gars

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹz/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z ==== Noun ==== gars plural of gar === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gars Alternative form of garce (“unit of measure”). === Anagrams === ARGs, GRAS, Gras, args, rags == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch garst, a variant of gerst, from Middle Dutch gerste, from Old Dutch *gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χars/ === Noun === gars (uncountable) barley ==== Descendants ==== → Xhosa: írhási == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French gars, the nominative singular of garçon m, from Early Medieval Latin garciō m. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa/ ~ /ɡɑ/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [ɡɔ] Rhymes: -ɑ === Noun === gars m (invariable) lad, guy Synonyms: bougre m, mec m, type m (in the plural) guys (usually all male) ==== Derived terms ==== garce f === Further reading === “gars”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === gras == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot, warm”), see also Welsh gwres (“heat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡars/ === Noun === gars m (1st declension) spirit mind, intellect ghost, spectre Synonym: rēgs vapor ==== Declension ==== === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 493-95 == Middle English == === Noun === gars alternative form of gras == Norman == === Etymology === Germanic borrowing, probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis). === Noun === gars m (plural gars) (Jersey) gander == Old French == === Noun === gars m nominative singular of garçon nominative singular of garçun