vair
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛə/
- (US) IPA(key): /vɛɹ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /veː/
- (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /veə/
- (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /viə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /veɹ/
- (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /vɜː(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophone: veer (cheer–chair merger)
Noun
editvair (countable and uncountable, plural vairs)
- 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, published 2011, page 323:
- Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.
- (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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editCatalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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editAdjective
editvair (feminine vaira, masculine plural vairs, feminine plural vaires)
Related terms
editNoun
editvair m (plural vairs)
- (historical) vair (black-and-white variegated squirrel fur)
- (heraldry) vair
Further reading
edit- “vair”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editvair n (uncountable)
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: vaire, vaires, vairs, ver, vers, vert, verts, verre, verres
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Noun
editvair m (plural vairs)
Further reading
edit- “vair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGallo
editEtymology
editFrom Old French veeir, veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, cognate with French voir.
Verb
editvair
- 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 ?
Middle English
editNoun
editvair
- Alternative form of veir
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.
Adjective
editvair m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaire)
- changeable; that may change
- multi-colored; polychromatic
- shining; brilliant
Declension
editCase | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | subject | vairs | vaire | vair |
oblique | vair | |||
plural | subject | vair | vaires | |
oblique | vairs |
Noun
editvair oblique singular, m (oblique plural vairs, nominative singular vairs, nominative plural vair)
- vair (fur of a squirrel)
Descendants
editRomansch
editAlternative forms
edit- vesair (Rumantsch Grischun)
- veser (Sursilvan)
- vaser (Sutsilvan)
- veir (Surmiran)
- vzair (Puter)
- verer (Vallader)
Etymology
editFrom Latin videō, vidēre.
Verb
editvair
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- rm:Vision