spar
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /spɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /spɑɹ/, [spɑɹ], [spɑ˞]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- Homophone: spa (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear, park.
NounEdit
spar (plural spars)
- A rafter of a roof.
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
- The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
- (nautical) A general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
rafter of a roof — see rafter
thick pole
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bar to fasten door
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nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff
aeronautics: beam-like structural member
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VerbEdit
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
- (obsolete or dialectal) to bolt, bar.
- (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English sparren (“to thrust or strike rapidly”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrask (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”).
VerbEdit
spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
- To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
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2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC[1]:
- After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.
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- To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
- To contest in words; to wrangle.
TranslationsEdit
to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat
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Etymology 3Edit
From Middle Low German spar, sper (“spar”); or from a backformation of sparstone (“spar”), from Middle English sparston (“gypsum, chalk”), from Old English spærstān (“gypsum”). Related to German Sparkalk (“plaster”), Old English spæren (“of plaster, of mortar”).
NounEdit
spar (plural spars)
- (mineralogy) any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which are easily cleft
- (mineralogy) any crystal with no readily discernible faces.
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Spanish espada (“sword”), from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”).
NounEdit
spar c (singular definite sparen, plural indefinite sparer)
- spade (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of spar
Etymology 2Edit
See spare (“to save,spare”).
VerbEdit
spar
- imperative of spare
See alsoEdit
| Suits in Danish · farven, kulører (layout · text) | |||
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| hjerter | ruder | spar | klør |
Spar on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia- Spar (kulør) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Spar (kulør)
DutchEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
spar
- Imperative singular of sparen.
- (colloquial) First-person singular present of sparen.
IcelandicEdit
AdjectiveEdit
spar (comparative sparari, superlative sparastur)
DeclensionEdit
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sparari | sparari | sparara |
| accusative | sparari | sparari | sparara |
| dative | sparari | sparari | sparara |
| genitive | sparari | sparari | sparara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | sparari | sparari | sparari |
| accusative | sparari | sparari | sparari |
| dative | sparari | sparari | sparari |
| genitive | sparari | sparari | sparari |
superlative (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sparastur | spörust | sparast |
| accusative | sparastan | sparasta | sparast |
| dative | spörustum | sparastri | spörustu |
| genitive | sparasts | sparastrar | sparasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | sparastir | sparastar | spörust |
| accusative | sparasta | sparastar | spörust |
| dative | spörustum | spörustum | spörustum |
| genitive | sparastra | sparastra | sparastra |
superlative (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sparasti | sparasta | sparasta |
| accusative | sparasta | spörustu | sparasta |
| dative | sparasta | spörustu | sparasta |
| genitive | sparasta | spörustu | sparasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | spörustu | spörustu | spörustu |
| accusative | spörustu | spörustu | spörustu |
| dative | spörustu | spörustu | spörustu |
| genitive | spörustu | spörustu | spörustu |