Standard Lemma guide

lar

noun · particle · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /lɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /lɑɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Roman, form-of, in-plural, singular

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of liquid argon (“a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar)”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

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Synonyms: Ar

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Abbreviation of low anterior resection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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7

noun

Meaning 7

singular of Lares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, singular

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8

particle

Meaning 8

Alternative spelling of lah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

From Latin [Term?].