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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English teru, teoru, from Germanic *terwo-, probably a derivation of *trewo- ( > English tree), from Indo-European *drew ‘tree’. Cognate with Dutch teer, German Teer, Swedish tjära.

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Tar (viscous substance)

Singular tar

Plural tars

tar (plural tars)

  1. (uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  2. Coal tar.
  3. (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  4. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.

Derived terms
Terms derived from tar (noun)

Translations
substance
  • Icelandic: tjara is(is) f.
  • Italian: catrame it(it) m.
  • Kurdish: qîr ku(ku) f., qetran ku(ku) f.
  • Portuguese: alcatrão m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: катран m.
    Roman: katran m.
  • Spanish: alquitrán es(es) m.
  • Swedish: tjära c.
  • Turkish: katran tr(tr)
coal tar
  • Catalan: quitrà de carbó m.
  • Dutch: koolteer
  • Esperanto: gudro
  • Finnish: kivihiiliterva
byproduct of tobacco smoke
  • Catalan: quitrà m.
  • Dutch: teer nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: gudro
  • Finnish: terva fi(fi)
  • Icelandic: tjara is(is) f.
  • Italian: catrame it(it) m.
  • Portuguese: alcatrão m.
  • Spanish: alquitrán es(es) m.
  • Swedish: tjära c.
sailor
  • Swedish: beckbyxa

Verb

Infinitive to tar

Third person singular tars

Simple past tarred

Past participle tarred

Present participle tarring

to tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (transitive) To coat with tar.

Derived terms
Terms derived from tar (verb)

Translations
to coat with tar
  • Icelandic: tjarga
  • Spanish: alquitranar es(es)
  • Swedish: tjära

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of tape archive.

Noun

Singular tar

Plural tars

tar (plural tars)

  1. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  2. (computing) A file produced by such a program.

Verb

Infinitive to tar

Third person singular tars

Simple past tarred

Past participle tarred

Present participle tarring

to tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (computing) To create a tar archive.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Adjective

tar

  1. bald

Synonyms

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

tar

  1. to come

Conjugation

Conjugation
Finite forms
Analytic 1st sing. 2d sing. 3d sing. Autonomous
1st pl. 2d pl. 3d pl.
Present tagann tagaim tagair* tagtar
tagaimid tagaid*
Imperfect thagadh thagainn thagtá thagtaí
thagaimis thagaidís
Past tháinig thánag* thángais* thángthas
thángamar thángabhar* thángadar*
Future tiocfaidh tiocfad* tiocfair* tiocfar
tiocfaimid tiocfaid*
Conditional thiocfadh thiocfainn thiocfá thiocfaí
thiocfaimis thiocfaidís
Present subjunctive taga tagad* tagair* tagtar
tagaimid tagaid*
Past subjunctive tagadh tagainn tagtá tagtaí
tagaimis tagaidís
Imperative tagadh tagaim tar tagtar
tagaimis tagaigí; tagaidh* tagaidís
*(Nonstandard)
Past participle
tagtha
Verbal noun
teacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tar thar dtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic طار (ʈá:ra, to fly)

Verb

tar

  1. fly

Swedish

Verb

tar

  1. present tense of ta

 

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