var

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Translingual

Symbol

var

(physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

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

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)

varous

Related terms

vara

Chrau

Numeral

var

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

var m inan

boiling

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

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 corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑ]

Verb

var

past tense of være

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑːˀ]

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

Uncertain, 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

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

Jamtish

Verb

var

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

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

Laz

Postposition

var

Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

Adverb

var

Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

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

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

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)

wary, careful
nervous, timid
sensitive
Eg er var for høge lydar.
I am sensitive to loud noises.

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)

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)

(dried) slime, puss, pain

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

Verb

var

present of va
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

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

var n (plural varuri)

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

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

Cognate with Turkish varmak.

Pronunciation

(Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Chahandusi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [vɑː]
(Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [vɑɹ], [vɑr]
(Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [vɑːɹ], [vɑːr]
(Mengda, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [pɑɹ], [pɑr], [bar]

Verb

var

to go

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 300, 433, 437, 539, 540, 541
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “var”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175

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): /vɑːr/, [vɒ̜ːr]
Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

var (not comparable)

where; at which place

Synonym: (informal, nonstandard) vart

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
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

(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

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

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

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)

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.

• 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

second-person singular imperative of varmak

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.

Adjective

var (comparative valler)

Adverb

var

Etymology 2

Preposition

var

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

var

var

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Verb

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Predicative

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Further reading

Chrau

Numeral

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

Jamtish

Verb