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English
Etymology
From Middle English snare , from Old English snearu , sneare ( “ a string; cord ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ ( “ a sling; loop; noose ” ) . Cognate with Old Norse snara . Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar , snoer .
Pronunciation
Noun
snare (plural snares )
Bird caught in a snare
Drum fitted with snare wires
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
1943 , Graham Greene , The Ministry of Fear , London: Heinemann, published 1960 , Book Three, Chapter One, pp. 196-197:He [ …] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare .
A mental or psychological trap.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Sixt ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:
1978 , Jan Morris , Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat , New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Part One, Chapter 9, p. 173:They were devious war aims, and Allenby’s campaign was fought with a maximum of snare and subterfuge.
( veterinary ) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
( surgery ) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
( music ) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
( music ) A snare drum .
Translations
trap
Albanian: lak (sq) m
Arabic: شَرَكٌ m ( šarakun ) , مِصْيَدَةٌ f ( miṣyadatun )
Egyptian Arabic: فخ m ( faḵḵ )
Armenian: թակարդ (hy) ( tʻakard ) , ծուղակ (hy) ( cuġak ) , որոգայթ (hy) ( orogaytʻ )
Aromanian: alats , alatsu
Bashkir: тоҙаҡ ( toźaq )
Bulgarian: капан (bg) m ( kapan ) , примка (bg) f ( primka )
Catalan: llaç (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陷阱 (zh) ( xiànjǐng ) , 圈套 (zh) ( quāntào )
Czech: oko (cs) n , léčka f , nástraha f
Dutch: strop (nl) ,val (nl) ,klem (nl)
Finnish: ansalanka (fi)
French: collet (fr) m , piège (fr) m
Galician: ichó m
Georgian: ხაფანგი ( xapangi )
German: Schlinge (de) f , Falle (de) f
Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 f ( wruggō )
Greek:
Ancient: παγίς f ( pagís ) , βρόχος m ( brókhos )
Hebrew: פַּח (he) m ( pakh )
Hungarian: csapda (hu) , kelepce (hu)
Irish: dol , gaiste m , súil ribe f
Italian: laccio (it) m , trappola (it) f , tagliola (it) f
Japanese: 罠 (ja) ( わな , wana)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داو ( daw )
Kyrgyz: тузак (ky) ( tuzak )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: laqueus (la) , transenna f , tenus n
Lü: ᦟᦸᧄ ( loam ) , ᦷᦢᧂᧉᦢᦱᧆ ( ḃong²ḃaad )
Malayalam: കെണി (ml) ( keṇi )
Maori: tāhei , rore , toromāhanga , taeke
Middle English: snare
Navajo: beeʼódleehí
Occitan: trapèla f , laç (oc) m , sedon m , bagada f , tenda (oc) f , tendèla f
Old English: grin m
Ottoman Turkish: طوزاق ( tuzak ) , قپان ( kapan )
Persian: دام (fa) ( dâm ) , پهند (fa) ( pahand ) , لاتو (fa) ( lâtu )
Polish: sidła n pl , pułapka (pl) f m, sidło (pl) n
Portuguese: laço (pt) m
Romanian: cursă (ro) , laț (ro) , capcană (ro) f
Russian: сило́к (ru) m ( silók ) , лову́шка (ru) f ( lovúška ) , западня́ (ru) f ( zapadnjá )
Sardinian: latu , lantu , latzu , lassu
Scottish Gaelic: ribe m
Slovene: zanka (sl) f
Spanish: lazo (es) m
Swedish: snara (sv)
Tarifit: trašša f
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: сильце́ n ( sylʹcé )
Walloon: bricole (wa) f , laesse m
Welsh: magl f
Western Bukidnon Manobo: litag
veterinary: obstetric loop
music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
Verb
snare (third-person singular simple present snares , present participle snaring , simple past and past participle snared )
( transitive ) To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.
2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Want to Save Your Job From A.I.? Hollywood Screenwriters Just Showed You How.”, in The New York Times , →ISSN :Instead, it aimed for a more important assurance: that if A.I. raises writers’ productivity or the quality of their output, guild members should snare an equitable share of the performance gains. And the W.G.A. got it.
( transitive , figurative ) To ensnare .
Translations
to catch or hold, especially with a loop
Related terms
Anagrams
Naser , Nears , RNase , Saner , Serna , eRNAs , earns , ernas , nares , nears , reans , saner
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sneare , snearu , from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā , from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
snare (plural snares )
A trap for catching animals.
A noose or snare ( rope loop )
( figuratively ) A temptation or peril .
Related terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Verb
snare
Alternative form of snaren
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse snara .
Noun
snare f or m (definite singular snara or snaren , indefinite plural snarer , definite plural snarene )
a snare
a trap
Synonym: felle
Verb
snare (present tense snarer , past tense snara or snaret , past participle snara or snaret )
( transitive ) to catch in a snare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
snare
inflection of snar :
definite singular
plural
References
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse snara ( “ a snare ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ . Cognate with English snare .
Alternative forms
Noun
snare f (definite singular snara , indefinite plural snarer , definite plural snarene )
a snare
a trap
Synonym: felle
Derived terms
Verb
snare (present tense snarar , past tense snara , past participle snara , passive infinitive snarast , present participle snarande , imperative snare /snar )
( transitive ) to catch in a snare
( transitive ) to ensnare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
snare
inflection of snar :
definite singular
plural
References
Anagrams
Swedish
Adjective
snare
definite natural masculine singular of snar
Anagrams
Arnes , Enars , Ernas , anser , arens , enars , erans , rasen , reans , renas , rensa , resan