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Noun

apar (plural apars)

  1. The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
    • 1895, Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History, page 224:
      The apar is mainly diurnal in its habits; and trusts for defence to its power of rolling itself into a ball, not dwelling in burrows like the members of the other genera.
    • 1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The Life of Animals: The Mammals, page 478:
      The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apar/ [a.par]
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  • Rhymes: -apar, -ar
  • Hyphenation: a‧par

Noun

apar inan

  1. foam

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

Further reading

  • apar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • apar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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Icelandic

Noun

apar

  1. indefinite nominative plural of api

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish apar, from Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: a‧pàr

Noun

apar m (invariable)

  1. synonym of mataco (southern three-banded armadillo)

Further reading

  • apar in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latvian

Verb

apar

  1. inflection of apart:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of apart
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of apart

Luo

Numeral

apar

  1. ten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

apar m or f

  1. indefinite masculine plural of ape

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *apar.

    Adjective

    apar (noun form apara)

    1. bent; crooked (not straight)
      Synonyms: apen, bang

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    Verb

    apar (first-person singular active indicative aîapar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîapari, noun apara) (transitive)

    1. to bend; to crook (to cause to shape into a curve)
      Synonym: moapen

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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Either from apă + -ar or from the Latin aquārius. Compare the borrowed doublet acvariu.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    apar m (plural apari)

    1. water-vendor

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...

    Verb

    apar

    1. inflection of apărea:
      1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. third-person plural present indicative

    Swedish

    Verb

    apar

    1. present indicative of apa

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