gear

See also géar, and gèar

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɪə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ɡɪɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Etymology

From Old Norse gervi.

Noun

Wikipedia gear (countable and uncountable; plural gears)

1. (uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. (countable) a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
3. (countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
4. (countable) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque
5. (slang) recreational drugs
   • 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)

     Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?

6. (uncountable, archaic) stuff.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:

     "When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose."

Synonyms

• cog, cogwheel, gearwheel

Translations

equipment or paraphernalia

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n
• Finnish: varusteet (fi) pl
• Greek: εξοπλισμός (el) (exoplismós) m, σύνεργα (el) (sýnerga) n pl
• Irish: acmhainn (ga) f
• Macedonian: опрема (mk) (óprema) f

• Russian: привод (ru) (prívod) m
• Scottish Gaelic: uidheam (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: опрема (sh) f, oprema (sh) f
• Slovene: oprema (sl) m
• Spanish: equipo (es) m

a wheel with grooves

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒輪 (cmn), 齿轮 (cmn) (chǐlún)

• Czech: ozubené kolo (cs) n
• Dutch: tandwiel (nl)
• Finnish: hammasratas (fi), ratas (fi)
• French: engrenage (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zahnrad (de) n
• Greek: οδοντωτός τροχός (el) (odontotós trochós) m
• Icelandic: tannhjól (is) n
• Italian: ingranaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 歯車 (ja) (はぐるま, haguruma), ギア (ja) (gia)
• Latvian: zobrats (lv) m

• Macedonian: запченик (mk) (zápčenik) m
• Neapolitan: turnese f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tannhjul (nb) n

  Nynorsk: tannhjul (nn) n

• Portuguese: engrenagem (pt)
• Romanian: roată dințată (ro) f
• Russian: зубчатое колесо (ru) (zúbčatoje kolesó) n, шестерня (ru) (šesternjá) f, шестерёнка (ru) (šesterjónka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibhle-ghèar (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: зупчаник (sh) m, zupčanik (sh) m
• Slovak: ozubené koleso (sk) n
• Spanish: engranaje (es) m

a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檔 (cmn), 档 (cmn) (dàng)

• Czech: převod (cs) m, soukolí (cs) n
• Dutch: overbrenging (nl) f
• Finnish: vaihde (fi), vaihteisto (fi)
• German: Gang (de) m
• Greek: σχέση (el) (schési) f
• Italian: marcia (it) f
• Japanese: ギア (ja) (gia)

• Macedonian: брзина (mk) (b'rzina) f
• Portuguese: marcha (pt) f, velocidade (pt)
• Russian: передача (ru) (peredáča) f, скорость (ru) (skórostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gèar (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: brzina (sh) f, брзина (sh) f, степен преноса (sh) m, stepen prenosa (sh) m
• Slovak: prevod (sk) m
• Spanish: marcha (es) f, velocidad (es) f

motor car transmission

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排擋 (cmn), 排挡 (cmn) (páidǎng)

• Czech: převod (cs) m
• Dutch: versnelling (nl) f
• Finnish: vaihteisto (fi)
• French: vitesse (fr) f
• German: Gangschaltung (de) f
• Greek: ταχύτητα (el) (tachýtita) f
• Icelandic: gír (is) m
• Italian: cambio (it) m
• Macedonian: пренос (mk) (prénos) m, брзина (mk) (b'rzina) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gir (nb) n

  Nynorsk: gir (nn) n

• Polish: bieg (pl) m
• Portuguese: marcha (pt)
• Romanian: cutie de viteze (ro) f, schimbător de viteză (ro) n
• Russian: передача (ru) (peredáča) f, трансмиссия (ru) (transmíssija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gèar (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: brzina (sh) f, брзина (sh) f, степен преноса (sh) m, stepen prenosa (sh) m
• Spanish: marcha (es) f, cambio (es) m
• Swedish: växel (sv) c
• Turkish: vites (tr)

Derived terms

• change gear
• change gears
• high gear
• gear lever
• gear shift
• gear up
• shift gear
• shift gears

Verb

gear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared)

1. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

1. (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
2. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.

Translations

to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio

• Dutch: in een versnelling komen (nl), schakelen (nl)
• French: passer ses vitesses (fr)

• Italian: ingranare (it)

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• Spanish: engranar

Interjection

gear

1. (mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic

Anagrams

• ager
• areg
• GRAE
• rage

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Manx

Alternative forms

• geayr
• geyre

Etymology

From Old Irish gér.

Adjective

gear

1. sharp, keen
2. sour, acid

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ġēr (Anglian)

Etymology

Wikipedia

From Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Cognate with Old Frisian jēr (West Frisian jier), Old Saxon jār (Middle Low German jâr), Dutch jaar, Old High German jār (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish år, Icelandic/Faroese ár), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jer). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ὡρα (“season”), Russian яра (jara), Czech jaro, Lithuanian jore (“springtime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jæːɑr/, /jɑːr/

Noun

ġēar n (nominative plural ġēar)

1. year

   Ðis wæs feorþes geares his rices: this was in the fourth year of his reign. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

2. the runic character ᛄ (/j/)

Derived terms

• ġēardagas

Descendants

• Middle English: yeer, yere
  • English: year
  • Scots: year

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gelāre, present active infinitive of gelō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʒɨˈaɾ]

Verb

gear (past participle geado)

1. to frost (weather)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb gear

Notes:

• This is an irregular defective verb of the -ar group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: gear.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gear
Personal	-	-	gear	-	-	-
Gerund
	geando
Past participle
Masculine	geado			geados
Feminine	geada			geadas
Indicative
Present	-	-	geia	-	-	-
Imperfect	-	-	geava	-	-	-
Preterite	-	-	geou	-	-	-
Pluperfect	-	-	geara	-	-	-
Future	-	-	geará	-	-	-
Conditional	-	-	gearia	-	-	-
Subjunctive
Present	-	-	geie	-	-	-
Imperfect	-	-	geasse	-	-	-
Future	-	-	gear	-	-	-
Imperative
Affirmative	-	-	-	-	-	-
Negative (não)	-	-	-	-	-	-

Related terms

• geado
• geada
• gelar

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West Frisian

Adverb

gear

1. together