stare

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See also: Stare and staré

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-.

Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

  1. (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
    • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: G. Fenton  , →OCLC:
      Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had
    • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., , , →OCLC, page 0016:
      A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
    to stare a timid person into submission
  3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
    staring windows or colours
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Troponyms
  • gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
  • ogle, to stare covetously or amorously
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Noun

stare (plural stares)

  1. A persistent gaze.
    the stares of astonished passers-by
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Etymology 2

From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).

Noun

stare (plural stares)

  1. (now archaic) A starling.
    Synonyms: common starling, European starling
    • 1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; , London: Tho Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, , →OCLC, 1st part, page 29:
      The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stare

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of staren

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.

Pronunciation

Verb

stàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò, first-person singular past historic stétti or (traditional) stètti, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stài or stà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to stay, remain
    Synonyms: restare, rimanere
    stare attenti (a) ― to pay attention (to)
    (Lui/Lei/Egli/Ella/Esso/Essa) starà a casa. ― He/She/It will stay/remain at home.
  2. to keep, stick
    Synonym: attenersi
  3. (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
    (Io) sto andando. ― I am going.
    (Io) sto andando via/me ne sto andando. ― I am leaving.
  4. to be up to
    Synonyms: toccare, spettare
    Sta a te decidere. ― It’s up to you to decide.
  5. to be about to
    (Io) sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.
  6. (mathematics) to be to
    4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.
  7. (regional) to live
    Synonyms: vivere, abitare
    Mia sorella sta a Roma. ― My sister lives in Rome.
  8. to be in a certain condition
    Synonym: essere
    come stai (tu)?
    how are you?
    stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimento
    being on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of stàre (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive stàre
auxiliary verb èssere gerund stàndo
present participle stànte past participle stàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present stò1 stài stà1 stiàmo stàte stànno
imperfect stàvo stàvi stàva stavàmo stavàte stàvano
past historic stétti, stètti2 stésti stétte, stètte2 stémmo stéste stéttero, stèttero2
future starò starài starà starémo staréte starànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present starèi starésti starèbbe, starébbe starémmo staréste starèbbero, starébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present stìa stìa stìa stiàmo stiàte stìano
imperfect stéssi stéssi stésse stéssimo stéste stéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
stài, stà' stìa stiàmo stàte stìano
negative imperative non stàre non stìa non stiàmo non stàte non stìano

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Traditional.

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of stàre (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive stàre
auxiliary verb èssere gerund stàndo
present participle stànte past participle stàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present stò1 stài stà1 stiàmo stàte stànno
imperfect stàvo stàvi stàva stavàmo stavàte stàvano
past historic stétti, stètti4, stièdi5, stiédi5, stéi6, stièi6 stésti stétte, stètte4, stiède5, stiéde5, stè7, stiè7 stémmo stéste stéttero, stèttero4, stièdero5, stiédero5, stèttono6, stérono6, stièrono6
future starò starài starà starémo staréte starànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present starèi starésti starèbbe, starébbe starémmo staréste starèbbero, starébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present stìa, stèa2 stìa, stìe2 stìa, stèa2, stìe2 stiàmo stiàte stìano, stèano2
imperfect stéssi stéssi stésse stéssimo stéste stéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
stài, stà', stà1,3 stìa, stèa2, stìe2 stiàmo stàte stìano, stèano2
negative imperative non stàre non stìa, non stèa2, non stìe2 non stiàmo non stàte non stìano, non stèano2

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Archaic poetic.
3Disused.
4Traditional.
5Popular or Tuscan.
6Archaic.
7Archaic or popular.

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Descendants

  • Sabir: star
  • → Esperanto: stari

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Latin

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Verb

stāre

  1. present active infinitive of stō

Lower Sorbian

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Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of stary:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

Noun

stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

  1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)
  2. (dialectal, Southern Norway) a thrush

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Polish

Pronunciation

Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of stary:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Etymology

From sta +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

Noun

stare f (plural stări)

  1. status, standing, situation, position, condition
  2. state

Declension

Declension of stare
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) stare starea (niște) stări stările
genitive/dative (unei) stări stării (unor) stări stărilor
vocative stare, stareo stărilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stare

  1. inflection of star:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”).

Noun

stare c

  1. starling (a bird)

Declension

Declension of stare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stare staren starar stararna
Genitive stares starens starars stararnas

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Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

stare

  1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
  2. (intransitive) to be

Conjugation

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