# rar
## Translingual
### Symbol

rar
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Cook Islands Māori.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Rarotongan terms

## English
### Noun

rar (plural rars)
* Alternative letter-case form of RAR

### Anagrams

* arr

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* raru

### Etymology

From Latin rārus (“seldom”). Compare Romanian rar.

### Adjective

rar
* sparse, thin
* scarce, few
* rare, unusual, uncommon

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rārus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrar]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Adjective

rar (feminine rara, masculine plural rars, feminine plural rares)
* rare (very uncommon; scarce)
    Antonym: comú
* strange, odd
    Synonyms: estrany, anormal
    Antonym: normal
* rare (of a gas: thin)

#### Derived terms

* rarament
* raresa
* rarificar

#### Related terms

* raritat

### References

* “rar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “rar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “rar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German rar (“rare, valuable”), ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“loose, sparse, rare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːr/, [ʁɑːˀ]
* Rhymes: -aːˀr

### Adjective

rar
* pleasant
* kind
* nice

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Synonyms

* dejlig
* kærlig
* sød

## German
### Etymology

From Latin rārus, chiefly through French rare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raːr/, [ʁaː(ɐ̯)], [ʁaːʁ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːɐ̯, -aː
* Homophone: Rah (many speakers)

### Adjective

rar (strong nominative masculine singular rarer, comparative rarer, superlative am rarsten)
* scarce; seldom found and therefore in demand
    Synonyms: begehrt, dünn gesät, gefragt, gesucht, knapp, spärlich
* (rare, dated) rare, infrequent (in general)
    Synonyms: selten, unüblich

#### Derived terms

* Rarität

### Further reading

* “rar” in Duden online
* “rar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Luxembourgish
### Adjective

rar (masculine raren, neuter raart, comparative méi rar, superlative am raarsten)
* rare

#### Synonyms

* seelen
net vill Rares sinn:
* to be nothing special, to be good for nothing

### Adverb

rar
* rarely

## Mokilese
### Verb

rar
* (stative) to be split

#### Derived terms

* karara

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”).

### Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarere, indefinite superlative rarest, definite superlative rareste)
* strange

#### Synonyms

* merkelig

### References

* “rar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin rārus (“seldom; rare”). False friend of Swedish rar, Danish rar and English rare, although being etymologically related to all of them.

### Adjective

rar (neuter singular rart, definite singular and plural rare, comparative rarare, indefinite superlative rarast, definite superlative raraste)
* strange

#### Synonyms

* merkeleg
* snål

### References

* “rar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rārus (“seldom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: rar

### Adjective

rar m or n (feminine singular rară, masculine plural rari, feminine and neuter plural rare)
* sparse, thin
* scarce, few
* rare, unusual, uncommon

#### Declension
### Adverb

rar
* sparsely, thinly
* seldom, rarely, infrequently
* (of speaking) slowly
    Vă rog să vorbiți mai rar.Please speak more slowly.

#### Usage notes

For the temporal senses, the literal definition found in the Romanian dictionary DEX indicates a meaning like "at longer intervals of time than usual", which explains the usage related to speech.

#### Derived terms

* rareori

#### Related terms

* raritate

### References

* rar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German rar, ultimately borrowed from Latin rarus. False friend of Norwegian rar, Danish rar and English rare, although being etymologically related to all of them.

### Adjective

rar (comparative rarare, superlative rarast)
* sweet (agreeable in a tender, charming way)
    en snäll och rar flickaa kind and sweet girl
* (archaic) rare
    Synonyms: sällsynt, ovanlig

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* snälla rara

### References

* rar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* rar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* rar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* arr

## Tashelhit
### Verb

rar
* to give back, return
    Irbbi rar d warra askka.Please return the book tomorrow.
* to throw up, vomit
    Ssntiɣ ad ttrraɣ.I started to vomit.

## Zazaki
### Noun

rar (c)
* different
* way