tarse

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑːɹs/ Rhymes: -ɑːɹs === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try. ==== Noun ==== tarse (plural tarses) (archaic) The penis. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus. ==== Noun ==== tarse (plural tarses) The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle). === Etymology 3 === Compare tassel, tiercel. ==== Noun ==== tarse (plural tarses) (falconry) A male falcon. === Anagrams === teras, -aster, reast, earst, treas., taser, setar, stare, TASer, aster-, arste, Stear, sater, stear, aster, tares, Satre, Sater, arets, tears, resat, rates, Aerts, Aters, Tesar, 'earts, Taser == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tarse m (plural tarses) tarsus === Further reading === “tarse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === tarse vocative singular of tarsus == Middle English == === Noun === tarse alternative form of ters == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarser, definite plural tarsene) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tars == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarsar, definite plural tarsane) alternative spelling of tars