tar

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. (uncountable, usually) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
3. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
4. (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.

Verb

1. (transitive) To coat with tar.
2. (transitive) To besmirch.

Verb

To create a tar archive.

Conceptes

quitrà

enquitranar

quitrà de carbó

pega

marí

asfaltar

tar

embrear

llop de mar

asfalt

brea

mariner

Sinònims

pitch

resin

seaman

gob

old salt

asphalt

Jack

mariner

sailor

sea dog

seafarer

Jack-tar

coal tar

oil tar

bluejacket

privateer

blacktop

rosin

chian

besmear with tar

pave

bitumen

distillate

gum

tar pasta

asphaltum

mineral pitch

pay

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Traduccions

Teer

alquitrán

goudron

catrame

teer

alcatrão

πίσσα

teeren

brea

katran

alquitranar

goudronner

teren

قطران

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɑː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ter

Heretat de anglès antic: teoru

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Taar

Cognat amb frisó occidental: tarre

Cognat amb neerlandès: teer

Cognat amb alemany: Teer

Cognat amb gal·lès: derw

Cognat amb lituà: dervà

Cognat amb rus: де́рево

Cognat amb búlgar: дърво́

In summary

PIE word
*dóru
From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (“tree”).
See also Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer; also Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian де́рево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво́ (dǎrvó, “tree”). More at tree.

Frases

Roads are paved with sticky tar .