gare

See also: Gare, garé, garë, garę, and gäre

English

Etymology

Compare gear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

gare (uncountable)

1. coarse wool on the legs of sheep
   • 1542, Statue on Wool:

     That no denyzen or foren make any refuse of wolles but cot gare & vyllayn

References

• “gare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ager, GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gear, rage

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

gare

1. inflection of gaar:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

gare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of garen

French

Etymology

From garer (“to dock, park”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ/ ~ /ɡɑʁ/

• Audio; “une gare”:

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• Homophone: Gard

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

1. railway station

Derived terms

• gare ferroviaire
• gare routière

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: гара (gara)
• → Luxembourgish: Gare
• → Portuguese: gare
• → Romanian: gară
• → Turkish: gar
• → Vietnamese: ga

Verb

gare

1. inflection of garer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interjection

gare

1. beware [with à ‘of something’]

   Synonym: attention

   Gare au refroidissement !

   Beware of the cold!

Derived terms

• sans crier gare

Further reading

• “gare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• géra, rage, ragé

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

gare

1. inflection of garen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: gà‧re

Noun

gare f

1. plural of gara

Anagrams

• Rega, agre, egra, erga

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

gare

1. Alternative form of gor (“spear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gare

1. Alternative form of gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”)

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto gare and Nüpode Huitoto gare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾɛ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧re

Root

gare

1. cutting of hair

Derived terms

• gareda
• garede

 

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.re/

Noun

gāre

1. dative singular of gār

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: ga‧re

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

1. train station or platform

Scots

Adjective

gare (comparative mair gare, superlative maist gare)

1. greedy; miserly