# vare
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

vare (plural vares)
* A wand or staff of authority or justice.
** 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
    His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

### See also

* vare widgeon

### References

* “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* AVRE, Rave, Vera, aver, evar, rave, vera

## Albanian
### Etymology

From var.

### Noun

vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)
* hammer, Large hammer

#### Declension
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvarɛ]

### Noun

vare
* vocative singular of var

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaːrə/, [ˈʋɑːɑ]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).

#### Noun

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)
* article
* commodity
* item
* (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

##### Declension
#### References

* “vare,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “Vare,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.

#### Noun

vare c
* protection
    only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)

#### References

* “vare,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “Vare,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).

#### Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
* to last, take (to have a certain duration)

##### Conjugation

activepassive
present
varer
past
varede
infinitive
vare
imperative
var
participle
present
varende
past
varet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
varen :

##### Derived terms

* vare ved
* varig
* vedvare
* stedsevarende
* længerevarende

#### References

* “vare,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “vare,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 4

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).

#### Verb

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
* (transitive, archaic) to warn
** 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185
    Bodil vilde have sagt, at det var Guds Stemme, der varede ham og kaldte.Bodil would have said that it was God's voice that was warning and calling him.
* (transitive, archaic) to guard
    in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"
* (reflexive) to be careful, beware
** 1970, Willy-August Linnemann, Det andet Europa‎:I hvert andet sving har man den herligste udsigt over Nauplionbugten, og i hvert tredje må man vare sig mod de skønne grækerinders opkastninger.In every other curve, one has the most wonderful view over the Nafplio Bay, and in every third curve, one must beware of the vomits of the beautiful Greek ladies.

##### Conjugation

activepassive
present
varer
past
varede
infinitive
vare
imperative
var
participle
present
varende
past
varet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
varen :

##### Derived terms

* advare
* forvare
* varsel

#### References

* “vare,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “vare,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

vare
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of varen

### Anagrams

* rave

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.

### Noun

vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)
* ruin (construction withered by time)

#### Declension
## Galician
### Verb

vare
* inflection of varar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯aː.re/, [ˈu̯äːrɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.re/, [ˈväːre]

### Adjective

vāre
* vocative masculine singular of vārus

## Middle English
### Noun

vare
* Alternative form of fare

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

#### Noun

vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
* an article or item (of goods)
    varer og tjenester ― goods and services
* a commodity
* (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

##### Derived terms

* eksportvare
* feilvare
* ferskvare
* gisselvare
* jernvare
* luksusvare
* maskinvare
* matvare
* merkevare
* programvare
* skadevare
* sukkervare
* utpressingsvare
* varebil
* varehus
* varelager
* varemerke

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari.

#### Noun

vare (indeclinable)
* caution, protection

##### Derived terms

* ta vare på
* ivareta
* ta seg i vare

### Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være.

#### Verb

vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)
* to last, take (a duration of time)

##### Derived terms

* advare
* varig
* vedvare

### References

* “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

#### Noun

vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
* an article or item (of goods)
* a commodity
* (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

##### Derived terms

* eksportvare
* feilvare
* ferskvare
* jarnvare, jernvare
* luksusvare
* maskinvare
* matvare
* merkevare
* programvare
* sukkervare
* varebil
* varehus
* varelager
* varemerke

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vara.

#### Alternative forms

* vara (a- and split infinitives)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ʋɑ(ː).rɑ/

#### Verb

vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)
* to watch, keep
** 1968, O.Havdal, Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700:Det var fleire som gjerne ville vere godvener med tussom for det lønt seg. Gamla i Groeggen sa alltid: "Var dokk", når ho slo ut varmt vatn.There were many who gladly wished to be good friends with the Subterraneans, because it paid off itself. The Old Lady in Groeggen was always saying "Watch you (out)!" when she threw away hot water.
* to warn

##### Derived terms

* varsel
* varskrik
* varsku
* åtvaring

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse vari.

#### Noun

vare m
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Derived terms

* ta vare på

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

vare
* definite singular of var
* plural of var

### References

* “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* arve, Arve, erva, evar, rave, reva, vear, vera, vêra, Vera

## Old Swedish
### Verb

vare
* first/second/third-person singular subjunctive past of vara
* first/second/third-person plural subjunctive past of vara

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* वरे (Devanagari script)
* ৰরে (Bengali script)
* වරෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ဝရေ (Burmese script)
* วเร or วะเร (Thai script)
* ᩅᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ວເຣ or ວະເຣ (Lao script)
* វរេ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

vare
* inflection of vara (“excellent”):
** masculine/neuter locative singular
** masculine accusative plural
** feminine vocative singular

### Noun

vare
* locative singular of vara (“wish”)

### Verb

vare
* first/second/third-person singular optative active of varati (“to wish”)

## Portuguese
### Verb

vare
* inflection of varar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)
* third-person plural present of variti

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaɾe/ [ˈba.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -aɾe
* Syllabification: va‧re

### Verb

vare
* inflection of varar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²vɑːrɛ/
* Rhymes: -²ɑːrɛ

### Verb

vare
* (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be
    Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.

#### Usage notes

Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.

#### Derived terms

* tack vare
* vare sig

#### See also

* vore

### Phrase

vare
* (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).
    Vem vare som kasta[de]?Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")

### Anagrams

* Vera, evar