From en.wiktionary.org:
[SPAR]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en] (noun), [enm] (verb), from [en] or [en], all ultimately from
[en], from [en]. Compare [nl], [de], [da], [sq], [sq]. Perhaps also compare
[en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A rafter of a roof .
2. A thick pole or piece of wood.
3. [en] A bar of wood used to fasten a door .
4. * [passage=The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the SPARRE , forth to him came [ … ] .]
5. [en] Any linear object used as a mast , sprit , yard , boom , pole or gaff .
6. [en] A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil .
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[rafter of a roof]
[thick pole]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[bar to fasten door]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi]
- Persian: [fa]
- Russian: [ru] [from Dutch "rondhout" - roundwood]
[trans-bottom]
[aeronautics: beam-like structural member]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To bolt , bar .
2. * [Hauke]
3. [en] To supply or equip (a vessel ) with spar s.
***** Derived terms
- [en] , [en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], [ang], [ang], related to [nds], [de], [is]. The slang
sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the
influence of the similar slang words par and star.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To fight , especially as practice for martial art s or hand-to-hand combat .
2. * {{ quote-web
|en |date=April 15, 2012 |author=Phil McNulty |title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea
|work=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17649443 |page=
|passage=After early SPARRING, Spurs started to take control as the interval
approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van
der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the
post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.}}
1. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cock s do.
2. To contest in word s; to wrangle .
***** Translations
[to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [ru] [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom] [to argue]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A sparring session; a preliminary fight , as in boxing or cock-fighting.
2. [en] A friend , a mate , a pal .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
*** Etymology 3
[en] From [en], [gml]; or from a backformation of [en], from [en], from [en].
Related to [de], [ang].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] [en] Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft .
2. [en] Any crystal with readily discernible face s.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
- [ga]
- [cy]
***** Translations
[any crystal with readily discernible faces]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Danish
*** Etymology 1
From [da], from [da], from [da].
**** Noun
[en]
1. spade [One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠]
***** Inflection
[en]
*** Etymology 2
See [da].
**** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
*** See also
[table:suits/da]
- [lang=da]
- [lang=da]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl]. Cognate to [fy].
**** Noun
[m]
1. [nl] spruce ; certain tree of the family [Pinaceae] , especially of the genus [Picea] , but also used for trees of the genera [Abies] , [Tsuga] and [Pseudotsuga]
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl |blauwspar |douglasspar |fijnspar |hemlockspar |Nordmannspar
|zilverspar }}
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
2. [de] [de]
** Icelandic
*** Etymology
Related to the verb [is].
*** Adjective
[@@]
1. economical
2. thrifty
**** Declension
[comp]
** Jamaican Creole
*** Noun
[-]
1. A friend , a mate , a pal .
2. * [jam]
** Middle English
*** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology 1
From [nb], from [nb].
**** Noun
[nb]
1. spades (suit in playing cards)
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology 1
From [nn], from [nn].
**** Noun
[nn]
1. spades (suit in playing cards)
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
2. [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Swedish
*** Verb
[sv]
1. [sv]
*** Anagrams
- [sv]