Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 62635 6899190 2009-06-28T13:09:20Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:simple:spare]] {{tearoom}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/}} * {{audio|en-us-spare.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɛə(r)}} ===Etymology 1=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|spær|lang=ang}} ====Adjective==== {{en-adj|spar|er}} # [[scanty]]; not abundant or plentiful. #:''a '''spare''' diet'' # [[sparing]]; [[frugal]]; [[parsimonious]]; [[chary]]. # Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; [[superfluous]]. #:''I have no '''spare''' time.'' # Held in [[reserve]], to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. # [[lean]]; wanting flesh; [[meager]]; [[thin]]; [[gaunt]]. # [[slow]] =====Derived terms===== * [[go spare]] * [[spare part]] * [[spare time]] * [[spare tire]] * [[spare tyre]] * [[spare wheel]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|scanty,not abundant or plentiful}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|niukka}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[умеренный]], [[скудный]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|sparing}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|säästäväinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|being over and above what is necessary}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|nadbytečný}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|ylimääräinen}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|лишний|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|held in reserve}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|náhradní}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vara|alt=vara-}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[запасной]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|lean, meager}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|laiha}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slow}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # The act of sparing; [[moderation]]; [[restraint]]. # [[parsimony|Parsimony]]; frugal use. # An opening in a [[petticoat]] or gown; a [[placket]]. # That which has not been used or expended. # A [[spare part]], especially a [[spare tire]]. # {{bowling}} The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare. # {{bowling}} The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a [[frame]]; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame. ===Etymology 2=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|sparian|lang=ang}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb|spar|ing}} # To be [[frugal]]; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. # To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance. #* '''1883:''' [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], ''[[w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island]]'' #*: Kill me, if you please, or '''spare''' me. # To [[desist]]; to [[stop]]; to [[refrain]]. # To keep to one's self; to [[forbear]] to impart or give. # To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to. # To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty. # To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with. =====Translations===== * Dutch: {{t+|nl|sparen}} ---- ==Italian== ===Verb=== '''spare''' # {{form of|[[third-person|Third-person]] [[singular]] [[present tense]]|[[sparere#Italian|sparere]]|lang=Italian}} [[Category:Italian verb forms]] [[de:spare]] [[et:spare]] [[el:spare]] [[fa:spare]] [[fr:spare]] [[io:spare]] [[it:spare]] [[sw:spare]] [[hu:spare]] [[ru:spare]] [[simple:spare]] [[fi:spare]] [[ta:spare]] [[te:spare]] [[vi:spare]] [[zh:spare]]