"spar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɑː/ [UK], /spɑɹ/ [US], [spɑɹ] [US], [spɑ˞] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|odt|frk|osx}}, {{der|en|enm|sparre||spar, rafter, beam}} Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”), {{der|en|dum|sparre}} Middle Dutch sparre, {{der|en|gml|Sparre}} Middle Low German Sparre, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sparrô||stake, beam}} Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)par-||beam, log}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”), {{cog|nl|spar||balk}} Dutch spar (“balk”), {{cog|de|Sparren||rafter, spar}} German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), {{cog|da|sparre||spar}} Danish sparre (“spar”), {{cog|sq|shparr}} Albanian shparr Head templates: {{en-noun}} spar (plural spars)
  1. A rafter of a roof.
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-UCMtnvFL
  2. A thick pole or piece of wood. Translations (thick pole): як прът (jak prăt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), греда (greda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), parru (Finnish), sparre (Middle English), rākau whakapakoko (Māori), صیریق (sırık) (Ottoman Turkish), كوندر (günder, gönder) (Ottoman Turkish), شاهتیر (šāhtir) (Persian), столб (stolb) [masculine] (Russian), poste [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-hpoknHJl Disambiguation of 'thick pole': 0 88 0 12 0
  3. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door. Tags: obsolete Translations (bar to fasten door): závora [feminine] (Czech), telki (Finnish), tranca [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-spcsJsjG Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 3 13 31 11 27 8 Disambiguation of 'bar to fasten door': 3 0 92 3 2
  4. (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. Translations (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff): ранго́ут (rangóut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ráhno [neuter] (Czech), žerď [feminine] (Czech), rondhout [neuter] (Dutch), pyöröpuu (Finnish), Spiere [feminine] (German), Rundholz [neuter] (German), sparra [masculine] (Irish), buum̧ (Marshallese), rākau whakapakoko (Māori), دکل (dakal) (Persian), ранго́ут (rangóut) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-gM-iga~3 Categories (other): Nautical, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 3 13 31 11 27 8 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff': 1 3 9 85 1
  5. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil. Translations (aeronautics: beam-like structural member): siipisalko (Finnish), longeron [masculine] (French), Holm (German), Flügelholm (German), croscheann sciatháin [masculine] (Irish), лонжеро́н крыла́ (lonžerón krylá) [masculine] (Russian), larguero [masculine] (Spanish), balk (Swedish), vingbalk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-UPBLPa0~ Categories (other): Aeronautics, Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 3 13 31 11 27 8 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aeronautics: beam-like structural member': 1 0 1 1 97
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Noun

IPA: /spɑː/ [UK], /spɑɹ/ [US], [spɑɹ] [US], [spɑ˞] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sparren||to dart out; to strike out|id=to dart out}} Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), {{der|en|ang|sperran}} Old English sperran, {{cog|nds|sparre||a struggling, striving}} Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), {{cog|de|sich sperren||to struggle, resist, oppose}} German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), {{cog|is|sperrast||to kick out at, thrust, struggle}} Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spar (plural spars)
  1. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-Cd9Bln4r Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 4 1 4 7 6 11 14 10 10 12 3 4 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 1 5 7 6 13 13 12 11 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 6 10 11 13 13 13 14 2 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 1 5 6 5 13 13 11 11 15 3 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 1 6 7 5 11 15 12 11 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 1 5 5 5 13 14 13 11 13 4 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 6 7 5 11 15 11 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 2 8 8 6 13 16 16 6 7 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 1 6 6 4 11 13 12 12 13 4 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 1 5 6 5 11 14 12 13 14 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 1 5 5 5 12 14 12 12 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 2 8 8 6 14 20 16 5 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 34 11 18 9
  2. (MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal. Tags: Multicultural-London-English
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-GEzdlaBj Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 4 1 4 7 6 11 14 10 10 12 3 4 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 1 5 7 6 13 13 12 11 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 6 10 11 13 13 13 14 2 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 1 5 6 5 13 13 11 11 15 3 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 1 6 7 5 11 15 12 11 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 1 5 5 5 13 14 13 11 13 4 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 6 7 5 11 15 11 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 2 8 8 6 14 21 15 5 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 2 8 8 6 13 16 16 6 7 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 1 6 6 4 11 13 12 12 13 4 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 6 8 5 10 14 12 12 12 3 4 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 1 5 6 5 11 14 12 13 14 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 1 5 5 5 12 14 12 12 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 2 8 8 6 14 20 16 5 6 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 34 11 18 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /spɑː/ [UK], /spɑɹ/ [US], [spɑɹ] [US], [spɑ˞] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar From Middle Low German spar, sper (“spar”); or from a backformation of sparstone (“spar”), from Middle English sparston (“gypsum, chalk”), from Old English spærstān (“gypsum”). Related to German Sparkalk (“plaster”), Old English spæren (“of plaster, of mortar”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|gml:spar|:bf|sparstone|id=mineral|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle Low German", "term" : "spar", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gml" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bf.", "keyword_label" : "Back-formation from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "spærstān", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "sparston", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sparstone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "spar", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="mineral" data-lang="en" data-title="spar" id="English:_mineral">, {{dercat|en|gem-pro}}, {{der|en|gml|spar}} Middle Low German spar, {{der|en|enm|sparston||gypsum, chalk}} Middle English sparston (“gypsum, chalk”), {{der|en|ang|spærstān||gypsum}} Old English spærstān (“gypsum”), {{cog|de|Sparkalk||plaster}} German Sparkalk (“plaster”), {{cog|ang|spæren||of plaster, of mortar}} Old English spæren (“of plaster, of mortar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spar (countable and uncountable, plural spars)
  1. (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-en:mineralogy Categories (other): Mineralogy, English back-formations, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 4 1 4 7 6 11 14 10 10 12 3 4 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 4 1 4 7 6 10 12 18 10 11 3 4 6 4 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 1 5 7 6 13 13 12 11 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 4 1 4 7 5 10 13 17 10 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 6 10 11 13 13 13 14 2 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 1 5 6 5 13 13 11 11 15 3 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 1 6 7 5 11 15 12 11 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 1 5 5 5 13 14 13 11 13 4 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 1 4 5 5 11 14 20 11 14 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 6 7 5 11 15 11 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 1 6 6 4 11 13 12 12 13 4 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 6 8 5 10 14 12 12 12 3 4 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 1 5 6 5 11 14 12 13 14 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 1 5 5 5 12 14 12 12 15 3 2 6 3 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any crystal with readily discernible faces): espat [masculine] (Catalan), sälpä (Finnish), spath [masculine] (French), Spat [masculine] (German), sparra [masculine] (Irish), шпат (špat) [masculine] (Russian), espato [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-noun-TngVRQSx Categories (other): Mineralogy, English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 4 1 4 7 6 11 14 10 10 12 3 4 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 1 5 7 6 13 13 12 11 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 6 10 11 13 13 13 14 2 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 1 5 6 5 13 13 11 11 15 3 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 1 6 7 5 11 15 12 11 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 1 5 5 5 13 14 13 11 13 4 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 6 7 5 11 15 11 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 1 6 6 4 11 13 12 12 13 4 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 6 8 5 10 14 12 12 12 3 4 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 1 5 6 5 11 14 12 13 14 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 1 5 5 5 12 14 12 12 15 3 2 6 3 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'any crystal with readily discernible faces': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /spɑː/ [UK], /spɑɹ/ [US], [spɑɹ] [US], [spɑ˞] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spars [present, singular, third-person], sparring [participle, present], sparred [participle, past], sparred [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|odt|frk|osx}}, {{der|en|enm|sparre||spar, rafter, beam}} Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”), {{der|en|dum|sparre}} Middle Dutch sparre, {{der|en|gml|Sparre}} Middle Low German Sparre, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sparrô||stake, beam}} Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)par-||beam, log}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”), {{cog|nl|spar||balk}} Dutch spar (“balk”), {{cog|de|Sparren||rafter, spar}} German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), {{cog|da|sparre||spar}} Danish sparre (“spar”), {{cog|sq|shparr}} Albanian shparr Head templates: {{en-verb}} spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-spar-en-verb-utIFdO~X Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Marshallese translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 4 1 4 7 6 11 14 10 10 12 3 4 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 4 1 5 7 6 13 13 12 11 11 3 4 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 2 6 10 11 13 13 13 14 2 3 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 1 5 6 5 13 13 11 11 15 3 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 1 6 7 5 11 15 12 11 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 1 5 5 5 13 14 13 11 13 4 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 4 16 17 13 31 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 2 6 7 5 11 15 11 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 2 8 8 6 13 16 16 6 7 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 1 6 6 4 11 13 12 12 13 4 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 2 7 7 5 11 12 12 11 13 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 1 6 8 5 10 14 12 12 12 3 4 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Marshallese translations: 8 4 16 17 13 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 10 2 11 18 13 36 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 8 3 12 23 11 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 7 3 13 31 11 27 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 10 3 19 16 19 25 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 4 15 16 13 30 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 1 5 6 5 11 14 12 13 14 3 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 1 5 5 5 12 14 12 12 15 3 2 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 2 8 8 6 14 20 16 5 6 8 4
  2. (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spar-en-verb-et14SHfb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oversparred, undersparred
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /spɑː/ [UK], /spɑɹ/ [US], [spɑɹ] [US], [spɑ˞] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spars [present, singular, third-person], sparring [participle, present], sparred [participle, past], sparred [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sparren||to dart out; to strike out|id=to dart out}} Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), {{der|en|ang|sperran}} Old English sperran, {{cog|nds|sparre||a struggling, striving}} Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), {{cog|de|sich sperren||to struggle, resist, oppose}} German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), {{cog|is|sperrast||to kick out at, thrust, struggle}} Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} spar (third-person singular simple present spars, present participle sparring, simple past and past participle sparred)
  1. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. Translations (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat): trénovat [imperfective] (Czech), cvičit se [imperfective] (Czech), sparren (Dutch), sparrata (Finnish), speáráil (Irish), allenarsi al combattimento (Italian), спарринговать (sparringovatʹ) (Russian), вести тренировочный бой (trenirovočnyj) (Russian), sparra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-verb-lzgmZCEU Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 34 11 18 9 Disambiguation of 'to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat': 96 1 4
  2. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
    Sense id: en-spar-en-verb-OfA6cr9i Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 34 11 18 9
  3. To contest in words; to wrangle. Translations (to argue): přít se [imperfective] (Czech), dohadovat se [imperfective] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-spar-en-verb-COToKHSU Disambiguation of 'to argue': 7 4 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sparrer
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "interspar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "monkey spar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "multispar"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "spar buoy"
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    {
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      "word": "spar deck"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparless"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spar torpedo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparlike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparmaker"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sparmaking"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "4": "balk"
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    },
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        "2": "Sparren",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Danish sparre (“spar”)",
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      "expansion": "Albanian shparr",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[spɑɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[spɑ˞]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "spa (non-rhotic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "word": "sälpä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spath"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sparra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "špat",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпат"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "any crystal with readily discernible faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espato"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spar"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": from Dutch \"rondhout\" - roundwood vs. rangóut",
  "path": [
    "spar"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spar",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": boj vs. vesti",
  "path": [
    "spar"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spar",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": vesti vs. trenirovočnyj",
  "path": [
    "spar"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spar",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2530",
  "msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
  "path": [
    "spar"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spar",
  "trace": ""
}

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