vair
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).
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NounEdit
vair (countable and uncountable, plural vairs)
- (archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
- 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 323:
- Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.
- 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 323:
- (heraldry) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
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AdjectiveEdit
vair (feminine vaira, masculine plural vairs, feminine plural vaires)
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vair m (plural vairs)
- (historical) vair (black-and-white variegated squirrel fur)
- (heraldry) vair
Further readingEdit
- “vair” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).
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vair n (uncountable)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: vaire, vaires, vairs, ver, vers, vert, verts, verre, verres
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
NounEdit
vair m (plural vairs)
Further readingEdit
- “vair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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EtymologyEdit
From Old French veeir, veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, cognate with French voir.
VerbEdit
vair
- To see
- Disez-mai don, v'ez-ti pas veü un jiene là tout à l'oure ?
- Please tell me, have you seen a young man there few minutes ago ?
- Disez-mai don, v'ez-ti pas veü un jiene là tout à l'oure ?
Middle EnglishEdit
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vair
- Alternative form of veir
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.
AdjectiveEdit
vair m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaire)
- changeable; that may change
- multi-colored; polychromatic
- shining; brilliant
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NounEdit
vair m (oblique plural vairs, nominative singular vairs, nominative plural vair)
- vair (fur of a squirrel)
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- (Rumantsch Grischun) vesair
- (Sursilvan) veser
- (Sutsilvan) vaser
- (Surmiran) veir
- (Puter) vzair
- (Vallader) verer
EtymologyEdit
From Latin videō, vidēre.
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vair