oar

English

Etymology

Old English ār, from Old Norse ár.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: ôr, IPA: /oʊr/, /ɔː(r)/, SAMPA: /O:(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: or, ore, o'er, aw (in non-rhotic accents), awe (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

Wikipedia oar (plural oars)

1. An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.

Synonyms

• (An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water): paddle

Derived terms

• stick one's oar in

Translations

implement used to row a boat

Albanian: rrem (sq) Arabic: مجذاف (mijðāf) m. Armenian: թիակ (hy) (t'iak), թի (hy) (t’i) Azeri: Avar Catalan: rem m. Chamicuro: kolo'sheta Chinese: 槳, 桨 (jiǎng) Czech: veslo (cs) n. Danish: åre (da) c. Dutch: riem (nl), roeiriem (nl) Estonian: aer (et) Faroese: ár (fo) f. Fijian: voce (fj) Finnish: airo (fi) French: rame (fr) Georgian: ნიჩაბი (ničabi), ხოფი (xop‘i) German: Ruder (de) n. Greek: κουπί (el) (koupí) n. Hawaiian: hoe Hebrew: משוט (he) (mashot) m. Hungarian: evező (hu) Icelandic: ár (is) f. Indonesian: dayung (id)

Italian: remo (it) m. Japanese: 櫂 (かい, kai) Korean: 노 (no) Latin: rēmus (la) Latvian: airis (lv) Lithuanian: irklas (lt) Maori: hoe (mi) Mongolian: сэлүүр (mn) (selüür) Norwegian: åre (no) c. Polish: wiosło (pl) Portuguese: remo (pt) m. Russian: весло (ru) (vesló) n. Scottish Gaelic: ràmh (gd) m. Serbian: veslo, vesla pl. Skolt Sami: äirr Slovak: veslo (sk) n. Spanish: remo (es) m. Swedish: åra (sv) c. Tamil: thuduppu Telugu: తెడ్డు (teDDu) Thai: กรรเชียง (gron-chiang) Turkish: kürek (tr)

Verb

oar (third-person singular simple present oars, present participle oaring, simple past and past participle oared)

1. To row; to propel with oars.

Translations

to row — see row

Anagrams

• AOR
• Ora
• ROA

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Adjective

oar

1. other
2. different