ara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ara"

English

An ara

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi ara (“morpheme for bird”).

Noun

ara (plural aras)

  1. The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
Translations

Further reading

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 ara in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق‎ (ʿaraq).

Noun

ara

  1. A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, and may be either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.

Etymology 3

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Noun

ara (countable and uncountable, plural aras)

  1. saw-edged perch, Niphon spinosus

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan ara), from Latin ad hōram (compare Spanish ahora).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ara

  1. now

Derived terms

Further reading

Czech

Noun

ara m anim ara f

  1. ara

Declension

  • ararauna
  • arakanga

Danish

ara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːra/, [ˈɑːʁɑ]

Noun

ara c (singular definite araen, plural indefinite araer)

  1. macaw (various parrots)

Inflection

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

ara

  1. macaw (various parrots of the genus Ara and some closely related genera)

Declension

Inflection of ara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative ara arat
genitive aran arojen
partitive araa aroja
illative araan aroihin
singular plural
nominative ara arat
accusative nom. ara arat
gen. aran
genitive aran arojen
arainrare
partitive araa aroja
inessive arassa aroissa
elative arasta aroista
illative araan aroihin
adessive aralla aroilla
ablative aralta aroilta
allative aralle aroille
essive arana aroina
translative araksi aroiksi
instructive — aroin
abessive aratta aroitta
comitative — aroineen

Hypernyms

French

Etymology

From Old Tupi arara.

Noun

ara m (plural aras)

  1. macaw

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ara.

Noun

ara f (plural aras)

  1. altar

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

ara

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌰

Hiligaynon

Noun

ara

  1. altar stone in a Catholic church

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒrɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ara

Noun

ara (plural arák)

  1. bride

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ara arák
accusative arát arákat
dative arának aráknak
instrumental arával arákkal
causal-final aráért arákért
translative arává arákká
terminative aráig arákig
essive-formal araként arákként
essive-modal — —
inessive arában arákban
superessive arán arákon
adessive aránál aráknál
illative arába arákba
sublative arára arákra
allative arához arákhoz
elative arából arákból
delative aráról arákról
ablative arától aráktól
Possessive forms of ara
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. arám aráim
2nd person sing. arád aráid
3rd person sing. arája arái
1st person plural aránk aráink
2nd person plural arátok aráitok
3rd person plural arájuk aráik

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ara.

Noun

ara

  1. fig (tree or shrub)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ara m (“charioteer; messenger, attendant”).

Noun

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)

  1. charioteer
  2. attendant
    1. horseboy
      Synonyms: giolla capaill, giolla eich
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ara (“temple”).

Noun

ara m, f (genitive singular ara or arach, nominative plural araí or aracha)

  1. temple (of the forehead)
Declension
Feminine declension

Etymology 3

Interjection

ara!

  1. Alternative form of arú (“Ah! No! So! Indeed!”)

Etymology 4

Noun

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)

  1. Alternative form of earra (“goods; ware, merchandise; article of trade, commodity; accoutrement(s), trappings; apparel; article, thing”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ara n-ara hara t-ara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ara.

Noun

ara f (plural are)

  1. altar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French are, from Latin area.

Noun

ara f (plural are)

  1. are, measurement of area (100 square metres)

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Old Tupi ara.

Noun

ara f (plural are)

  1. macaw
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Verb

ara

  1. third-person singular present indicative of arare
  2. second-person singular imperative of arare

Latin

Etymology

From āsa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

Noun

āra f (genitive ārae); first declension

  1. altar
  2. sanctuary, refuge

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative āra ārae
genitive ārae ārārum
dative ārae ārīs
accusative āram ārās
ablative ārā ārīs
vocative āra ārae

Latvian

Verb

ara

  1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of art
  2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of art

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

ara

  1. fig (tree or shrub)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

ara

  1. path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
  2. path (a course taken)
  3. path (a metaphorical course)
  4. path (a method or direction of proceeding)
  5. road (a way for travel)
  6. road (a path in life)
  7. street (paved part of road in a village or a town)
  8. track (beaten path)
  9. track (course; way)
  10. track (path or course laid out for a race or exercise)
  11. track (permanent way; the rails)
  12. way (wide path)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *‘ara, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sadar.

Verb

ara

  1. to rise up, awake, arise, revive
    Nā tētahi nūpepa te kōrero inatata nei kei te ara mai anō te reo Māori.
    Just recently a newspaper reported that the Māori language is reviving.

Nauruan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

ara

  1. blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • aüra (Niçard)

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin ad hōram.

Adverb

ara

  1. now

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːrɑ/

Noun

āra pl

  1. plural of ār
  2. accusative plural of ār
  3. genitive plural of ār

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɾa/

Noun

ara

  1. day, weather

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ra/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ara f

  1. macaw (parrot of genus Ara)

Declension

Noun

ara

  1. Genitive singular of ar.

Further reading

  • ara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin āra.

Noun

ara f (plural aras)

  1. any altar for sacrifices
  2. (Catholicism) the altar stone: the stone covered by the corporal.

Etymology 2

Verb

ara

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of arar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of arar

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

ara

  1. path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
  2. path (a course taken)
  3. path (a metaphorical course)
  4. path (a method or direction of proceeding)
  5. road (a way for travel)
  6. road (a path in life)
  7. street (paved part of road in a village or a town)
  8. track (beaten path)
  9. track (course; way)
  10. track (path or course laid out for a race or exercise)
  11. track (permanent way; the rails)
  12. way (wide path)

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin arāre, present active infinitive of arō, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈra/

Verb

a ara (third-person singular present ară, past participle arat) 1st conj.

  1. to plough
Conjugation
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ara, from Old Tupi ara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ra/

Noun

ara m (uncountable)

  1. ara (bird)
Declension

See also

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾa/

Verb

ara

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of arar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of arar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of arar.

Swedish

Noun

ara c

  1. ara (macaw)

Declension

Declension of ara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ara aran aror arorna
Genitive aras arans arors arornas

Synonyms

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *hār- (“split, divide, cleave in twain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀‎ (āra).

Adjective

ara

  1. intermediate area
  2. interim

Noun

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)

  1. breather
  2. interval

Verb

ara

  1. imperative of aramak

References

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

Noun

ara f (plural are)

  1. farmyard (courtyard of a farm)
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