gars
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹz/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Noun edit
gars
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gars
- Alternative form of garce (“unit of measure”)
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gars (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- → Xhosa: írhási
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gars m (plural gars)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot, warm”), see also Welsh gwres (“heat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gars m (1st declension)
Declension edit
Declension of gars (1st declension)
References edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “493-95”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 493-95
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gars
- Alternative form of gras
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Germanic borrowing, probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis).
Noun edit
gars m (plural gars)
Old French edit
Noun edit
gars m
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: garoto