vare

See also: varé, väre, and våre

English

Etymology 1

Noun

vare (plural vares)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

vare

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of varen

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

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

  1. ruin (construction withered by time)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Latin

Adjective

vāre

  1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara

Noun

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 terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

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Derived terms

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

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari

Noun

vare (indeclinable)

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Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

vare

  1. definite singular of var
  2. plural of var

References

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

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.

Swedish

Verb

vare

  1. be, present tense subjunctive of vara.
    – Gud vare med er.
    – God be with you.

See also

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