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    <title>tar</title>
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      <comment>iwiki +[[:ro:tar]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{was wotd|2007|May|22}}
{{also|tár|TAR}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|dab=tar (disambiguation)|tar}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/tɑː/}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/tɑɻ/}}, {{audio|en-us-tar.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ɑː(r)}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{etyl|ang}} '''[[teru]]''', '''[[teoru]]''', from Germanic ''*terwo-'', probably a derivation of ''*trewo-'' ( &gt; English ''[[tree]]''), from Indo-European ''*drew'' ‘tree’.  Cognate with Dutch ''[[teer]]'', German ''[[Teer]]'', Swedish ''[[tjära]]''.

====Noun====
{{wikipedia|tar|tar (viscous substance)}}
{{en-noun}}

# {{uncountable}} A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of [[hydrocarbons]] derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
# [[coal tar|Coal tar]].
# {{uncountable}} A solid residual byproduct of [[tobacco]] smoke.
# {{context|slang|dated}} A [[sailor]], because of their [[tarpaulin]] clothes. Also [[Jack Tar]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel-top|Terms derived from ''tar'' (noun)}}
* [[coal tar]]
* [[mineral tar]]
* [[tar board]]
* [[Tar Heel]]
{{rel-mid}}
* [[tar water]]
* [[tarmacadam]], [[tarmac]]
* [[tarpaulin]]
* [[wood tar]]
{{rel-bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|substance}}
* Albanian: [[katran]]
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[قطران|قَطْران]]}} (qa.trān)
* Bosnian: [[katran#Bosnian|katran]] {{m}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[quitrà]] {{m}}
* Croatian: [[katran#Croatian|katran]] {{m}}
* Dutch: [[teer]]
* Esperanto: [[gudro]]
* Finnish: [[terva]]
* French: [[goudron]] {{m}}
* German: [[Teer]] {{m}}
* Hungarian: [[kátrány]]
{{trans-mid}}
* Icelandic: [[tjara]] {{f}}
* Italian: [[catrame]] {{m}}
* Kurdish: [[qîr]] {{f}}, [[qetran]] {{f}}
* Portuguese: [[alcatrão]] {{m}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[катран#Serbian|катран]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[katran#Serbian|katran]] {{m}}
* Spanish: [[alquitrán]] {{m}}
* Swedish: [[tjära]] {{c}}
* Turkish: [[katran#Turkish|katran]]
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|coal tar}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[quitrà]] [[de]] [[carbó]] {{m}}
* Dutch: [[koolteer]]
* Esperanto: [[gudro]]
* Finnish: [[kivihiiliterva]]
{{trans-mid}}
* Icelandic: [[tjara]] {{f}}
* Italian: [[catrame]] {{m}}
* Spanish: [[alquitrán]] {{m}}
* Swedish: [[tjära]] {{c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|byproduct of tobacco smoke}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[quitrà]] {{m}}
* Dutch: [[teer]]
* Esperanto: [[gudro]]
* Finnish: [[terva]]
* Icelandic: [[tjara]] {{f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: [[catrame]] {{m}}
* Portuguese: [[alcatrão]] {{m}}
* Spanish: [[alquitrán]] {{m}}
* Swedish: [[tjära]] {{c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sailor}}
* Bosnian: [[mornar]] {{m}}
* Finnish: [[pikipöksy]]
* Icelandic: [[sjóari]] {{m}}, [[sjómaður]] {{m}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[морнар]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[mornar]] {{m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Swedish: [[beckbyxa]]
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|tars|tarring|tarred|tarred}}

# {{transitive}} To [[coat]] with tar.

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel-top|Terms derived from ''tar'' (verb)}}
* [[tar and feather]]
{{rel-mid}}
* [[tar with the same brush]]
{{rel-bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to coat with tar}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[enquitranar]]
* Esperanto: [[gudri]]
* Finnish: [[tervata]]
{{trans-mid}}
* Icelandic: [[tjarga]]
* Spanish: [[alquitranar]]
* Swedish: [[tjära]]
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Abbreviation of ''[[tape]] [[archive]]''.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{computing}} A [[computer program|program]] for archiving files, common on [[Unix]].
# {{computing}} A [[file]] produced by such a program.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|tars|tarring|tarred|tarred}}

# {{computing}} To create a tar archive.

===Anagrams===
* [[art]]
* [[rat]]

* {{alphagram|[[art]]}}

[[Category:English concrete nouns]]

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==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈtɒr/|lang=hu}}

===Adjective===
{{infl|hu|adjective}}

# [[bald]]

====Synonyms====
* [[kopasz]]

[[Category:Hungarian three-letter words]]

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==Irish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lang=ga|[t̪ˠaɾˠ]}}

===Verb===
{{ga-verb|irreg=yes}}

# to [[come]]

====Conjugation====
{{ga-verb-conj-irreg|t|a|g|q=broad
|past=tháinig
|past1s=thánag
|past2s=thángais
|past1p=thángamar
|past2p=thángabhar
|past3p=thángadar
|pastaut=thángthas
|fut1=t|fut2=io|fut3=c|futq=broad
|impv2s=tar
|vn=teacht
}}

====Mutation====
{{ga mut cons|t|ar}}

[[Category:ga:Movement]]

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==Maltese==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|ar|mt}} {{Arab|[[طار]]}} ({{unicode|ʈá:ra}}, to fly)

===Verb===
'''tar'''

# [[fly]]

[[Category:Maltese verbs]]

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==Swedish==

===Verb===
'''tar'''

# ''present tense'' of [[ta]]

[[Category:Swedish verb forms]]

[[ang:tar]]
[[az:tar]]
[[el:tar]]
[[fa:tar]]
[[fr:tar]]
[[io:tar]]
[[it:tar]]
[[kk:tar]]
[[ku:tar]]
[[lt:tar]]
[[hu:tar]]
[[nl:tar]]
[[pl:tar]]
[[ro:tar]]
[[fi:tar]]
[[sv:tar]]
[[ta:tar]]
[[te:tar]]
[[tr:tar]]
[[vi:tar]]
[[vo:tar]]
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