llar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin lār m (“household”), first attested 1360.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʎar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈʎaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

llar f (plural llars)

1. home
   • 2001, “La seva vida és la vida”, in Salta un Ocell, performed by Falsterbo Marí:

     El nostre jardí és la terra / La terra és la nostra llar

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. housekeeping
3. hearth

Derived terms

• llar de foc

Further reading

• “llar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “llar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “llar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɾ/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝaɾ/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎaɾ/ [ˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɾ/ [ˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɾ/ [ˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: llar

Etymology 1

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Noun

llar f (plural llares)

1. (in the plural) trammel

Etymology 2

From Latin lār m (“household”), perhaps via Asturian llar. Doublet of lar.

Noun

llar f (plural llares)

1. (Asturias, Cantabria) kitchen stove

Further reading

• “llar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014