rare
English
/ɹɛə(ɹ)/, [ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛəɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Very uncommon; scarce.
- (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
- (UK) Good; enjoyable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rare borrowed from Old French rare derived from Latin rārus (rare, seldom, loose, sparse, spaced apart, thin, infrequent, uncommon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *er(e)- (cause to move, grow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*er(e)-
Gloss
cause to move, grow
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonrare English
- pair English
- rarefieth English
- rarefy English
- rareish English
- rarely English
- rareness English
- rarepair English
- raresome English
- rarify English
- rarity English
- seldseen English
- semirare English
- superrare English
- ultrarare English
- rārus Latin
- rado Italian
- raro Italian
- raar Dutch, Flemish
- raarling Dutch, Flemish
- rare French
- raro Spanish, Castilian
- *er(e)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- rar Norwegian Bokmål
- raro Portuguese
- *gaisnijaz Proto-Germanic
- *seldanaz Proto-Germanic
- レア Japanese
- rar Norwegian Nynorsk
- gǣsne Old English
- selden Old English
- seldsīne Old English
- ऋते Sanskrit
- geson Middle English
- rare Middle English
- seen Middle English
- selde Middle English
- seldscene Middle English
- rare Old French
- rarefier Old French
- rer Old French
- raro Galician
- rar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- raer Middle Dutch
- rare Norman
- rrallë Albanian
- rarité Middle French
- rar Middle Low German
- rar Aromanian
- raru Asturian
- râr Friulian
- rar Old Occitan
- ralo Old Spanish