"tvär" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Swedish]

Rhymes: -æːr Etymology: From Old Swedish þvar, þvær, from Old Norse þverr, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|þvar}} Old Swedish þvar, {{m|gmq-osw|þvær}} þvær, {{der|sv|non|þverr}} Old Norse þverr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*þwerhaz}} Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*terkʷ-}} Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective}} tvär Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tvär [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], - [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], - [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], tvärt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], - [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], - [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], tvära [indefinite, plural, positive], - [comparative, indefinite, plural], - [indefinite, plural, superlative], tväre [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], - [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], tväre [definite, masculine, positive, singular], - [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], - [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], tvära [definite, positive], - [comparative, definite], - [definite, superlative]
  1. across, perpendicular to the main direction
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-~iCUQ5fd
  2. (figuratively) opposite Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-2fYsKtCt
  3. sharp, abrupt (of a change of direction)
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-vcMZ60dO Categories (other): Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 18 36 14 15 9
  4. sudden, abrupt
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-5U8~ZSXn
  5. (figuratively) grumpy, stubborn (of a person who gives short, sharp answers, having "lodged themselves sideways") Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-eISOTy0D
  6. (slang, as an ad-hoc prefix) An intensifier. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-tvär-sv-adj-Z7ZQ1JVM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tvärt

Inflected forms

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}

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