tar
English
/tɑː/, /tɑɹ/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- coal Coal tar.
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (slang) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
- (uncountable) black Black tar, a form of heroin.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ter inherited from Old English teoru inherited from Proto-Germanic *terwą derived from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*derwo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- bomb English
- brush English
- file English
- macadam English
- paper English
- pit English
- pot English
- retar English
- retarmac English
- seal English
- tarball English
- tarbomb English
- tarbrush English
- tarcrete English
- tarfile English
- tarlike English
- tarmac English
- tarmacadam English
- tarpaper English
- tarpit English
- tarpot English
- tarseal English
- tarweed English
- untar English
- weed English
- Teer German
- teeren German
- bergteer Dutch, Flemish
- teer Dutch, Flemish
- teerzand Dutch, Flemish
- де́рево Russian
- деревце Russian
- деревцо Russian
- деревянка Russian
- деревянный Russian
- *derwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dérwom Proto-Indo-European
- *dóru Proto-Indo-European
- *dóru, *deru- Proto-Indo-European
- *terwą Proto-Germanic
- tjära Swedish
- tjøre Norwegian Nynorsk
- tjørebre Norwegian Nynorsk
- tjørelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- teoru Old English
- teru Old English
- teru, teoru Old English
- ter Middle English
- tarmac Irish
- tjara Old Norse
- tjære Danish
- tarmak Cebuano
- ter Indonesian
- cefnder Welsh
- cyfnither Welsh
- derw Welsh
- తారు Telugu
- дръвце Bulgarian
- дърве Bulgarian
- дървеница Bulgarian
- дърво́ Bulgarian
- дърволяк Bulgarian
- *daru Proto-Celtic
- 打馬膠 Chinese
- ter Middle Low German
- tiæra Old Swedish
- tiæræ Old Danish