scar

Significat (English)

Noun

1. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
2. A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
3. Any permanent mark resulting from damage.

Verb

1. To mark the skin permanently.
2. To form a scar.
3. To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

Synonyms

cicatrix

cicatrice

mark

wound

scratch

blemish

bruise

cut

gash

injury

welt

scab

stain

mole

trace

weal

pock

scrape

defect

spot

hurt

pit

drawback

sore

stab

track

ugly

notch

birthmark

brand

scarify

scarred

wound mark

ruin

scars

aim

score

sign

slice

spasm

split

traces

twitch

vaccination

vestige

wheal

scotch

fingernail mark

leave traces

remain imprinted

old wound

old unpleasant incident

scabbing

cat-face

displacement cliff

shore platform

scathe

blotch

bump

callosity

cauterise

change

chop

cicatrize

cliff

congeal

corn

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cramp

cutting

defacement

dint

disfigurement

dye

excrescence

flaw

glue

hack

hair

half

heal

impression

imprint

incision

injure

marks

precipice

ravages

remains

rock

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/skɑɹ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: scar

Cognate with nòrdic antic: skor

Cognate with anglès antic: sċeard

Inherited from anglès mitjà: scarre

Cognate with islandès: sker

Cognate with noruec: skjær

Cognate with suec: skär

Cognate with danès: skær

Cognate with alemany: Schäre

In summary

From Middle English scar, scarre, a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch, score”), Old English sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard.
Displaced native Old English dolgswæþ.