oar

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Old Aramaic. === Symbol === oar (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Aramaic. == English == === Etymology === From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔː/ (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA(key): /oɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /oə/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA(key): /o(ː)ɹ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophones: ore, o'er; or (horse–hoarse merger); aw, awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) === Noun === oar (plural oars) A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat. Synonym: paddle An oarsman; a rower. (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === oar (third-person singular simple present oars, present participle oaring, simple past and past participle oared) (literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === AOR, AoR, ora, aro, Roa, ARO, ROA, Ora, Rao == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian other. === Adjective === oar other different ==== Inflection ==== This adjective needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== feroarje ==== Further reading ==== “oar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011