See var in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "non",
"3": "hvar"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwar"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwar",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"2": "adverb",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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},
{
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"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "var (not comparable)",
"name": "sv-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
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{
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0,
3
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],
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "Where are my keys?",
"text": "Var är mina nycklar?",
"translation": "Where are my keys?",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
3
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "Where was I?",
"text": "Var var jag?",
"translation": "Where was I?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"where; at which place"
],
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"links": [
[
"where",
"where"
]
],
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{
"word": "varifrån"
},
{
"word": "vart"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vart"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "hvar"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvar",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwar"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwar",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "var",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "conj",
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{
"glosses": [
"where; the situation in which"
],
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"links": [
[
"where",
"where"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lite varstans"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "separately",
"translation": "separately",
"word": "var för sig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "each one, everyone",
"translation": "each one, everyone",
"word": "var och en"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "weekday",
"translation": "weekday",
"word": "vardag"
}
],
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "hverr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hverr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwarjaz",
"t": "who (of many)"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hver",
"id": "who"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hver",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). Cognate with Icelandic hver.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vart",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "determiner",
"3": "neuter",
"4": "vart"
},
"expansion": "var (neuter vart)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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0,
3
]
],
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "Each day is a peculiar gift",
"text": "Var dag är en sällsam gåva",
"translation": "Each day is a peculiar gift",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
3
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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0,
4
]
],
"english": "each other",
"text": "varandra",
"translation": "each other",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
3
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "every other",
"text": "varannan",
"translation": "every other",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "weekday; everyday life",
"literal_meaning": "everyday",
"text": "vardag",
"translation": "weekday; everyday life",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "That every eye which in this forest looks / Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where.",
"roman": "Att för hvart öga som i skogen ser / Det må ett vittne till min dyrkan blifva.",
"text": "c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2",
"translation": "That every eye which in this forest looks / Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"each, every (all, taken one at a time)"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-det-R30tIjwG",
"links": [
[
"each",
"each"
],
[
"every",
"every"
]
],
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"(somewhat dated, often in expressions and compounds) each, every (all, taken one at a time)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in expressions and compounds"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "varje"
}
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
19,
23
]
],
"english": "We got two bananas each",
"text": "Vi fick två bananer var",
"translation": "We got two bananas each",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"each (per person/thing involved)"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-det-vLlCCpAb",
"links": [
[
"each",
"each"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "varsågod"
}
],
"etymology_number": "3",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "var"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse var",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-pro",
"3": "ᚹᚨᛋ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*was"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *was",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "var",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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{
"extra": "was, were",
"word": "vara"
}
],
"glosses": [
"past indicative of vara: was, were"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-verb-R0IAxPqk",
"links": [
[
"vara",
"vara#Swedish"
],
[
"was",
"was"
],
[
"were",
"were"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "vara"
}
],
"glosses": [
"imperative of vara"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-verb-3-kg9GBZ",
"links": [
[
"vara",
"vara#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
"etymology_number": "4",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "var"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish var",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "*var",
"4": "*vār",
"t": "pus, bodily gunk"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse *vār (“pus, bodily gunk”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "var",
"t": "pus"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk var (“pus”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "var",
"t": "eye gunk"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic var (“eye gunk”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Swedish var, from Old Norse *vār (“pus, bodily gunk”). Cognate to Norwegian Nynorsk var (“pus”), Icelandic var (“eye gunk”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "var",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vars",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "varet",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "varets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "var",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vars",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "varen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "varens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "var",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vars",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "varen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "varens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "varar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "varars",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vararna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vararnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "c",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "var n or c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"g2": "c"
},
"expansion": "var n or c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "4 1 4 8 46 24 1 2 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 5 7 6 40 20 3 3 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sv",
"name": "Bedding",
"orig": "sv:Bedding",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 5 3 54 20 4 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sv",
"name": "Bodily fluids",
"orig": "sv:Bodily fluids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-noun-CwlqujDR",
"links": [
[
"pus",
"pus"
],
[
"bacteria",
"bacteria"
],
[
"white blood cell",
"white blood cell"
],
[
"infection",
"infection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "varböld"
}
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"neuter",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
"etymology_number": "5",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "varv",
"t": "loop"
},
"expansion": "Swedish varv (“loop”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hvar"
},
"expansion": "Danish hvar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "–var"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål –var",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "To the same root as Swedish varv (“loop”) and thereof, regarding the round shape of the fish. Compare the dialectal form varvel.\nCognate to Danish hvar, -hvar, hvarre; Norwegian Bokmål –var.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hvar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hwar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "c",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "var n or c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"g2": "c"
},
"expansion": "var n or c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sv",
"name": "Flatfish",
"orig": "sv:Flatfish",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c"
],
"id": "en-var-sv-noun-PCSCM6c5",
"links": [
[
"flatfish",
"flatfish"
],
[
"Scophthalmidae",
"Scophthalmidae#Translingual"
],
[
"megrim",
"megrim"
],
[
"whiff",
"whiff"
],
[
"butt",
"butt"
],
[
"turbot",
"turbot"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "bergsvar"
},
{
"word": "glasvar"
},
{
"word": "havsvar"
},
{
"word": "piggvar"
},
{
"word": "slätvar"
}
],
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɑːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɒ̜ːr]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-var.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg/Sv-var.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sv-var.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "var"
}
{
"etymology_number": "6",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "var"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish var",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "ver",
"4": "var"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse var",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wear"
},
"expansion": "English wear",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
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"word": "piggvar"
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"word": "kuddvar"
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}
Download raw JSONL data for var meaning in Swedish (18.6kB)
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