jars

See also: JARs, Jars, and jārs

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑɹz/

Noun

jars

1. plural of jar

Verb

jars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jar

Anagrams

• Rajs

French

Etymology

From Middle French jars, gars, from Old French jars, garz, gart, from Frankish *gaʀd (“spike, stick, sting”) (in reference to the male's penis), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“rod, staff”). Cognate with Old High German gart (“sting, goad, spur, gad”), Old English ġeard (“rod, spike”). Compare also Gaulish *garanos (“crane”), from Proto-Celtic *garanos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaʁ/

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Noun

jars m (invariable)

1. gander (male goose)

Related terms

• oie

Further reading

• “jars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012