spar
English
/spɑː/, /spɑɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A rafter of a roof.
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
- (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English sparre (spar, beam, rafter) derived from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (wooden beam, stake, log, beam) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (log, beam).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)par-
Gloss
log, beam
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calc English
- calcspar English
- microspar English
- multispar English
- sparless English
- sparlike English
- sparrer English
- sparriness English
- sparry English
- unspar English
- Sperrangel German
- Sperrdifferential German
- Sperrgebiet German
- Sperrholz German
- Sperrstunde German
- Sperrzone German
- aufsperren German
- aussperren German
- einsperren German
- sperren German
- versperren German
- wegsperren German
- spar Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)par- Proto-Indo-European
- *sparrô Proto-Germanic
- sparre Middle English
- sparri Old Norse
- sparre Middle Dutch
- sperran Old High German
- shparr Albanian
- *sparro Frankish
- *sperra Old Frisian
- *spara Proto-Albanian