# lidar
## English
### Etymology

Blend of light +‎ radar

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈlaɪdɑɹ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈlaɪdɑː/
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* Rhymes: -aɪdɑː(ɹ)

### Noun

lidar (plural lidars)
* The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.

#### Synonyms

* LIDAR (acronym of "light detection and ranging")

#### Derived terms

* active lidar

#### Related terms

* radar

#### See also

* sonar

### Anagrams

* Laird, drail, laird, larid, liard

## French
### Noun

lidar m (plural lidars)
* lidar

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lidar, from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”). Compare Spanish lidiar. Doublet of litigar, which is a borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liˈðaɾ/

### Verb

lidar (first-person singular present lido, first-person singular preterite lidei, past participle lidado)
* to deal with, to handle
* to fight, to struggle
    Synonym: loitar
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 316:Et sabede que en todo o muro nõ ouuo y torre nẽ cubete nẽ arca hu algũ home podesse estar lidando en que nõ estouesse syna ou pendón de féuera cõ bandas d'ouroYou must know that in all the wall there were neither tower nor turret nor brattice where a man can be fighting and where there were not a banner or standard of thread [of silk] and stripes of gold
* to bullfight
    Synonym: tourear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* lide
* litigar
* litixio

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lidar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lidar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lidar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lidar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “lidar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lidar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lidar, lidear, from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”). Compare Spanish lidiar and Italian litigare (“to quarrel”). Doublet of litigar, which was a borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /liˈda(ʁ)/ [liˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /liˈda(ʁ)/ [liˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /liˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /liˈda(ʁ)/ [liˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /liˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /liˈdaɾ/ [liˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /liˈdaɾ/ [liˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /liˈda.ɾi/ [liˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: li‧dar

### Verb

lidar (first-person singular present lido, first-person singular preterite lidei, past participle lidado)
* to deal with, to handle
    Synonyms: reagir, ocupar-se
    Não sei como lidar com isso.I don't know how to handle it.
* to fight, to struggle
    Synonyms: combater, lutar
* to bullfight
    Synonyms: correr, tourear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* lide
* litigar
* litígio

### Further reading

* “lidar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “lidar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “lidar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “lidar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “lidar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “lidar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025