tare

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛə/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɛ(ə)ɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /teː/, /teə/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /tiə/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /teə/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /tɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophone: tear (“rip”) Dialect dependent homophones: tier (“layer or rank”) (cheer–chair merger), tear (“liquid in eye”) (cheer–chair merger) ==== Noun ==== tare (plural tares) (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa) Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel. (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. Matthew 13:25 (KJV) But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. ===== Derived terms ===== slender tare (Vicia parviflora) hairy tare (Vicia hirsuta) smooth tare (Vicia tetrasperma) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛə/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɛ(ə)ɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /teː/, /teə/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophone: tear (“rip”) ==== Noun ==== tare (countable and uncountable, plural tares) The empty weight of a container; unladen weight. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== cloff gross net tret ==== Verb ==== tare (third-person singular simple present tares, present participle taring, simple past and past participle tared) (chiefly business and law) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point. 2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63, Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing. ===== Usage notes ===== In measuring instruments other than balances, this process is usually called zeroing. ===== Synonyms ===== (to set a zero value): zero ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛə/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɛɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /teː/, /teə/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophone: tear (“rip”) ==== Verb ==== tare (obsolete) simple past of tear === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Japanese 垂(た)れ (tare, “sauce, gravy”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɹeɪ/ ==== Noun ==== tare (uncountable) Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce. === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== tare (plural tares) Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”). === Further reading === “tare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === References === === Anagrams === 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, arte-, rate, tear, tera- == Champenois == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French terre, from Latin terra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tar/ === Noun === tare f (plural tares) (Troyen) soil, ground === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin tara or Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “rubbish, refuse”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to reject, to deduct”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taʁ/ === Noun === tare f (plural tares) (archaic) deficiency defect, vice, flaw tare (empty weight) ==== Derived terms ==== tarer ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: tară === Further reading === “tare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === âtre, rate, raté == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: tà‧re === Noun === tare f plural of tara === Anagrams === arte, atre, erta, etra, rate, retà, trae == Japanese == === Romanization === tare Rōmaji transcription of たれ == Middle English == === Alternative forms === thar, thare, taare, tar === Etymology === Either from an Old English *taru or borrowed from Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch tarwe; in any case, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *taru. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːr(ə)/ === Noun === tare (plural tares or taren) Vetch or tare; a member of the genus Vicia. The seed of vetch, especially in reference to something worthless. (rare) Lolium temulentum (poison darnel). ==== Descendants ==== English: tare Scots: tare, teer, tere ==== References ==== “tā̆r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 December 2018. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === tarre (dialectal, Northern Norway) === Etymology === From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Icelandic þari. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²taːrə/ Rhymes: -aːrə === Noun === tare m (definite singular taren, indefinite plural tarar, definite plural tarane) kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales) ==== Derived terms ==== == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Verb === tare singular optative active of tarati (“to cross over”) == Portuguese == === Verb === tare inflection of tarar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin tālem, accusative of tālis. The sense of "distinguished" or "so great / excellent" in Latin probably eventually became "strong" in earlier Romanian, finally taking on the more literal meaning of "hard" or "tough". Compare also atare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ta‧re === Adjective === tare m or f or n (plural tari) (of a material) hard, tough, solid (of a person, now regional or colloquial) strong (of a voice) loud, strong, powerful (of an alcoholic drink or drug) strong, hard fierce, vehement, intense, vigorous mighty, durable, lasting, sturdy (colloquial, slightly dated) cool ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (hard): dur (strong): puternic ==== Derived terms ==== întări === Adverb === tare strongly fast (informal, often ironic) very out loud ==== Related terms ==== atare cutare === References === “tare”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 === Anagrams === aret, arte, rate == Spanish == === Verb === tare inflection of tarar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Phrase === tare (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "ta det" (take it). Synonym: tat == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈta.ɾe] === Verb === tare (intransitive) to crawl ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh