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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "lar"}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Lares}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|lār||[[ancestral]] [[deity]] or [[spirit]]}} from {{der|en|ett|-}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/lɑː/|a=RP}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lar.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/lɑɹ/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑː(ɹ)|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|lares}}

# {{lb|en|Roman mythology|mostly|in the plural}} {{singular of|en|lares|nodot=a}}: a [[household god]], [[particularly]] [[oversee]]ing the [[family]] [[itself]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1974|passage=Would the great emperor’s '''lar''', free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses?|author=Guy Davenport|title=Tatlin!}}
# The [[lar gibbon]].

=====Usage notes=====
The gibbon is pluralized as {{m|en|lars}}. The Latin household gods usually appear as the {{m|en|plurale tantum}} {{m|en|Lares}}, following its Latin plural form and capitalized to denote a particular group of lares; the alternative forms {{m|en|Lars}}, {{m|en|lares}}, and {{m|en|lars}} sometimes appear.

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|en|la|}}.<!--[L., Etruscan larth, lord.]-->

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|lars}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{lb|en|historical}} {{n-g|An [[Etruscan]] [[title]], properly peculiar to the [[eldest]] [[son]], but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.}}

====References====
* Chambers 1908.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=alr|ALR|LRA}}

{{C|en|Lesser apes}}

==Albanian==

===Etymology===
Borrowed through {{bor|sq|VL.|-}} from {{bor|sq|la|laurus}}.<ref>{{R:sq:Topalli|page=862}}</ref><ref>{{R:sq:Orel|page=213-214}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sq|/laɾ/}}

===Noun===
{{sq-noun|m|larë|lari|larët}}

# {{lb|sq|botany}} [[laurel]] ({{taxfmt|Laurus nobilis|species}})

====Declension====
{{sq-noun-m|ë}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|sq|dafinë}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sq|larëz}}, {{l|sq|larth}}, {{l|sq|larushkë}}

===References===
<references/>

==Bavarian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|bar|laar|laa}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bar|goh|lāri}}, from {{inh|bar|gmw-pro|*lāʀi}}, from {{inh|bar|gem-pro|*lēziz}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|leer}}, {{cog|nl|laar}}, {{cog|en|leer}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bar|/ˈlɑː/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|bar|adjective}}

# [[empty]]

==Galician==
[[File:Lareira o cocina.jpg|thumb|Traditional ''lar'' or ''lareira'']]

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gl|la|lar|larem|guardian spirit; home}}, from {{der|gl|ett|-}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|gl|/ˈlaɾ/}}

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# [[home]] {{gloss|place or building where one dwells}}
#: {{ux|gl|''Miña casiña meu '''lar'''.''|My house, my '''home'''.}}
# [[fireside]]
# [[hearth]]
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=1485|editor=Antonio López Ferreiro|title=Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática|location=Santiago|publisher=Tipografía Galaica|page=286
|passage=''iten vnna caldeyra de trager agoa, iten hua caldeyra de sobre do '''lar''', iten dous caldeyros de mao''
|translation=''item, a bucket for carrying water; item a cauldron for hanging over the '''hearth'''; item two hand cauldrons''}}
# a [[household]] or ancestral [[god]] in ancient Rome

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|home}} {{l|gl|casa}}, {{l|gl|fogar}}
* {{sense|fireside}} {{l|gl|lareira}}
* {{sense|hearth}} {{l|gl|ástrago}}, {{l|gl|larega}}, {{l|gl|sollo}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|gl|larada}}
* {{l|gl|lareira||fireplace}}
* {{l|gl|larengo||piglet}}
* {{l|gl|lariño||nest}} (snug residence)

===Etymology 2===
Perhaps from {{der|gl|gem-sue|-}} or borrowed from {{der|gl|non|leir||clay, mud}}, from {{der|gl|gem-pro|*laiza-|t=clay}}, probably from {{der|gl|ine-pro|*h₂leyH-|t=to smear}}.

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# [[clay]]
#: {{syn|gl|arxila|xiz|toba|sarso|xarzo|greda}}

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Latin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|la|lars}}

===Etymology===
Probably from {{der|la|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓}}, {{m|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔}}, or {{m|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈||lord}}, though it could possibly be from {{der|la|ine-pro|*las-||eager}}, cognate with {{m|la|lascivus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|lār}}

===Noun===
{{wikipedia|Lares}}
{{la-noun|lār/lar<3>|g=m}}

# the protective spirit of a place, particularly a household
# [[home]], [[household]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|lār/lar<3>}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|la|Larēs}}

====Descendants====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|it|lare}}
* {{desc|ast|llar}}
* {{desc|ca|llar}}
* {{desc|en|lar}}
* {{desc|gl|lar}}
* {{desc|pt|lar}}
* {{desc|es|lar}}, {{desc|es|llar|nolb=1}}
{{bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S|Lar|Lar2}}
* {{R:Peck}}
* {{R:Smith's Persons}}
* {{R:itc:EDL}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|lore}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Verb===
{{nb-verb-form}}

# {{infl of|nb|la||pres|tense}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Verb===
{{head|nn|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nn|la||pres|tense}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*laiʀu}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*laizō}}, from {{m|gem-pro|*laizijaną|t=to teach}}. Cognate with {{cog|osx|lēra}}, {{cog|nl|leer}}, {{cog|goh|lēra}} ({{cog|de|Lehre}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|lār}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|head=lār|f|lāre}}

# [[teaching]], [[learning]], [[education]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/116/mode/2up "Passion of Saint Sebastian, Martyr"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Sebastianus hatte sum halig godes ðegn se wæs lange on '''lare''' on mediolana byrig and wearð on criste gefullod mid fullum geleafan.|There was a holy servant of God, called Sebastian, who was a long time in the city of Milan for '''education''', and was baptized into Christ with full faith.}}
# [[lesson]]
# [[teaching]]
# [[doctrine]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/314/mode/2up?q= "Saint George, Martyr"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra '''lāre''' forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.|Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' '''doctrine''', and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'}}
# [[advice]], [[counsel]]
# [[school]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/26/mode/2up "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Ða befæste se fæder philippus to '''lare''' þæt heo on woruld-wysdome wǣre getogen æfter greciscre uðwytegunge and lǣdenre getingnysse.|Then her father Philip put her to '''school''' that she might be educated in worldly wisdom according to the Greek philosophy and Latin eloquence.}}

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lār}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|bōclār}}
* {{l|ang|mislār}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ang|lǣran}}
* {{l|ang|lǣring}}
* {{l|ang|lǣrestre}}
* {{l|ang|lǣringmǣden}}
* {{l|ang|lǣringmann}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|lore}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}
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===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|ett}}
{{lbor|pl|la|lār}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Jest Spoczko-lar.wav|hh=Lar}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-anml}}

# {{senseid|pl|god}} {{lb|pl|Roman mythology|chiefly|in plural}} {{l|en|lar}} {{gl|household god, particularly overseeing the family itself}}
# {{senseid|pl|ape}} {{l|en|lar}}, [[lar gibbon]], [[common gibbon]], [[white-handed gibbon]] {{gl|{{taxlink|Hylobates lar|species}}}}
#: {{syn|pl|gibon białoręki}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-anml}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia}}

{{C|pl|Lesser apes}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pt|la|lar|larem|guardian spirit}}, likely from {{der|pt|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓}}, {{m|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔}}, or {{m|ett|𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈||lord}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|larh}}
* {{IPA|pt|/laɹ/|a=Caipira Brazil}}
* {{rhymes|pt|aɾ|s=1}}
* {{hyph|pt|lar}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|affectionate}} [[home]] {{gloss|place or building where one dwells}}
#: {{syn|pt|casa}}
#: {{ux|pt|Não há lugar como o nosso '''lar'''.|There is no place like '''home'''.}}
# [[hearth]] {{gloss|place in a home for lighting fires}}
#: {{syn|pt|lareira}}
# the surface of a baking [[oven]]

====Usage notes====
''Lar'' is not as used as loosely as English ''home''. ''Lar'' is used to express affection to one’s abode; in other contexts, {{m|pt|casa}} is used instead.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|pt|do lar}}
* {{l|pt|lar, doce lar}}
* {{l|pt|lareira}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|es|la|lār|lārem}}, in its current form most likely a learned borrowing.<ref>{{R:es:DCECH}}</ref> A popular or inherited form also existed, referring to the irons in a hearth on which vats were hung to heat water or make stews. The word may ultimately be of {{der|es|ett|-}} origin. {{doublet|es|llar}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# [[hearth]]
#: {{syn|es|hogar}}

====See also====
{{col-auto|es|casa<g:f>}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Fire}}