): skjól

Etymology 3

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of vera

Jamtish

Verb

var

  1. inflection of vara:
    1. past indicative
    2. imperative second-person singular

Latvian

Verb

var

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of varēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of varēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of varēt

Laz

Postposition

var

  1. Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

Adverb

var

  1. Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːɾ/

Verb

var

  1. simple past of være
  2. imperative of vare

Derived terms

  • (of adjective, yet to be added) varsom
  • (of noun) putevar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑː(r)/

Verb

var

  1. past tense of vera (“to be”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːr/

Adjective

var (neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)

  1. wary, careful
  2. nervous, timid
  3. sensitive
Derived terms
  • føre var

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ver from verja. Doublet of vær.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːr/

Noun

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

  1. a sheath or covering
Derived terms
  • putevar

Etymology 4

Uncertain, but may be related to verk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːr/

Noun

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

  1. (dried) slime, puss, pain

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːr/

Verb

var

  1. present of va
  2. imperative of vara

References

  • “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • arv, rav

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛊ (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesaną.

Verb

var

  1. first/third-person singular indicative past of vera

Descendants

  • Icelandic: var
  • Faroese: var
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: var
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: var
  • Jamtish: var
  • Elfdalian: war
  • Old Swedish: var, war
    • Swedish: var
  • Danish: var
  • Old Gutnish: war

References

  • “var”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Verb

var

  1. first/third-person singular indicative past of vara

Romanian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic варъ (varŭ), from Proto-Slavic *varъ.

Noun

var n (plural varuri)

  1. lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)

Declension

Salar

Etymology 1

Cognate with Turkish var. Doublet of bar (“rich”).

Pronunciation

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [vɑɹ], [vɑr]
  • (Hanbahe, Daowei, Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [vɑːɹ], [vɑːr]
  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [bɑːr], [pɑː], [pɑr]

Noun

var

  1. there is

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 300, 433, 437, 540, 541
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “var”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 292
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “bɑr”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 135
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “var”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 135
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “var”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175

Etymology 2

Verb

var

  1. Alternative form of varğu.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wōrh₁os.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋâːr/

Noun

vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)

  1. (uncountable) heat

Declension

References

  • “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • hvar (obsolete since 1906)
  • hwar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːr/, [vɒ̜ːr]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

var (not comparable)

  1. where; at which place
    Synonym: (informal, nonstandard) vart
Related terms
  • vart
  • varifrån

Conjunction

var

  1. 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)

  1. (dated) every
    • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
    Synonym: varje
  2. each; per person/thing involved
Derived terms
  • lite varstans
  • vardag (“weekday”)
  • var för sig (“separately”)
  • var och en (“one and all”)
  • 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

  1. (uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
  2. pillowcase n
  3. 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

From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was.

Verb

var

  1. past indicative of vara: was, were
  2. imperative of vara

References

  • var in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • var in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • var in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • arv

Tat

Etymology

From Middle Persian w’t (wād, “wind”), from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).

Noun

var

  1. wind

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑɾ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish وار‎ (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār. Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺‎ (bar).

Adjective

var (not comparable)

  1. there is, there are (not a verb)
    (Time)
  2. it exists
  3. Expressing possession, equivalent of have.
Usage notes

• As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.

• In the phrases “var olmak” and “var etmek”, the word is pronounced with a long vowel (va:r).

Antonyms
  • yok (there isn't, not have)

Etymology 2

Verb

var

  1. second-person singular imperative of varmak

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.

Adjective

var (comparative valler)

  1. far

Adverb

var

  1. far

Etymology 2

Preposition

var

  1. Alternative form of vor

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, London: J. Russell Smith, page 39 & 74

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