soar

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• sô r
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• /sɔː(ɹ)/
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• homophone: sore
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• homophone: saw (non-rhotic)
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• sôr horse–hoarse merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɔː/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /soː/
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• General-American: /soɹ/
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• sōr without the horse–hoarse merger
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• Scotland: /soɾ/
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• /sɔː/ Manchester
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• Eastern-New-England: /soə/
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• General-American, archaic: /soɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /sɔə/
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• homophone: saw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• homophone: sower (rare pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: S AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”), similar to the Latin river name Saravus and Sar in Spain.

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: планиране (planirane) — act of soaring
• Dutch: scheren — act of soaring
• Finnish: liito — act of soaring
• Finnish: liitely — act of soaring
• French: essor — act of soaring
• Portuguese: pairada — act of soaring
• Russian: паре́ние (parénije) — act of soaring
• Russian: полёт (poljót) — act of soaring
• Bulgarian: издигане (izdigane) — upward flight
• Finnish: nousu — upward flight
• French: envol — upward flight
• Polish: wznoszenie — upward flight
• Russian: взлёт (vzljot) — upward flight
• Russian: подъём (podʺjóm) — upward flight
• Armenian: սավառնել (savaṙnel) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Azerbaijani: süzmək — to fly aloft with little effort
• Bulgarian: рея се (reja se) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Catalan: planar — to fly aloft with little effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 翱翔 (áoxiáng) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 高飛 /高飞 (gāofēi) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Danish: svæve — to fly aloft with little effort
• Dutch: zweven — to fly aloft with little effort
• Finnish: liitää — to fly aloft with little effort
• Finnish: liidellä — to fly aloft with little effort
• French: planer — to fly aloft with little effort
• Galician: pairar — to fly aloft with little effort
• German: schweben — to fly aloft with little effort
• Hebrew: דָּאָה (daá) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Indonesian: melayang — to fly aloft with little effort
• Japanese: 舞う (mau) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Japanese: 翔る (kakeru) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Māori: tauihi — to fly aloft with little effort
• Māori: paho — to fly aloft with little effort
• Norwegian Bokmål: sveve — to fly aloft with little effort
• Polish: szybować — to fly aloft with little effort
• Polish: poszybować — to fly aloft with little effort
• Portuguese: pairar — to fly aloft with little effort
• Portuguese: planar — to fly aloft with little effort
• Russian: пари́ть (parítʹ) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Russian: вита́ть (vitátʹ) — to fly aloft with little effort
• Spanish: planear — to fly aloft with little effort
• Tocharian B: plu- — to fly aloft with little effort
• Turkish: süzülmek — to fly aloft with little effort
• Zazaki: sanayeyen — to fly aloft with little effort
• Bulgarian: издигам се (izdigam se) — to mount upward on wings
• Dutch: opstijgen — to mount upward on wings
• Finnish: nousta — to mount upward on wings
• Finnish: kohota — to mount upward on wings
• French: monter — to mount upward on wings
• French: s'élever — to mount upward on wings
• Galician: rubir — to mount upward on wings
• Galician: alar — to mount upward on wings
• German: hochfliegen — to mount upward on wings
• Kazakh: самғау (samğau) — to mount upward on wings
• Central Kurdish: بڵندبوون (bllindbûn) — to mount upward on wings
• Norwegian Bokmål: stige — to mount upward on wings
• Polish: wzbijać się — to mount upward on wings
• Polish: wzbić się — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: взлета́ть (vzletátʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: взлете́ть (vzletétʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: воспаря́ть (vosparjátʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: воспари́ть (vosparítʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: взмыть (vzmytʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Russian: взмывать (vzmyvatʹ) — to mount upward on wings
• Spanish: elevarse — to mount upward on wings
• Turkish: kanatlanmak — to mount upward on wings
• Zazaki: perzane kerden — to mount upward on wings
• Bulgarian: планирам (planiram) — to fly by means of a glider
• Catalan: planar — to fly by means of a glider
• Finnish: lentää — to fly by means of a glider
• Finnish: liitää — to fly by means of a glider
• French: planer — to fly by means of a glider
• Galician: pairar — to fly by means of a glider
• German: gleiten — to fly by means of a glider
• Norwegian Bokmål: glide — to fly by means of a glider
• Norwegian Bokmål: gli — to fly by means of a glider
• Norwegian Bokmål: glidefly — to fly by means of a glider
• Portuguese: planar — to fly by means of a glider
• Russian: пари́ть (parítʹ) — to fly by means of a glider
• Russian: плани́ровать (planírovatʹ) — to fly by means of a glider
• Russian: лета́ть (letátʹ) — to fly by means of a glider
• Russian: лете́ть (letétʹ) — to fly by means of a glider
• Spanish: planar — to fly by means of a glider
• Turkish: uçmak — to fly by means of a glider
• Zazaki: perayen — to fly by means of a glider
• Chinese Mandarin: 崛起 (juéqǐ) — to rise rapidly or high
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛漲 /飞涨 (fēizhǎng) — to rise rapidly or high
• Finnish: ampaista ylös — to rise rapidly or high
• Finnish: nousta — to rise rapidly or high
• French: grimper en flèche — to rise rapidly or high
• French: monter en flèche — to rise rapidly or high
• French: s'élancer — to rise rapidly or high
• French: s'envoler — to rise rapidly or high
• Galician: empolingarse — to rise rapidly or high
• Galician: aparruñar — to rise rapidly or high
• Galician: sobir — to rise rapidly or high
• Galician: derguer — to rise rapidly or high
• German: hochschnellen — to rise rapidly or high
• German: aufstreben — to rise rapidly or high
• German: hochragen — to rise rapidly or high
• Indonesian: menjulang — to rise rapidly or high
• Japanese: 舞い上がる (maiagaru) — to rise rapidly or high
• Japanese: 滑空する (kakkū suru) — to rise rapidly or high
• Japanese: 聳える (sobieru) — to rise rapidly or high
• Norwegian Bokmål: stige — to rise rapidly or high
• Polish: wzlatywać — to rise rapidly or high
• Polish: wzlecieć — to rise rapidly or high
• Russian: взлета́ть (vzletátʹ) — to rise rapidly or high
• Russian: взлете́ть (vzletétʹ) — to rise rapidly or high
• Russian: взмыва́ть (vzmyvátʹ) — to rise rapidly or high
• Russian: взмыть (vzmytʹ) — to rise rapidly or high
• Spanish: estar por las nubes — to rise rapidly or high
• Spanish: ponerse por las nubes — to rise rapidly or high
• Spanish: dispararse — to rise rapidly or high
• Swedish: stiga — to rise rapidly or high
• Swedish: skjuta i höjden — to rise rapidly or high
• Turkish: yükselmek — to rise rapidly or high
• Turkish: tüngümek — to rise rapidly or high
• Zazaki: punen — to rise rapidly or high
• Zazaki: berziyen — to rise rapidly or high
• Finnish: nousta — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Finnish: kohota — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Finnish: lentää — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Finnish: liitää — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Russian: воспаря́ть (vosparjátʹ) — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Russian: воспари́ть (vosparítʹ) — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Russian: вита́ть (vitátʹ) — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Russian: вспрянуть (vsprjanutʹ) — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Turkish: ermek — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Turkish: yükselmek — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Turkish: tüngümek — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Zazaki: resten — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
• Zazaki: berziyen — to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood