vair

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɛɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /veː/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /veə/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /viə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /veɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /vɜː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: veer (cheer–chair merger)

Noun

vair (countable and uncountable, plural vairs)

1. A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
   • 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 323:

     Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.

2. (heraldry) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).

Related terms

• countervair
• vairy
• varriated

Translations

heraldic fur

Catalan: vaire (ca) m Czech: popeličina f Dutch: vaar (nl) m, vair (nl) n Esperanto: vajro Finnish: oravannahka (fi) French: vair (fr) m German: Feh (de) n Hungarian: evet (hu) Irish: véir f Italian: vaio (it) m Japanese: ヴェア (vuea) Macedonian: верве́рица f (vervérica) Norwegian: Bokmål: gråverk n, gråskinn n Nynorsk: gråverk n, gråskinn n Portuguese: veiro (pt) m Russian: бе́личий мех m (béličij mex) Spanish: vero (es) m Swedish: gråverk (sv) n Ukrainian: ви́вірка (uk) f (vývirka)

See also

• ermine
• fur
• potent

Anagrams

• Ravi, Riva, Viar, riva, vari, vira

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vaire

Etymology

Inherited from Latin varius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbajr]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvajr]

Adjective

vair (feminine vaira, masculine plural vairs, feminine plural vaires)

1. (archaic) varied
2. variegated, multicolored

Related terms

• gatvaire

Noun

vair m (plural vairs)

1. (historical) vair (black-and-white variegated squirrel fur)
2. (heraldry) vair

Further reading

• “vair”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

vair n (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) vair (fur used in heraldry)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: vaire, vaires, vairs, ver, vers, vert, verts, verre, verres
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

vair m (plural vairs)

1. (heraldry) vair

Further reading

• “vair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ravi, riva, vira, vrai

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French veeir, veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, cognate with French voir.

Verb

vair

1. To see

   Disez-mai don, v'ez-ti pas veü un jiene là tout à l'oure ?

   Please tell me, have you seen a young man there few minutes ago ?

Middle English

Noun

vair

1. alternative form of veir

Old French

Etymology

From the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

Adjective

vair m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaire)

1. changeable; that may change
2. multi-colored; polychromatic
3. shining; brilliant

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	vairs	vaire	vair
	oblique	vair			vaire	vair
plural	subject	vair	vaires		vair
	oblique	vairs			vaires	vair

Noun

vair oblique singular, m (oblique plural vairs, nominative singular vairs, nominative plural vair)

1. vair (fur of a squirrel)

Descendants

• French: vair
• → Middle English: veir, feir, vair, vaire, veire, ver, voir, ware
  • English: vair
  • Scots: vair (obsolete)
  • Yola: vier, wyer, vierd
• → Irish: véir

Romansch

Alternative forms

• vesair (Rumantsch Grischun)
• veser (Sursilvan)
• vaser (Sutsilvan)
• veir (Surmiran)
• vzair (Puter)
• verer (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

vair

1. (Puter) to look
2. (Puter) to see