rar

See also: RAR, rár, râr, and rår

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Rarotongan.

Symbol

rar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Cook Islands Māori.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Rarotongan terms

English

Noun

rar (plural rars)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of RAR.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin rārus (“seldom”). Compare Romanian rar.

Adjective

rar

  1. sparse, thin
  2. scarce, few
  3. rare, unusual, uncommon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rārus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rar (feminine rara, masculine plural rars, feminine plural rares)

  1. rare (very uncommon; scarce)
    Antonym: comú
  2. strange, odd
    Synonyms: estrany, anormal
    Antonym: normal
  3. rare (of a gas: thin)

Derived terms

References

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rar (“rare, valuable”), ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːr/, [ʁɑːˀ]
  • Rhymes: -aːˀr

Adjective

rar

  1. pleasant
  2. kind
  3. nice

Inflection

Inflection of rar
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular rar rarere rarest2
indefinite neuter singular rart rarere rarest2
plural rare rarere rarest2
definite attributive1 rare rarere rareste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Latin rārus, chiefly through French rare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːr/, [ʁaː(ɐ̯)], [ʁaːʁ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː
  • Homophone: Rah (many speakers)

Adjective

rar (strong nominative masculine singular rarer, comparative rarer, superlative am rarsten)

  1. scarce; seldom found and therefore in demand
    Synonyms: begehrt, dünn gesät, gefragt, gesucht, knapp, spärlich
  2. (rare, dated) rare, infrequent (in general)
    Synonyms: selten, unüblich

Declension

Positive forms of rar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist rar sie ist rar es ist rar sie sind rar
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rarer rare rares rare
genitive raren rarer raren rarer
dative rarem rarer rarem raren
accusative raren rare rares rare
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der rare die rare das rare die raren
genitive des raren der raren des raren der raren
dative dem raren der raren dem raren den raren
accusative den raren die rare das rare die raren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein rarer eine rare ein rares (keine) raren
genitive eines raren einer raren eines raren (keiner) raren
dative einem raren einer raren einem raren (keinen) raren
accusative einen raren eine rare ein rares (keine) raren
Comparative forms of rar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist rarer sie ist rarer es ist rarer sie sind rarer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rarerer rarere rareres rarere
genitive rareren rarerer rareren rarerer
dative rarerem rarerer rarerem rareren
accusative rareren rarere rareres rarere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der rarere die rarere das rarere die rareren
genitive des rareren der rareren des rareren der rareren
dative dem rareren der rareren dem rareren den rareren
accusative den rareren die rarere das rarere die rareren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein rarerer eine rarere ein rareres (keine) rareren
genitive eines rareren einer rareren eines rareren (keiner) rareren
dative einem rareren einer rareren einem rareren (keinen) rareren
accusative einen rareren eine rarere ein rareres (keine) rareren
Superlative forms of rar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am rarsten sie ist am rarsten es ist am rarsten sie sind am rarsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative rarster rarste rarstes rarste
genitive rarsten rarster rarsten rarster
dative rarstem rarster rarstem rarsten
accusative rarsten rarste rarstes rarste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der rarste die rarste das rarste die rarsten
genitive des rarsten der rarsten des rarsten der rarsten
dative dem rarsten der rarsten dem rarsten den rarsten
accusative den rarsten die rarste das rarste die rarsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein rarster eine rarste ein rarstes (keine) rarsten
genitive eines rarsten einer rarsten eines rarsten (keiner) rarsten
dative einem rarsten einer rarsten einem rarsten (keinen) rarsten
accusative einen rarsten eine rarste ein rarstes (keine) rarsten

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rar” in Duden online
  • “rar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Adjective

rar (masculine raren, neuter raart, comparative méi rar, superlative am raarsten)

  1. rare

Declension

Declension of rar
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner raren rart
independent without determiner rares rarer
dative after any declined word raren rarer raren raren
as first declined word rarem rarem

Synonyms

net vill Rares sinn:

  1. to be nothing special, to be good for nothing

Adverb

rar

  1. rarely

Mokilese

Verb

rar

  1. (stative) to be split

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”).

Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarere, indefinite superlative rarest, definite superlative rareste)

  1. strange

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”). False friend of Swedish rar, Danish rar and English rare, although being etymologically related to all of them.

Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarare, indefinite superlative rarast, definite superlative raraste)

  1. strange

Synonyms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rārus (“seldom”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrar/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: rar

Adjective

rar m or n (feminine singular rară, masculine plural rari, feminine and neuter plural rare)

  1. sparse, thin
  2. scarce, few
  3. rare, unusual, uncommon

Declension

Declension of rar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite rar rară rari rare
definite rarul rara rarii rarele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite rar rare rari rare
definite rarului rarei rarilor rarelor

Adverb

rar

  1. sparsely, thinly
  2. seldom, rarely, infrequently
  3. (of speaking) slowly
    Vă rog să vorbiți mai rar.
    Please speak more slowly.

Usage notes

For the temporal senses, the literal definition found in the Romanian dictionary DEX indicates a meaning like "at longer intervals of time than usual", which explains the usage related to speech.

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German rar, ultimately borrowed from Latin rarus. False friend of Norwegian rar, Danish rar and English rare, although being etymologically related to all of them.

Adjective

rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)

  1. sweet (agreeable in a tender, charming way)
    en snäll och rar flicka
    a kind and sweet girl
    en rar gammal man
    a sweet old man
    A man might not always like being called rar / sweet to his face, but works, like in English.
  2. (archaic) rare
    Synonyms: sällsynt, ovanlig

Usage notes

See the terms under "See also" for sweet in other senses when of a person or animal, in particular gullig, söt, and snäll.

Declension

Inflection of rar
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular rar rarare rarast
neuter singular rart rarare rarast
plural rara rarare rarast
masculine plural2 rare rarare rarast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 rare rarare raraste
all rara rarare raraste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Tashelhit

Verb

rar (Tifinagh spelling ⵔⴰⵔ)

  1. to give back, return
    Irbbi rar d warra askka.
    Please return the book tomorrow.
  2. to throw up, vomit
    Ssntiɣ ad ttrraɣ.
    I started to vomit.

Zazaki

Noun

rar (c)

  1. different
  2. way
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