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• General-American: skär
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• General-American: /skɑɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɑː(ɹ)/
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From Middle English scar, scarre, a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch, score”), Old English sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard. Displaced native Old English dolg, dolgswæþ, and wundswaþu (“scar”). Not related to scarify.

From Middle English scarre, skarr, skerre, sker, a borrowing from Old Norse sker (“an isolated rock in the sea; skerry”). Cognate with Icelandic sker, Norwegian skjær, Swedish skär, Danish skær, German Schäre. Doublet of skerry and scaur.

From Latin scarus (“a kind of fish”), from Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros, “parrot wrasse, Sparisoma cretense, syn. Scarus cretensis”).

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: parôt — permanent mark on the skin
• Ahtna: setʼ — permanent mark on the skin
• Albanian: shenjë — permanent mark on the skin
• Arabic: نَدْبَة (nadba) — permanent mark on the skin
• Arabic: نَدْب (nadb) — permanent mark on the skin
• Armenian: սպի (spi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Azerbaijani: çapıq — permanent mark on the skin
• Azerbaijani: yara yeri — permanent mark on the skin
• Azerbaijani: cırıq — permanent mark on the skin
• Basque: orbain — permanent mark on the skin
• Belarusian: шнар (šnar) — permanent mark on the skin
• Belarusian: рубе́ц (rubjéc) — permanent mark on the skin
• Bulgarian: бе́лег (béleg) — permanent mark on the skin
• Burmese: အနာရွတ် (a.narwat) — permanent mark on the skin
• Burmese: အမာရွတ် (a.marwat) — permanent mark on the skin
• Catalan: cicatriu — permanent mark on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 疤 (bā) — permanent mark on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 傷疤 /伤疤 (shāngbā) — permanent mark on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 傷痕 /伤痕 (shānghén) — permanent mark on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 疤痕 (bāhén) — permanent mark on the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘢痕 (bānhén) — permanent mark on the skin
• Czech: jizva — permanent mark on the skin
• Danish: ar — permanent mark on the skin
• Dutch: litteken — permanent mark on the skin
• Esperanto: cikatro — permanent mark on the skin
• Esperanto: stigmato — permanent mark on the skin
• Estonian: arm — permanent mark on the skin
• Faroese: arr — permanent mark on the skin
• Finnish: arpi — permanent mark on the skin
• French: cicatrice — permanent mark on the skin
• French: balafre — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: michazo — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: chilro — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: nique — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: cicatrís — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: bruzo — permanent mark on the skin
• Galician: cicatriz — permanent mark on the skin
• Gamilaraay: mubirr — permanent mark on the skin
• Georgian: ნაიარევი (naiarevi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Georgian: ნაჭრილობევი (nač̣rilobevi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Georgian: ნაჭდევი (nač̣devi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Georgian: ნაწიბური (nac̣iburi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Georgian: შრამი (šrami) — permanent mark on the skin
• German: Narbe — permanent mark on the skin
• Greek: ουλή (oulí) — permanent mark on the skin
• Ancient Greek: οὐλή (oulḗ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Hausa: tabo — permanent mark on the skin
• Hawaiian: ʻālina — permanent mark on the skin
• Hebrew: צַלֶּקֶת (tzaléket) — permanent mark on the skin
• Hindi: दाग़ (dāġ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Hindi: निशान (niśān) — permanent mark on the skin
• Hungarian: forradás — permanent mark on the skin
• Hungarian: heg — permanent mark on the skin
• Hungarian: sebhely — permanent mark on the skin
• Icelandic: ör — permanent mark on the skin
• Ido: cikatro — permanent mark on the skin
• Indonesian: parut — permanent mark on the skin
• Ingrian: arpi — permanent mark on the skin
• Irish: colm — permanent mark on the skin
• Italian: cicatrice — permanent mark on the skin
• Japanese: 傷 (kizu) — permanent mark on the skin
• Japanese: 瘢痕 (hankon) — permanent mark on the skin
• Kazakh: тыртық (tyrtyq) — permanent mark on the skin
• Khmer: សម្លាក (sɑmlaak) — permanent mark on the skin
• Khmer: ស្លាក (slaak) — permanent mark on the skin
• Khmer: ស្លាកស្នាម (slaak snaam) — permanent mark on the skin
• Khmer: ស្នាម (snaam) — permanent mark on the skin
• Korean: 흉터 (hyungteo) — permanent mark on the skin
• Korean: 반흔 (banheun) — permanent mark on the skin
• Northern Kurdish: şûnbirîn — permanent mark on the skin
• Northern Kurdish: şûna birînê — permanent mark on the skin
• Kyrgyz: тырык (tırık) — permanent mark on the skin
• Lao: ແຜ (phǣ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Lao: ຕາບ (tāp) — permanent mark on the skin
• Lao: ຮອຽບາດ (hǭi bāt) — permanent mark on the skin
• Latgalian: rāna — permanent mark on the skin
• Latgalian: ciertums — permanent mark on the skin
• Latin: cicātrix — permanent mark on the skin
• Latvian: rēta — permanent mark on the skin
• Lithuanian: randas — permanent mark on the skin
• Lower Tanana: shet — permanent mark on the skin
• Macedonian: лузна (luzna) — permanent mark on the skin
• Maguindanao: baleng — permanent mark on the skin
• Malay: parut — permanent mark on the skin
• Maltese: ċikatriċi — permanent mark on the skin
• Māori: kutiwera — permanent mark on the skin
• Māori: nawe — permanent mark on the skin
• Māori: tiwha — permanent mark on the skin
• Maranao: baleng — permanent mark on the skin
• Marathi: व्रण (vraṇ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Mongolian: сорви (sorvi) — permanent mark on the skin
• Nanai: калхин (kalhin) — permanent mark on the skin
• Navajo: sid — permanent mark on the skin
• Nepali: दाग (dāg) — permanent mark on the skin
• Norman: pliaie — permanent mark on the skin
• Norwegian Bokmål: arr — permanent mark on the skin
• Occitan: cicatritz — permanent mark on the skin
• Old English: dolgswæþ — permanent mark on the skin
• Iranian Persian: جوشْگاه (jušgâh) — permanent mark on the skin
• Iranian Persian: اَثَرْزَخْم (asarzaxm) — permanent mark on the skin
• Iranian Persian: جایِ زَخْم (jâ-ye zaxm) — permanent mark on the skin
• Iranian Persian: اِسْکار (eskâr) — permanent mark on the skin
• Plautdietsch: Noaw — permanent mark on the skin
• Plautdietsch: Kjoaw — permanent mark on the skin
• Polish: blizna — permanent mark on the skin
• Polish: szrama — permanent mark on the skin
• Portuguese: cicatriz — permanent mark on the skin
• Quechua: q'illa — permanent mark on the skin
• Rohingya: gáa — permanent mark on the skin
• Romanian: cicatrice — permanent mark on the skin
• Russian: шрам (šram) — permanent mark on the skin
• Russian: рубе́ц (rubéc) — permanent mark on the skin
• Scots: blain — permanent mark on the skin
• Scottish Gaelic: leòn — permanent mark on the skin
• Scottish Gaelic: eàrra — permanent mark on the skin
• Scottish Gaelic: làrach — permanent mark on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀жиљак — permanent mark on the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: òžiljak — permanent mark on the skin
• Silesian: szrama — permanent mark on the skin
• Slovak: jazva — permanent mark on the skin
• Slovene: brazgotina — permanent mark on the skin
• Lower Sorbian: bluzna — permanent mark on the skin
• Lower Sorbian: šmara — permanent mark on the skin
• Spanish: alforza — permanent mark on the skin
• Spanish: costurón — permanent mark on the skin
• Spanish: chirlo — permanent mark on the skin
• Spanish: chirlazo — permanent mark on the skin
• Swahili: kovu — permanent mark on the skin
• Swedish: ärr — permanent mark on the skin
• Tagalog: peklat — permanent mark on the skin
• Tajik: доғи захм (doġ-i zaxm) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tajik: асари ҷароҳат (asar-i jarohat) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tamil: தழும்பு (taḻumpu) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tamil: வடு (vaṭu) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tatar: җөй (cöy) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tausug: bakās pali — permanent mark on the skin
• Tauya: tumo — permanent mark on the skin
• Telugu: మచ్చ (macca) — permanent mark on the skin
• Ternate: boke — permanent mark on the skin
• Tewa: ôe — permanent mark on the skin
• Thai: แผลเป็น (plɛ̌ɛ-bpen) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tibetan: རྨ་རྗེས (rma rjes) — permanent mark on the skin
• Tigrinya: በሰላ (bäsäla) — permanent mark on the skin
• Turkish: yara izi — permanent mark on the skin
• Turkish: yara — permanent mark on the skin
• Ottoman Turkish: یاره (yara) — permanent mark on the skin
• Ottoman Turkish: داغ (dag, dağ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Turkmen: ýara — permanent mark on the skin
• Ukrainian: шрам (šram) — permanent mark on the skin
• Ukrainian: рубе́ць (rubécʹ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Urdu: داغ (dāġ) — permanent mark on the skin
• Urdu: نِشان (niśān) — permanent mark on the skin
• Uyghur: يار (yar) — permanent mark on the skin
• Uyghur: تاتۇق (tatuq) — permanent mark on the skin
• Uzbek: chandiq — permanent mark on the skin
• Uzbek: yara — permanent mark on the skin
• Vietnamese: sẹo — permanent mark on the skin
• Vietnamese: thẹo — permanent mark on the skin
• Vilamovian: śruma — permanent mark on the skin
• Volapük: skar — permanent mark on the skin
• Welsh: craith — permanent mark on the skin
• Woiwurrung: boorran — permanent mark on the skin
• Yiddish: שראַם (shram) — permanent mark on the skin
• Bulgarian: следа́ (sledá) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Catalan: cicatriu — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰影 /阴影 (yīnyǐng) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 心理創傷 /心理创伤 (xīnlǐ chuāngshāng) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Finnish: arpi — permanent negative mark on the mind
• French: cicatrice — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Italian: cicatrice — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Russian: след (sled) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Russian: отпеча́ток (otpečátok) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Russian: рубе́ц (rubéc) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Spanish: cicatriz — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Tamil: தழும்பு (taḻumpu) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Thai: ปม (bpom) — permanent negative mark on the mind
• Finnish: kari — rock in the sea
• Finnish: luoto — rock in the sea
• Basque: orbaindu — to mark the skin permanently
• Bulgarian: правя белег (pravja beleg) — to mark the skin permanently
• Chinese Mandarin: 留下疤痕 (liúxià bāhén) — to mark the skin permanently
• Czech: zjizvit — to mark the skin permanently
• Finnish: jättää arpi — to mark the skin permanently
• French: cicatriser — to mark the skin permanently
• German: entstellen — to mark the skin permanently
• German: verunstalten — to mark the skin permanently
• Greek: σημαδεύω (simadévo) — to mark the skin permanently
• Ido: cikatrizar — to mark the skin permanently
• Latin: notō — to mark the skin permanently
• Portuguese: deixar cicatriz — to mark the skin permanently
• Chinese Mandarin: 結疤 /结疤 (jiébā) — to form a scar
• Finnish: arpeutua — to form a scar
• Polish: bliźnić się — to form a scar
• Polish: zabliźniać się — to form a scar
• Polish: zabliźnić się — to form a scar
• Polish: bliznowacieć — to form a scar
• Polish: zbliznowacieć — to form a scar
• Portuguese: cicatrizar — to form a scar
• Chinese Mandarin: 給......留下心理創傷 /给......留下心理创伤 (gěi... liúxià xīnlǐ chuāngshāng) — to affect deeply in a traumatic manner
• Finnish: traumatisoida — to affect deeply in a traumatic manner
• German: traumatisieren — to affect deeply in a traumatic manner
• Portuguese: marcar — to affect deeply in a traumatic manner