dart

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɑːt/ (General American) enPR: därt, IPA(key): /dɑɹt/ (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [daɹt̚], [daɹɾ̥] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”). ==== Noun ==== dart (plural darts) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon. A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts. (geometry) A concave quadrilateral similar in shape to a chevron or arrowhead. (Australia, Canada, colloquial) A cigarette. 2017, April 18, Craig Little, The Guardian, Hawthorn are not the only ones finding that things can get worse The Tigers will also face Jesse Hogan, still smarting from missing a couple of games but not life inside the AFL bubble, where you can’t even light up a dart at a music festival without someone filming it and sending it to the six o’clock news. (military) A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters. (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme. A sudden or fast movement. (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment. A dace (fish) (Leuciscus leuciscus). Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English darten, from the noun (see above). ==== Verb ==== dart (third-person singular simple present darts, present participle darting, simple past and past participle darted) (transitive) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch. (transitive) To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot. (transitive) To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart. (intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly. (intransitive) To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “dart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === tard, Art.D., trad, drat, -tard, DTRA, ADRT, tar'd, 'tard == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English dart. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɑrt/ Hyphenation: dart Rhymes: -ɑrt === Noun === dart m (plural darts, diminutive dartje n) dart Synonym: dartpijl ==== Derived terms ==== darten dartpijl == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === tat (Wiesemann spelling system) === Etymology === From Middle High German dort, from Old High German doret. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: dart === Adverb === dart there === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “dart”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French dart, dard, from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu, from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz. ==== Alternative forms ==== darte ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dart/ ==== Noun ==== dart (plural dartes) A hand-thrown spear or missile; a javelin. (figurative) Assailing; a hostile act. ===== Descendants ===== English: dart → Dutch: dart → German: Dart Scots: dart, dairt; dard ===== References ===== “dart, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2019. === Etymology 2 === Formed from the noun. ==== Verb ==== dart alternative form of darten == Middle French == === Alternative forms === dard, dar === Etymology === Old French, see below === Noun === dart m (plural dars) weapon similar to a javelin ==== Descendants ==== French: dard→ Italian: dardo→ Portuguese: dardo→ Spanish: dardo == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English dart. === Noun === dart m (definite singular darten, indefinite plural darter, definite plural dartene) a throwing dart === References === “dart” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English dart. === Noun === dart m (definite singular darten, indefinite plural dartar, definite plural dartane) a throwing dart === References === “dart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Alternative forms === dard, dar === Etymology === From Medieval Latin dardus (“spear”). === Noun === dart oblique singular, m (oblique plural darz or dartz, nominative singular darz or dartz, nominative plural dart) spear, javelin ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: dart, dard, darFrench: dard→ Italian: dardo→ Portuguese: dardo→ Spanish: dardo Walloon: darde → Middle English: dart, darteEnglish: dart→ Dutch: dart→ German: DartScots: dart, dairt; dard == Palauan == === Etymology === From Pre-Palauan *ðaðut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaCus. === Numeral === dart hundred == Pennsylvania German == === Alternative forms === dort datt === Etymology === From Middle High German dort, from Old High German doret. Compare German dort, da. === Adverb === dart there == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse darr, from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz. === Noun === dart c (games, sports) darts (rare) a dart (thrown in darts) Synonym: pil ==== Derived terms ==== darttavla ==== See also ==== pilkastning (throwing darts against a board generally) === References === “dart”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “dart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “dart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)