Wiktionary

soar

See also: Soar

EnglishEdit

 
A hawk soars.

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)

  1. (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
  2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
  3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
  4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
    The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
    • 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 57:
      A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year.
  5. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

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NounEdit

soar (plural soars)

  1. The act of soaring.
  2. An upward flight.

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GalicianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

soar (first-person singular present soo, first-person singular preterite soei, past participle soado)

  1. to sound, to ring
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:
      tãger boziñas et ssoar tronpas et anafíjs
      to play conchs and to sound horns and bugles
  2. to be heard
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 646:
      Et começoullj a dizer que tã grande era a numeada que del oya et o prez d'ar(ar)mas et os bõos feytos que soarã delle en terra d'Outra mar
      And he began to tell him how great was the reputation that he heard, and of the feats of war and the good deeds that were heard about him in Outremer
  3. to ring a bell
    −Coñécelo? −Non me soa.
    −Do you know him? −No, he doesn't ring a bell. (Lit. "He doesn't sound (to me)"

NounEdit

soar m (plural soares)

  1. sound
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:
      Et alí oyriades a uolta et os braados tã grandes, et o rreuoluer et o bolir tã grande, et o soar dos cornos et dos anafíjs, que esto era hũa grã marauilla.
      And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of soar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal soar
personal soar soares soar soarmos soardes soaren
Gerund
soando
Past participle singular plural
masculine soado soados
feminine soada soadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present soo soas soa soamos soades soan
imperfect soaba soabas soaba soabamos soabades soaban
preterite soei soaches soou soamos soastes soaron
pluperfect soara soaras soara soaramos soarades soaran
future soarei soarás soará soaremos soaredes soarán
conditional soaría soarías soaría soariamos soariades soarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present soe soes soe soemos soedes soen
preterite soase soases soase soásemos soásedes soasen
future soar soares soar soarmos soardes soaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – soa soe soemos soade soen
negative – soes soe soemos soedes soen
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Attested since the 13th century. From proto-Galician *solar, from Latin solum. Compare Spanish solar.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

soar m (plural soares)

  1. building land, plot, site
    • 1290, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 415:
      Et damos a uos vn soar en que façades huna casa logo
      And we give you a plot for you to build a house promptly
    Synonyms: formal, terreo
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “soar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “soar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “soar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “soar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “soar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

soar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. smell

VerbEdit

soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

  1. to smell

MutationEdit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soar hoar
after "yn", toar		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre.

PronunciationEdit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈa(ʁ)/ [soˈa(h)], /suˈa(ʁ)/ [sʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ʁ)/ [ˈswa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈa(ɾ)/, /suˈa(ɾ)/ [sʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈa(ʁ)/ [soˈa(χ)], /suˈa(ʁ)/ [sʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa(ʁ)/ [ˈswa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈa(ɻ)/

VerbEdit

soar (first-person singular present soo, first-person singular preterite soei, past participle soado)

  1. make a sound
    • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:
      Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
      Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.
    A corda da guitarra soa desafinada. ― The guitar string sounds out of tune.
  2. to look; to seem; to appear

ConjugationEdit

    Conjugation of soar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal soar
Personal soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Gerund
soando
Past participle
Masculine soado soados
Feminine soada soadas
Indicative
Present soo, sôo1 soas soa soamos soais soam
Imperfect soava soavas soava soávamos soáveis soavam
Preterite soei soaste soou soamos2, soámos3 soastes soaram
Pluperfect soara soaras soara soáramos soáreis soaram
Future soarei soarás soará soaremos soareis soarão
Conditional
soaria soarias soaria soaríamos soaríeis soariam
Subjunctive
Present soe soes soe soemos soeis soem
Imperfect soasse soasses soasse soássemos soásseis soassem
Future soar soares soar soarmos soardes soarem
Imperative
Affirmative soa soe soemos soai soem
Negative (não) não soes não soe não soemos não soeis não soem

1Superseded.
2Brazil.
3Portugal.

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French soir (“evening”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

soar (nominative plural soars)

  1. evening

DeclensionEdit

declension of soar
singular plural
nominative soar soars
genitive soara soaras
dative soare soares
accusative soari soaris
vocative 1 o soar! o soars!
predicative 2 soaru soarus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

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