tar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Hungarian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 3.2.1 Conjugation 3.2.2 Mutation 4 Maltese 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Verb 5 Swedish 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /tɑː/
• (US) IPA: /tɑɻ/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

[edit] 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.

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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.

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

1. (transitive) To coat with tar.

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Abbreviation of tape archive.

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tar (plural tars)

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

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

1. (computing) To create a tar archive.

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• Alphagram: art , Art
• rat
• RTA

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[edit] Hungarian

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• IPA: /ˈtɒr/

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tar

1. bald

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• kopasz

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• IPA: [t̪ˠaɾˠ]

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tar

1. to come

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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.

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From Arabic طار (ʈá:ra, to fly)

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tar

1. fly

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tar

1. present tense of ta