Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lar

/lɑɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: lar
IPA: /lɑɹ/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.

noun

A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).

noun

An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

particle

Alternative spelling of lah.

noun

Abbreviation of liquid argon (“a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar)”).

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of low anterior resection.

Uncountable

noun

singular of Lares.

Example Sentences

"Would the great emperor’s lar, free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses?"
"Lest any marvel who I am, I shall Briefly declare it. I am the family Lar Of this house whence you see me coming out."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɑɹ/
British English: /lɑː/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

lars (plural) lares (plural) lars (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

LH2 LHe LN2 LNe LNG LO2 lox LPG

Synonyms

Ar

Rhymes With

are far car star all-star bar guitar hr pr mar par ar

Questions

How do you pronounce lar?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɑɹ/.
What does lar mean?: singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
Where does lar come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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