Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paar

/pˈɑɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: paar
IPA: /pˈɑɹ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.

name

Example Sentences

"By the end of early Eocene time a paar developed between Africa and Arabia which caused tensional forces in the southern Red Sea area (Swartz and Arden, 1960)."

Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German pār (“house of a priest”), from Latin parochia (“parish”). * Also as a German surname, from the noun Paar (“pair, married couple”). This is also found in several Slavic countries, compare Par. * As a Hungarian surname Paár, variant of Pár, see Par.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, pār, parochia

Inflected Forms

paars (plural)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce paar?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɑɹ/.
What does paar mean?: A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area.
Where does paar come from?: It is traced to German.

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