rari

English

Noun

rari (plural raris)

1. Alternative form of 'rari (“Ferrari”)
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     I too, have a glock in my rari;
     in the form of a master's degree,
     but don't get it twisted
     this summa cum laude bloaw
     any time a motherfucker think
     they know me!

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: rà‧ri

Adjective

rari

1. masculine plural of raro

Anagrams

• arri

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.riː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ri/,

Adjective

rārī

1. inflection of rārus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian raru and/or Italian raro, both from Latin rarus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraː.rɪ/

Adjective

rari (feminine singular rara, plural rari)

1. rare

   Alternative form: (used in some fish and bird names) rar

Adverb

rari

1. seldom, rarely

   Synonym: rarament

   Antonyms: spiss, ħafna drabi, wisq drabi, sikwit

Related terms

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

rari

1. (intransitive) to cut grass

   worarirari ― he kept cutting grass

2. (transitive) to cut, to cut down

   'o 'ubutu wasarari ― he cut down the surrounding weeds

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tahitian

Adjective

rari

1. wet

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “rari” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.