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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
vare (plural vares)
- (UK, dialect) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A weasel.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).
Noun
vare (plural vares)
- A wand or staff of authority or justice.
References
- “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vare”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From var.
Noun
vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)
- hammer, Large hammer
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
vare
- vocative singular of var
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).
Noun
vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)
- article
- commodity
- item
- (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares
Declension
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.
Noun
vare c
- protection
- only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)
References
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).
Verb
vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
- to last, take (to have a certain duration)
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
Etymology 4
From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).
Verb
vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
- (transitive, archaic) to warn
- 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185
Bodil vilde have sagt, at det var Guds Stemme, der varede ham og kaldte.- Bodil would have said that it was God's voice that was warning and calling him.
- (transitive, archaic) to guard
- in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"
- (reflexive) to be careful, beware
1970, Willy-August Linnemann, Det andet Europa:I hvert andet sving har man den herligste udsigt over Nauplionbugten, og i hvert tredje må man vare sig mod de skønne grækerinders opkastninger.- In every other curve, one has the most wonderful view over the Nafplio Bay, and in every third curve, one must beware of the vomits of the beautiful Greek ladies.
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
vare
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of varen
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.
Noun
vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)
- ruin (construction withered by time)
Declension
Galician
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
vāre
- vocative masculine singular of vārus
Middle English
Noun
vare
- Alternative form of fare
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vara.
Noun
vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
- an article or item (of goods)
- varer og tjenester ― goods and services
- a commodity
- (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vari.
Noun
vare (indeclinable)
- caution, protection
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)
- to last, take (a duration of time)
Derived terms
References
- “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vara.
Noun
vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
- an article or item (of goods)
- a commodity
- (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vara.
Alternative forms
- vara (a- and split infinitives)
Pronunciation
Verb
vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)
- to watch, keep
1968, O.Havdal, Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700:Det var fleire som gjerne ville vere godvener med tussom for det lønt seg. Gamla i Groeggen sa alltid: "Var dokk", når ho slo ut varmt vatn.- There were many who gladly wished to be good friends with the Subterraneans, because it paid off itself. The Old Lady in Groeggen was always saying "Watch you (out)!" when she threw away hot water.
- to warn
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Old Norse vari.
Noun
vare m
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Derived terms
Etymology 4
Adjective
vare
- definite singular of var
- plural of var
References
- “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Swedish
Verb
vare
- first/second/third-person singular subjunctive past of vara
- first/second/third-person plural subjunctive past of vara
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀯𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- वरे (Devanagari script)
- ৰরে (Bengali script)
- වරෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ဝရေ (Burmese script)
- วเร or วะเร (Thai script)
- ᩅᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ວເຣ or ວະເຣ (Lao script)
- វរេ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)
Adjective
vare
- inflection of vara (“excellent”):
- masculine/neuter locative singular
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine vocative singular
Noun
vare
- locative singular of vara (“wish”)
Verb
vare
- first/second/third-person singular optative active of varati (“to wish”)
Portuguese
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)
- third-person plural present of variti
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɾe/
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: va‧re
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
vare
- (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be
- Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.
Usage notes
Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.
Derived terms
See also
Phrase
vare
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).
Vem vare som kasta[de]?- Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")
Anagrams