snare

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• General-American: /snɛ(ə)ɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /snɛə/
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• Australian: /sneː/
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• New-Zealand: /sneə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /sniə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /sneɹ/
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• /snɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• homophone: sneer (cheer–chair merger)
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: S N EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As a Norwegian surname, from several farms whose name derive from snar (“thicket, brushwood”), perhaps related to Old Norse snarpr (“coarse, rough, sharp”). * As an English surname, variant of Snarr.

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.

Short for SNAP receptor.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lak — trap
• Arabic: شَرَكٌ (šarakun) — trap
• Arabic: مِصْيَدَةٌ (miṣyadatun) — trap
• Arabic: فخ (faḵḵ) — trap
• Armenian: թակարդ (tʻakard) — trap
• Armenian: ծուղակ (cuġak) — trap
• Armenian: որոգայթ (orogaytʻ) — trap
• Aromanian: alats — trap
• Aromanian: alatsu — trap
• Bashkir: тоҙаҡ (toźaq) — trap
• Bulgarian: капан (kapan) — trap
• Bulgarian: примка (primka) — trap
• Catalan: llaç — trap
• Chinese Mandarin: 陷阱 (xiànjǐng) — trap
• Chinese Mandarin: 圈套 (quāntào) — trap
• Czech: oko — trap
• Czech: léčka — trap
• Czech: nástraha — trap
• Dutch: strop — trap
• Dutch: val — trap
• Dutch: klem — trap
• Finnish: ansalanka — trap
• French: collet — trap
• French: piège — trap
• Galician: ichó — trap
• Georgian: ხაფანგი (xapangi) — trap
• German: Schlinge — trap
• German: Falle — trap
• Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (wruggō) — trap
• Ancient Greek: παγίς (pagís) — trap
• Ancient Greek: βρόχος (brókhos) — trap
• Hebrew: פַּח (pakh) — trap
• Hungarian: csapda — trap
• Hungarian: kelepce — trap
• Irish: dol — trap
• Irish: gaiste — trap
• Irish: súil ribe — trap
• Italian: laccio — trap
• Italian: trappola — trap
• Italian: tagliola — trap
• Japanese: 罠 (wana) — trap
• Central Kurdish: داو (daw) — trap
• Kyrgyz: тузак (tuzak) — trap
• Latin: laqueus — trap
• Latin: transenna — trap
• Latin: tenus — trap
• Lü: ᦟᦸᧄ (loam) — trap
• Lü: ᦷᦢᧂᧉᦢᦱᧆ (ḃong2ḃaad) — trap
• Malayalam: കെണി (keṇi) — trap
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: litag — trap
• Māori: tāhei — trap
• Māori: rore — trap
• Māori: toromāhanga — trap
• Māori: taeke — trap
• Middle English: snare — trap
• Khiamniungan Naga: vèutsīe — trap
• Navajo: beeʼódleehí — trap
• Occitan: trapèla — trap
• Occitan: laç — trap
• Occitan: sedon — trap
• Occitan: bagada — trap
• Occitan: tenda — trap
• Occitan: tendèla — trap
• Old English: grin — trap
• Persian: دام (dâm) — trap
• Persian: پهند (pahand) — trap
• Persian: لاتو (lâtu) — trap
• Polish: sidła — trap
• Polish: pułapka fm — trap
• Polish: sidło — trap
• Portuguese: laço — trap
• Romanian: cursă — trap
• Romanian: laț — trap
• Romanian: capcană — trap
• Russian: сило́к (silók) — trap
• Russian: лову́шка (lovúška) — trap
• Russian: западня́ (zapadnjá) — trap
• Sardinian: latu — trap
• Sardinian: lantu — trap
• Sardinian: latzu — trap
• Sardinian: lassu — trap
• Scottish Gaelic: ribe — trap
• Slovene: zanka — trap
• Spanish: lazo — trap
• Spanish: cepo — trap
• Spanish: orzuelo — trap
• Swedish: snara — trap
• Tamil: பொறி (poṟi) — trap
• Tarifit: trašša — trap
• Tày: cắp — trap
• Thai: กับ (gàp) — trap
• Turkish: tuzak — trap
• Ottoman Turkish: طوزاق (tuzak) — trap
• Ottoman Turkish: قپان (kapan) — trap
• Ottoman Turkish: دام (dam) — trap
• Ukrainian: сильце́ (sylʹcé) — trap
• Walloon: bricole — trap
• Walloon: laesse — trap
• Welsh: magl — trap
• Bulgarian: уловка (ulovka) — mental trap
• Czech: mam — mental trap
• Czech: klam (in the phrase "mam a klam") — mental trap
• Finnish: ansa — mental trap
• Hungarian: csapda — mental trap
• Hungarian: csapdahelyzet — mental trap
• Italian: richiamo — mental trap
• Italian: insidia — mental trap
• Italian: trappola — mental trap
• Italian: tentazione — mental trap
• Latin: fovea — mental trap
• Middle English: snare — mental trap
• Occitan: trapèla — mental trap
• Occitan: tracanard — mental trap
• Occitan: trapa — mental trap
• Portuguese: armadilha — mental trap
• Russian: лову́шка (lovúška) — mental trap
• Russian: западня́ (zapadnjá) — mental trap
• Scottish Gaelic: ribe — mental trap
• Spanish: asechanza — mental trap
• Catalan: llaç obstètric — veterinary: obstetric loop
• Hungarian: kacs — veterinary: obstetric loop
• Hungarian: polipkacs — veterinary: obstetric loop
• Hungarian: fogó — veterinary: obstetric loop
• Finnish: virvelimatto — music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
• Italian: laccio — music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
• Italian: armonico — music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
• Italian: timbro — music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
• Spanish: bordón — music: set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum
• Basque: kaxa — music: type of drum
• Czech: virbl — music: type of drum
• Finnish: pikkurumpu — music: type of drum
• Finnish: virvelirumpu — music: type of drum
• French: caisse claire — music: type of drum
• Hungarian: pergődob — music: type of drum
• Italian: rullante — music: type of drum
• Italian: tamburo — music: type of drum
• Polish: werbel — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: caixa de guerra — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: caixa — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: tarol — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: tarola — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: taró — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: caixa clara — music: type of drum
• Portuguese: caixa chata — music: type of drum
• Spanish: caja — music: type of drum
• Swedish: virveltrumma — music: type of drum
• Swedish: militärtrumma — music: type of drum
• Bulgarian: впримчвам (vprimčvam) — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Czech: chytit do oka — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Czech: lapit — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Dutch: strikken — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Egyptian: a-H-T24 (ꜥḥ) — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Hungarian: csapdába ejt — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Hungarian: csapdával fog — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Hungarian: tőrbe csal — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Italian: prendere al lazo — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Māori: rore — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Māori: toromāhanga — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Portuguese: engodar — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Portuguese: enlaçar — to catch or hold, especially with a loop
• Swedish: snara — to catch or hold, especially with a loop