gars

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

gars

1. plural of gar

Etymology 2

Noun

gars

1. Alternative form of garce (“unit of measure”)

Anagrams

• ARGs, GRAS, Gras, args, rags

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χars/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

gars (uncountable)

1. barley

Descendants

• → Xhosa: írhási

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ/, /ɡa/, /ɡɑ/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key):
• (Canada)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. lad, guy

   Synonyms: bougre, mec, type

2. (in the plural) guys (usually all male)

Derived terms

• garce

Further reading

• “gars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• gras

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot, warm”), see also Welsh gwres (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡars/

Noun

gars m (1st declension)

1. spirit
2. mind, intellect
3. ghost, spectre

   Synonym: rēgs

4. vapor

Declension

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “493-95”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 493-95

Middle English

Noun

gars

1. Alternative form of gras

Norman

Etymology

Germanic borrowing, probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis).

Noun

gars m (plural gars)

1. (Jersey) gander

Old French

Noun

gars m

1. nominative singular of garçon
2. nominative singular of garçun

Descendants

• Portuguese: garoto