vare

See also: varé, väre, and våre

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

vare (plural vares)

1. (Britain, dialect) A weasel.

Derived termsEdit

• vare widgeon

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

AnagramsEdit

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

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse vara.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

NounEdit

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

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

InflectionEdit

Declension of vare

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

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse vari.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

NounEdit

vare c

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

Etymology 3Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

VerbEdit

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

1. last
2. continue, endure
3. take

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Norse vara.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

VerbEdit

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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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

vare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of varen

AnagramsEdit

• rave

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EstonianEdit

NounEdit

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

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

DeclensionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse vara

NounEdit

vare f, 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 termsEdit

Terms derived from vare

• feilvare
• ferskvare
• gisselvare
• jernvare
• luksusvare

• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare
• skadevare

• utpressingsvare
• varebil
• varelager
• varemerke

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse vari

NounEdit

vare (indeclinable)

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

Derived termsEdit

• ta vare på

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være

VerbEdit

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

1. to last, take (last)

Derived termsEdit

• advare
• varig

ReferencesEdit

• “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse vara

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from vare

• feilvare
• ferskvare
• jarnvare, jernvare
• luksusvare

• maskinvare
• matvare
• merkevare
• programvare

• varebil
• varelager
• varemerke

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse vari

NounEdit

vare (indeclinable)

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

Derived termsEdit

• ta vare på

Etymology 3Edit

AdjectiveEdit

vare

1. definite singular of var
2. plural of var

ReferencesEdit

• “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

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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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

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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SwedishEdit

VerbEdit

vare

1. be, present tense subjunctive of vara.

   – Gud vare med er.

   – God be with you.

See alsoEdit

• vare sig
• vore