darts

See also: DARTs

English

darts pictogram (noun 1 sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂

Proto-Germanic *darō

Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz

Proto-Germanic *darōþuz

Frankish *darōþubor.

Medieval Latin dardus

Old French dartbor.

Middle English dart

English dart

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English darts

From dart + -s (pluralia tantum).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːts/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
• Hyphenation: darts

Noun

darts (uncountable)

2. (games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.

Derived terms

• American darts
• beer darts
• close only counts in horseshoes and darts
• dartchery
• electric darts
• puff and darts

Translations

throwing game

• Afrikaans: pyltjiegooi
• Armenian: դարթս (dartʻs), նետեր (neter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛鏢 / 飞镖 (zh) (fēibiāo)

• Dutch: darts (nl) pl
• Finnish: darts (fi), englantilainen tikanheitto
• French: fléchettes (fr) f pl
• German: Darts (de) n
• Hungarian: darts (hu)
• Icelandic: pílukast n
• Italian: freccette f pl
• Japanese: ダーツ (ja) (dātsu), ダート (dāto)
• Macedonian: пика́до n (pikádo)
• Polish: rzutki (pl) nvir pl
• Russian: да́ртс (ru) m inan (dárts), дро́тики (ru) m inan pl (drótiki)
• Serbo-Croatian: pikado (sh) n
• Spanish: dardos (es) m pl
• Swedish: dart (sv) c

Noun

darts

1. plural of dart

Verb

darts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dart

See also

• dartboard

Further reading

• “darts”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• 'tards, ADRTs, Darst, Strad, dar'st, darst, drats, tards, trads

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

darts

1. plural of dart

Finnish

darts (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from English darts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑrts/, [ˈdɑ̝rts̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrts
• Syllabification^(key): darts
• Hyphenation^(key): darts

Noun

darts

2. (games, sports) darts (throwing game)

Usage notes

• Rarely used in plural.

Declension

Inflection of darts (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		darts	dartsit
genitive		dartsin	dartsien
partitive		dartsia	dartseja
illative		dartsiin	dartseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		darts	dartsit
accusative	nom.	darts	dartsit
	gen.	dartsin
genitive		dartsin	dartsien
partitive		dartsia	dartseja
inessive		dartsissa	dartseissa
elative		dartsista	dartseista
illative		dartsiin	dartseihin
adessive		dartsilla	dartseilla
ablative		dartsilta	dartseilta
allative		dartsille	dartseille
essive		dartsina	dartseina
translative		dartsiksi	dartseiksi
abessive		dartsitta	dartseitta
instructive		—	dartsein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of darts (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dartsini dartsini accusative nom. dartsini dartsini gen. dartsini genitive dartsini dartsieni partitive dartsiani dartsejani inessive dartsissani dartseissani elative dartsistani dartseistani illative dartsiini dartseihini adessive dartsillani dartseillani ablative dartsiltani dartseiltani allative dartsilleni dartseilleni essive dartsinani dartseinani translative dartsikseni dartseikseni abessive dartsittani dartseittani instructive — — comitative — dartseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dartsisi dartsisi accusative nom. dartsisi dartsisi gen. dartsisi genitive dartsisi dartsiesi partitive dartsiasi dartsejasi inessive dartsissasi dartseissasi elative dartsistasi dartseistasi illative dartsiisi dartseihisi adessive dartsillasi dartseillasi ablative dartsiltasi dartseiltasi allative dartsillesi dartseillesi essive dartsinasi dartseinasi translative dartsiksesi dartseiksesi abessive dartsittasi dartseittasi instructive — — comitative — dartseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dartsimme dartsimme accusative nom. dartsimme dartsimme gen. dartsimme genitive dartsimme dartsiemme partitive dartsiamme dartsejamme inessive dartsissamme dartseissamme elative dartsistamme dartseistamme illative dartsiimme dartseihimme adessive dartsillamme dartseillamme ablative dartsiltamme dartseiltamme allative dartsillemme dartseillemme essive dartsinamme dartseinamme translative dartsiksemme dartseiksemme abessive dartsittamme dartseittamme instructive — — comitative — dartseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dartsinne dartsinne accusative nom. dartsinne dartsinne gen. dartsinne genitive dartsinne dartsienne partitive dartsianne dartsejanne inessive dartsissanne dartseissanne elative dartsistanne dartseistanne illative dartsiinne dartseihinne adessive dartsillanne dartseillanne ablative dartsiltanne dartseiltanne allative dartsillenne dartseillenne essive dartsinanne dartseinanne translative dartsiksenne dartseiksenne abessive dartsittanne dartseittanne instructive — — comitative — dartseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dartsinsa dartsinsa accusative nom. dartsinsa dartsinsa gen. dartsinsa genitive dartsinsa dartsiensa partitive dartsiaan dartsiansa dartsejaan dartsejansa inessive dartsissaan dartsissansa dartseissaan dartseissansa elative dartsistaan dartsistansa dartseistaan dartseistansa illative dartsiinsa dartseihinsa adessive dartsillaan dartsillansa dartseillaan dartseillansa ablative dartsiltaan dartsiltansa dartseiltaan dartseiltansa allative dartsilleen dartsillensa dartseilleen dartseillensa essive dartsinaan dartsinansa dartseinaan dartseinansa translative dartsikseen dartsiksensa dartseikseen dartseiksensa abessive dartsittaan dartsittansa dartseittaan dartseittansa instructive — — comitative — dartseineen dartseinensa

Synonyms

• englantilainen tikanheitto

See also

• tikanheitto

Further reading

• “darts”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023