rar

rar

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

• Wiktionary's coverage of Rarotongan terms

rar (plural rars)

1. Alternative letter-case form of RAR

• arr

• raru

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

rar

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

Borrowed from Latin rārus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

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)

• rarament
• raresa
• rarificar

• raritat

• “rar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

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

rar

1. pleasant
2. kind
3. nice

Inflection of rar
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte 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.

• dejlig
• kærlig
• sød

From Latin rārus, chiefly through French rare.

• IPA^(key): /raːr/, [ʁaː(ɐ̯)], [ʁaːʁ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː
• Homophone: Rah (many speakers)

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. (dated) rare, infrequent (in general)

   Synonyms: selten, unüblich

• Rarität

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

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

1. rare

• seelen

net vill Rares sinn:

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

rar

1. rarely

rar

1. (stative) to be split

• karara

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

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

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

1. strange

• merkelig

• “rar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.

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

1. strange

• merkeleg
• snål

• “rar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Latin rārus (“seldom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrar/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: rar

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

rar

1. sparsely, thinly
2. seldom, rarely, infrequently
3. (of speaking) slowly

   Vă rog să vorbiți mai rar.

   Please speak more slowly.

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.

• rareori

• raritate

• rar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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.

rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)

1. sweet (agreeable in a tender, charming way)

   en snäll och rar flicka

   a kind and sweet girl

2. (archaic) rare

   Synonyms: sällsynt, ovanlig

Inflection of rar
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	rar	rarare	rarast
Neuter singular	rart	rarare	rarast
Plural	rara	rarare	rarast
Masculine plural3	rare	rarare	rarast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	rare	rarare	raraste
All	rara	rarare	raraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

• snälla rara

• rar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• arr

rar (c)

1. different
2. way