gars
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹz/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Noun Edit
gars
Anagrams Edit
Afrikaans Edit
Etymology Edit
From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
gars (uncountable)
Descendants Edit
- → Xhosa: írhási
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
gars m (plural gars)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “gars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Latvian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot, warm”), see also Welsh gwres (“heat”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
gars m (1st declension)
Declension Edit
Declension of gars (1st declension)
References Edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “493-95”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 493-95
Middle English Edit
Noun Edit
gars
- Alternative form of gras
Norman Edit
Etymology Edit
Germanic borrowing, probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis).
Noun Edit
gars m (plural gars)
Old French Edit
Noun Edit
gars m
Descendants Edit
- Portuguese: garoto