stare

See also: Stare and staré

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: stâr
• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɛɚ/

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

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /steː/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /steə/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /stiə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /steɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /stɜː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophones: stair; steer (cheer–chair merger); stir (fair–fur merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-.

Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

1. (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare

   She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.

   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:

     A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

   to stare a timid person into submission

3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

   staring windows or colours

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.

   • 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land:

     Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.

Troponyms

• gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
• ogle, to stare covetously or amorously

Derived terms

• outstare
• stare at the wall
• stare daggers
• stare down
• staredown
• stare into space
• stare like a stuck pig
• stare out
• stare someone in the face
• upstare

Translations

to look fixedly — see also gape,‎ gawk,‎ rubberneck,‎ pry

• Afrikaans: aangaap
• Arabic: حَدَّقَ (ḥaddaqa)
• Bulgarian: гледам втренчено (gledam vtrenčeno)
• Catalan: mirar fixament, fitar (ca)
• Chickasaw: okaapisa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 望 (mong⁶), 望住 (mong⁶ zyu⁶)

  Mandarin: 凝視 / 凝视 (zh) (níngshì), 瞪眼 (zh) (dèngyǎn), (informal) 盯著 / 盯着 (dīng zhe)

• Czech: zírat (cs)
• Danish: glo, stirre
• Dutch: staren (nl)
• Esperanto: gapi (eo), algapi, fikse rigardi
• Finnish: tuijottaa (fi), (in an indifferent manner) tuijotella (fi)
• French: fixer (fr), mirer (fr) (literary or dated)
• Galician: fitar (gl)
• Georgian: მიშტერება (mišṭereba), ცქერა (ckera), მიჩერება (mičereba)
• German: starren (de), anstarren (de), beschnarchen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀτενίζω (atenízō)

• Hebrew: בָּהָה (he)
• Hungarian: bámul (hu)
• Icelandic: stara (is), glápa
• Italian: fissare (it)
• Japanese: 見詰める (ja) (みつめる, mitsumeru), じろじろ見る (jirojiro-miru)
• Kabuverdianu: ragala
• Latin: conspicio
• Lithuanian: spoksoti
• Malayalam: കണ്ണുരുട്ടുക (kaṇṇuruṭṭuka) (to stare threateningly)
• Māori: pao (vacantly), titiro whakatau, ngangahu, titiro mākutu, whetē, tūnaua, whākanakana, whētētē, matatau, putē
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: авалташ (avaltaš)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stirre (no), glo (no), glane (no)

  Nynorsk: stire, glo, glane

• Old English: starian
• Persian: خیره نگریستن (xire negaristan), هاژیدن (fa) (hāžīdan)
• Polish: gapić się (pl), wpatrywać się (pl)
• Portuguese: fitar (pt), encarar (pt)
• Russian: при́стально смотре́ть (prístalʹno smotrétʹ), глазе́ть (ru) (glazétʹ), тара́щиться (ru) (taráščitʹsja) (colloquial), пя́литься (ru) (pjálitʹsja) (colloquial), уста́виться (ru) (ustávitʹsja) (colloquial)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: gaifát

• Scottish Gaelic: dian-amhairc
• Serbo-Croatian: zuriti (sh)
• Spanish: mirar fijamente, quedarse mirando, vichar (es), bichar (es) (South America), velar (es)
• Swedish: stirra (sv), glo (sv)
• Tamil: முறை (ta) (muṟai)
• Thai: จ้อง (th) (jɔ̂ng), จ้องมอง
• Turkish: dik dik bakmak (tr) (sense : looking daggers too), gözünü dikmek, öküz gibi bakmak (tr) (slang), öküzün trene baktığı gibi bakmak (tr) (literally “like a cow looks at the train”) (slang)
• Ukrainian: вдивля́тися (uk) (vdyvljátysja), ви́тріщитися (výtriščytysja)

to influence by looking fixedly

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tuijottaa (fi)

to be very conspicuous

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: herättää huomiota

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Noun

stare (plural stares)

1. A persistent gaze.

   the stares of astonished passers-by

   • 1997, “Sex and Candy”, performed by Marcy Playground:

     Who's that lounging in my chair? / Who's that casting devious stares in my direction?

Derived terms

• Antarctic stare
• death stare
• fluoride stare
• Gen Z stare, Generation Z stare
• hundred-yard stare
• Kubrick stare
• lead paint stare
• thousand-mile stare
• thousand-yard stare

Translations

persistent gaze

• Bulgarian: втренчен поглед (vtrenčen pogled)
• Catalan: esguard fix m, mirada fixa f
• Finnish: tuijotus (fi)
• Latin: obtūtus m

Etymology 2

From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”).

Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).

Noun

stare (plural stares)

1. (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]

   Synonyms: common starling, European starling

   • 1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 29:

     The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […]

See also

• stare decisis

Further reading

• “stare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “stare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 5906–5907.

Anagrams

• teras, -aster, reast, earst, treas., taser, setar, TASer, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, tarse, Sater, arets, tears, resat, rates, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

stare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of staren

Anagrams

• Aster

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stāre. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: stà‧re

Verb

stàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò, first-person singular past historic stétti or (traditional) stètti, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stài or stà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

1. to stay, remain

   Synonyms: restare, rimanere

   stare attenti (a) ― to pay attention (to)

   (Lui/Lei/Egli/Ella/Esso/Essa) starà a casa. ― He/She/It will stay/remain at home.

2. to keep, stick [with a]

   Synonym: attenersi

3. (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)

   (Io) sto andando. ― I am going.

   (Io) sto andando via/me ne sto andando. ― I am leaving.

4. to be up to [with a]

   Synonyms: toccare, spettare

   Sta a te decidere. ― It’s up to you to decide.

5. to be about to [with per]

   (Io) sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.

6. (mathematics) to be in relation to, to stand in relation to (in English idiom applicable to statements of analogy and/or of mathematical relationship: "to be to") [with a]

   4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.

7. (regional) to live

   Synonyms: vivere, abitare

   Mia sorella sta a Roma. ― My sister lives in Rome.

8. to be in a certain condition

   Synonym: essere

   come stai (tu)?

   how are you?

   stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimento

   being on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise

Usage notes

The second person imperative (sta') has univerbated compound forms:

• sta' + mi = stammi
• sta' + ti = statti
• sta' + gli = stagli
• sta' + le = stalle
• sta' + ci = stacci
• sta' + ne = stanne

Conjugation

    Conjugation of stàre (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	stàre
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		stàndo
present participle		stànte	past participle		stàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	stò1	stài	stà1	stiàmo	stàte	stànno
imperfect	stàvo	stàvi	stàva	stavàmo	stavàte	stàvano
past historic	stétti, stètti2	stésti	stétte, stètte2	stémmo	stéste	stéttero, stèttero2
future	starò	starài	starà	starémo	staréte	starànno
conditional	starèi	starésti	starèbbe, starébbe	starémmo	staréste	starèbbero, starébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	stìa	stìa	stìa	stiàmo	stiàte	stìano
imperfect	stéssi	stéssi	stésse	stéssimo	stéste	stéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		stài, stà'	stìa	stiàmo	stàte	stìano
negative imperative		non stàre	non stìa	non stiàmo	non stàte	non stìano

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.
²Traditional.

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of stàre (-are; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	stàre
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		stàndo
present participle		stànte	past participle		stàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	stò1	stài	stà1	stiàmo	stàte	stànno
imperfect	stàvo	stàvi	stàva	stavàmo	stavàte	stàvano
past historic	stétti, stètti4, stièdi5, stiédi5, stéi6, stièi6	stésti	stétte, stètte4, stiède5, stiéde5, stè7, stiè7	stémmo	stéste	stéttero, stèttero4, stièdero5, stiédero5, stèttono6, stérono6, stièrono6
future	starò	starài	starà	starémo	staréte	starànno
conditional	starèi	starésti	starèbbe, starébbe	starémmo	staréste	starèbbero, starébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	stìa, stèa2	stìa, stìe2	stìa, stèa2, stìe2	stiàmo	stiàte	stìano, stèano2
imperfect	stéssi	stéssi	stésse	stéssimo	stéste	stéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		stài, stà', stà1,3	stìa, stèa2, stìe2	stiàmo	stàte	stìano, stèano2
negative imperative		non stàre	non stìa, non stèa2, non stìe2	non stiàmo	non stàte	non stìano, non stèano2

¹With syntactic gemination after the verb.
²Archaic poetic.
³Disused.
⁴Traditional.
⁵Popular or Tuscan.
⁶Archaic.
⁷Archaic or popular.

Derived terms

• starci
• stare dietro
• stare per
• starsene
• starsi

Related terms

• stagione
• stanza
• stazione

Descendants

• Sabir: star
• → Esperanto: stari

Anagrams

• -astre, Tresa, estra-, resta, sarte, tersa

Latin

Verb

stāre

1. present active infinitive of stō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɛ/, [ˈstarə]

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• star

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stɑːrə/

Noun

stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)
2. (dialectal, Southern Norway) a thrush

See also

• stær (Bokmål)

References

• “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɛ
• Syllabification: sta‧re
• Homophone: Stare

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Alternative forms

• старе (stare) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

From sta +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sta‧re

Noun

stare f (plural stări)

1. status, standing, situation, position, condition
2. state

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stare	starea		stări	stările
genitive-dative	stări	stării		stări	stărilor
vocative	stare, stareo			stărilor

Derived terms

• în stare

See also

• stat

References

• “stare”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stare (Cyrillic spelling старе)

1. inflection of star:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”).

Noun

stare c

1. the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
2. any species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae

Declension

Declension of stare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stare	stares
	definite	staren	starens
plural	indefinite	starar	starars
	definite	stararna	stararnas

Derived terms

• Balistare
• kostare
• rosenstare

References

• “stare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “stare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “stare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• arets, etsar, raset, reats, retas, treas

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin stāre.

Verb

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
2. (intransitive) to be

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne