lar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
  2. A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
noun
  1. An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.
particle
  1. Alternative spelling of lah.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of liquid argon (“a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar)”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)
  2. Abbreviation of low anterior resection.
noun
  1. singular of Lares.

Pronunciation

/lɑː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lar.wav /lɑɹ/

Word forms

lar lars lares

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Ar

Related words

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