vare

See also: varé, väre, and våre

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A weasel.

Derived terms

• vare widgeon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”)

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. A wand or staff of authority or justice.
   • John Dryden

     His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, aver, evar, rave, vera

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Noun

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

1. article
2. commodity
3. item
4. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

Inflection

Declension of vare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vare	varen	varer	varerne
genitive	vares	varens	varers	varernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Noun

vare c

1. only used in the expression tage vare på, tage vare om: take care of, look after

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Old Saxon warōn, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Verb

vare (imperative var, infinitive at vare, present tense varer, past tense varede, perfect tense har varet)

1. last
2. continue, endure
3. take

Etymology 4

From Old Norse vara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Verb

vare (imperative {{{1}}}, infinitive at vare, present tense {{{3}}}, past tense {{{4}}}, perfect tense {{{5}}} {{{6}}})

1. only used in the expressions:

   vare sig: be careful

   vare sin mund: be careful about what to say

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

vare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of varen

Anagrams

• rave

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Estonian

Noun

vare (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Latin

Adjective

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara

Noun

vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)

   varer og tjenester - goods and services

2. a commodity
3. (in plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

Terms derived from vare (Etymology 1)

• eksportvare
• feilvare
• ferskvare
• gisselvare
• jernvare
• luksusvare
• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare
• skadevare
• sukkervare
• utpressingsvare
• varebil
• varehus
• varelager
• varemerke

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• ta vare på

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være

Verb

vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)

1. to last, take (last)

Derived terms

• advare
• varig
• vedvare

References

• “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara

Noun

vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)
2. a commodity
3. (in plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

Derived terms

Terms derived from vare (Etymology 1)

• eksportvare
• feilvare
• ferskvare
• jarnvare, jernvare
• luksusvare

• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare
• sukkervare

• varebil
• varehus
• varelager
• varemerke

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• ta vare på

Etymology 3

Adjective

vare

1. definite singular of var
2. plural of var

References

• “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• वरे (Devanagari script)
• ৱরে (Bengali script)
• වරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဝရေ (Burmese script)
• วเร or วะเร (Thai script)
• ᩅᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ວເຣ or ວະເຣ (Lao script)
• វរេ (Khmer script)

Adjective

vare

1. masculine locative singular of vara
2. neuter locative singular of vara
3. masculine accusative plural of vara
4. feminine vocative singular of vara

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Portuguese

Verb

vare

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of varar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of varar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of varar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of varar

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Spanish

Verb

vare

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of varar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of varar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of varar.

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Swedish

Verb

vare

1. be, present tense subjunctive of vara.

   – Gud vare med er.

   – God be with you.

Derived terms

• vare sig
• tack vare

See also

• vore