VAR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "var"

Translingual

Symbol

VAR

1. (physics, electrics) volt-ampere reactive

Hypernyms

• VA

English

Noun

VAR (countable and uncountable, plural VARs)

1. Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support.
2. Alternative letter-case form of VaR; Value at Risk.
3. Acronym of vector autoregression.
4. (soccer) Initialism of video assistant referee.
   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:

     [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.

   • 2025 July 19, Tom Garry, “Berger stars in shootout as Germany overcome early red card to fell France at Euro 2025”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Another offside decision, confirmed by the VAR, also ruled out a French “goal” early in the second half, when Geyoro tucked in on the rebound from Berger’s close-range save from Marie-Antoinette Katoto; […] .

See also

• OEM

Anagrams

• ARV, rav

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English VAR.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva(ʁ)/ [ˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva(ʁ)/ [ˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈva(ʁ)/ [ˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

VAR m (plural VARs)

1. (soccer) video assistant referee

   Synonym: videoárbitro

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English VAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾ/ [ˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: VAR

Noun

VAR m (plural VARs)

1. (soccer) video assistant referee

Further reading

• “VAR”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024