tar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɑː/
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• General-American: /tɑɹ/
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• General-American: [thɑɻ]
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• General-American: [thɑɹ]
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• Ireland: /tæːɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: T AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *dóru From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (“tree”). See also Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer; also Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian де́рево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво́ (dǎrvó, “tree”). More at tree.

Abbreviation of tape archive.

Borrowed from Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra.

Borrowed from Arabic طار (ṭār).

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zift — substance
• Southern Altai: тӧгӧт (tögöt) — substance
• Arabic: قَطْرَان (qaṭrān) — substance
• Armenian: կուպր (kupr) — substance
• Asturian: alquitrán — substance
• Azerbaijani: qatran — substance
• Basque: mundrun — substance
• Belarusian: дзёгаць (dzjóhacʹ) — substance
• Belarusian: гудро́н (hudrón) — substance
• Belarusian: смала́ (smalá) — substance
• Bulgarian: катра́н (katrán) — substance
• Burmese: ကတ္တရာစေး (katta.race:) — substance
• Catalan: quitrà — substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 焦油 (jiāoyóu) — substance
• Czech: dehet — substance
• Danish: tjære — substance
• Dutch: teer — substance
• Esperanto: gudro — substance
• Estonian: tõrv — substance
• Faroese: tjøra — substance
• Finnish: terva — substance
• French: goudron — substance
• Galician: alcatrén — substance
• Galician: alcatrón — substance
• Galician: chapapote — substance
• Galician: galipote — substance
• Galician: piche — substance
• Galician: brea — substance
• Galician: breu — substance
• Georgian: კუპრი (ḳuṗri) — substance
• German: Teer — substance
• Greek: πίσσα (píssa) — substance
• Greek: κατράμι (katrámi) — substance
• Hebrew: זֶפֶת (zéfet) — substance
• Hindi: तारकोल (tārkol) — substance
• Hungarian: kátrány — substance
• Icelandic: tjara — substance
• Ingrian: terva — substance
• Irish: tarra — substance
• Italian: catrame — substance
• Italian: bitume — substance
• Japanese: 乾留液 (kanryūeki) — substance
• Japanese: タール (tāru) — substance
• Kazakh: қарамай (qaramai) — substance
• Kazakh: гудрон (gudron) — substance
• Khmer: ចុង (cong) — substance
• Korean: 수지 (suji) — substance
• Korean: 타르 (tareu) — substance
• Central Kurdish: قەتران (qetran) — substance
• Northern Kurdish: qîr — substance
• Northern Kurdish: qetran — substance
• Kyrgyz: карамай (karamay) — substance
• Kyrgyz: дёготь (dyogot) — substance
• Kyrgyz: гудрон (gudron) — substance
• Lao: ນ້ໍາມັນດິນ (nam man din) — substance
• Latgalian: daguts — substance
• Latvian: darva — substance
• Lithuanian: dervà — substance
• Lithuanian: degùtas — substance
• Macedonian: катран (katran) — substance
• Māori: tā — substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: tjære — substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjære — substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjøre — substance
• Ojibwe: bigiw — substance
• Pashto: قطران (qetrān) — substance
• Pashto: تارکول (tārkól) — substance
• Iranian Persian: قَطْران (ġatrân) — substance
• Iranian Persian: کَتْران (katrân) — substance
• Iranian Persian: کُرْف (korf) — substance
• Polish: dziegieć — substance
• Polish: smoła — substance
• Portuguese: alcatrão — substance
• Romanian: gudron — substance
• Russian: дёготь (djógotʹ) — substance
• Russian: гудро́н (gudrón) — substance
• Russian: смола́ (smolá) — substance
• Northern Sami: darvi — substance
• Sango: godoröo — substance
• Scottish Gaelic: teàrr — substance
• Scottish Gaelic: bìth — substance
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀тран — substance
• Serbo-Croatian: kàtran — substance
• Sicilian: catramu — substance
• Sicilian: bitumi — substance
• Slovak: decht — substance
• Slovene: katran — substance
• Spanish: alquitrán — substance
• Spanish: galipote — substance
• Spanish: chapopote — substance
• Spanish: chapapote — substance
• Swedish: tjära — substance
• Tagalog: ayangaw — substance
• Tagalog: alkitran — substance
• Tajik: қатрон (qatron) — substance
• Tajik: гудрон (gudron) — substance
• Tamil: தார் (tār) — substance
• Thai: น้ํามันดิน (nám-man-din) — substance
• Turkish: katran — substance
• Ottoman Turkish: قطران (katran) — substance
• Ottoman Turkish: قیر (kir) — substance
• Turkmen: garaýag — substance
• Ukrainian: дьо́готь (dʹóhotʹ) — substance
• Ukrainian: гудро́н (hudrón) — substance
• Ukrainian: смола́ (smolá) — substance
• Urdu: تارْکول (tārkol) — substance
• Uzbek: gudron — substance
• Uzbek: qatron — substance
• Vietnamese: hắc ín — substance
• Welsh: tar — substance
• Yiddish: פּעך (pekh) — substance
• Belarusian: смала́ (smalá) — coal tar
• Bulgarian: смола́ (smolá) — coal tar
• Burmese: ကတ္တရာစေး (katta.race:) — coal tar
• Catalan: quitrà de carbó — coal tar
• Czech: uhelný dehet — coal tar
• Dutch: koolteer — coal tar
• Esperanto: gudro — coal tar
• Finnish: kivihiiliterva — coal tar
• Greek: πίσσα (píssa) — coal tar
• Icelandic: tjara — coal tar
• Italian: catrame — coal tar
• Khmer: ជ័រទឹក (cɔətɨk) — coal tar
• Latin: pix — coal tar
• Macedonian: катран (katran) — coal tar
• Māori: tā — coal tar
• Persian: قطران (qatrân) — coal tar
• Polish: smoła — coal tar
• Portuguese: alcatrão — coal tar
• Russian: смола́ (smolá) — coal tar
• Russian: каменноу́гольная смола́ (kamennoúgolʹnaja smolá) — coal tar
• Scottish Gaelic: teàrr — coal tar
• Scottish Gaelic: bìth — coal tar
• Slovak: smola — coal tar
• Spanish: alquitrán — coal tar
• Spanish: chapopote bituminoso — coal tar
• Spanish: chapopote hullero — coal tar
• Spanish: alquitrán carbonoso — coal tar
• Swedish: tjära — coal tar
• Ukrainian: смола́ (smolá) — coal tar
• Catalan: quitrà — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Chinese Mandarin: 焦油 (jiāoyóu) — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Czech: dehet — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Dutch: teer — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Esperanto: gudro — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Estonian: tõrv — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Finnish: terva — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• French: goudron — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• German: Teer — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Greek: πίσσα (píssa) — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Icelandic: tjara — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Italian: catrame — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Japanese: 脂 (yani) — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Macedonian: катран (katran) — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Māori: tā — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Norwegian Bokmål: tjære — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjære — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tjøre — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Polish: smoła — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Portuguese: alcatrão — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Russian: смола́ (smolá) — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Spanish: alquitrán — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Swedish: tjära — byproduct of tobacco smoke
• Finnish: pikipöksy — sailor
• German: Teerjacke — sailor
• Icelandic: sjóari — sailor
• Icelandic: sjómaður — sailor
• Italian: marinaio — sailor
• Portuguese: marujo — sailor
• Serbo-Croatian: морнар — sailor
• Serbo-Croatian: mornar — sailor
• Swedish: beckbyxa — sailor
• Welsh: dyn môr — sailor
• Icelandic: tar-skrá — a file produced by an archiving program
• Portuguese: tar — a file produced by an archiving program
• Armenian: թառ (tʻaṙ) — Persian musical instrument
• Azerbaijani: tar — Persian musical instrument
• Finnish: tar — Persian musical instrument
• Georgian: თარი (tari) — Persian musical instrument
• Central Kurdish: تار (tar) — Persian musical instrument
• Northern Kurdish: tar — Persian musical instrument
• Macedonian: тар (tar) — Persian musical instrument
• Persian: تار (târ) — Persian musical instrument
• Russian: тар (tar) — Persian musical instrument
• Tajik: тор (tor) — Persian musical instrument
• Turkish: tar — Persian musical instrument
• Uzbek: tor — Persian musical instrument
• Catalan: enquitranar — to coat with tar
• Danish: tjære — to coat with tar
• Esperanto: gudri — to coat with tar
• Estonian: tõrvama — to coat with tar
• Finnish: tervata — to coat with tar
• German: teeren — to coat with tar
• Greek: πισσώνω (pissóno) — to coat with tar
• Hebrew: זִפֵּת (zipét) — to coat with tar
• Icelandic: tjarga — to coat with tar
• Ingrian: tervata — to coat with tar
• Irish: tarráil — to coat with tar
• Irish: tarra a chur ar — to coat with tar
• Italian: catramare — to coat with tar
• Italian: incatramare — to coat with tar
• Italian: calafatare — to coat with tar
• Italian: bitumare — to coat with tar
• Macedonian: катраносува (katranosuva) — to coat with tar
• Portuguese: alcatroar — to coat with tar
• Russian: ма́зать дёгтем (mázatʹ djógtem) — to coat with tar
• Spanish: alquitranar — to coat with tar
• Swedish: tjära — to coat with tar
• Turkish: katranlamak — to coat with tar
• Ottoman Turkish: قطرانلامق (katranlamak) — to coat with tar
• Ottoman Turkish: زفتلمك (ziftlemek) — to coat with tar