spare

Signification (English)

Adj

1. Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
2. Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
3. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
4. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
5. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
6. Not occupied or in current use.
7. Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
8. (informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.

Noun

1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
2. Parsimony; frugal use.
3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
4. That which has not been used or expended.
5. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
6. A superfluous or second-best person.
7. The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
8. The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
9. A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
10. assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)

Verb

1. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
2. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
3. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
4. To show mercy, to have mercy on.
5. To keep.
6. To keep.
7. To keep.
8. (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

Concepts

épargner

économiser

libre

🆓

ménager

sauver

pièce de rechange

rechange

regretter

conserver

échapper

être indulgent

de réserve

maigre

pièce détachée

inutile

laisser

mettre de côté

nu

pièce

plaine

préparation

redondant

remettre

renforcer

réserve

soulager

superflu

vacant

dispenser de

excédant

laisser tranquille

levé

Ne pas déranger

roue de secours

se passer de

accessoire

cinquième roue du carrosse

aider

autre

bailler

cacher

célibataire

de rechange

donner

encourager

en trop

franc

🆓

garder

gratuit

insuffisant

Synonyms

save

reserve

extra

economize

superfluous

thin

lean

spare part

bare

free

🆓

backup

leave

redundant

leave over

conserve

scanty

frugal

surplus

fifth wheel

austere

dispense with

escape

gaunt

meager

excess

plain

unembellished

stingy

rescue

skinny

lank

unornamented

scrawny

supernumerary

pardon

afford

accord

bony

left over

allow

liberate

be economical with

not waste

use carefully

favour

loose

slim

meagre

miserly

modest

stand-by

forgive

supererogatory

omit

part with

thrifty

give

trim

pity

give up

do without

grant

preserve

administer

provide

economical

unwanted

vacant

rawboned

yield

be sparing with

help

reinforce

confer

eke out

husband

🤵

impart

spare tire

husband one’s resources

replacement

excuse

section

shamefaced

short

single

skimpy

slender

spare tyre

spare wheel

sparse

spend

spiny

standby

stand by

stark

store

switch on

terse

think a pity

tight

too much

treasure

turn on

unassuming

unnecessary

unneeded

unnoticeable

unobtrusive

unostentatious

unpretending

unpretentious

useless

weedy

withhold

worn

asthenic

boney

careful with

control oneself

deny oneself

go without

have mercy

restrain oneself

use sparingly

show mercy

be weary of

use part of something

give relief

give relief to

reserve equipment

backup unit

hate

😡

cause to remain

be temperate

in excess

abstain from something

unrequired

leave as a remainder

unfattened

be abstemious

abet

slab sided

absolve

abstain

alight

alternate

associate

austerely

avaricious

basic

begrudge

be sorry about

bewail

cede

chary

chaste

cherish

compassionate

condole

desist

disengage

dislike

dispensable

donate

duplicate

economise

emerge

except

exempt

exiguous

exit

favor

feel sorry for

find

🔍

forego

go out

greedy

grudge

guard

💂

handle

have mercy on

hillock

homely

humble

jejune

keep

lanky

leave alone

let go

let off

lowly

mean

narrow

needless

niggardly

odd

off-duty

pass

pass by

peaked

poor

preliminaries

preparation

promote

puny

quit

raw boned

ready-for-use

refrain

regret

release

repent

repent of

replace

retrench

sacrifice

save up

scant

scarce

scraggly

scraggy

second-string

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈspɛə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: spare

Inherited from ancien anglais: spær

Cognate with néerlandais: spaarzaam

Cognate with allemand: sparsam

Cognate with suédois: sparsam

Cognate with islandais: sparr

Cognate with latin: prosperus

Cognate with slavon d’église: споръ

Cognate with albanais: shperr

Cognate with persan: سپار

Cognate with grec ancien: σπαρνός

Cognate with sanskrit: स्फिर

Cognate with écossais: spar

Cognate with frison occidental: sparje

Cognate with néerlandais: sparen

Cognate with allemand: sparen

Cognate with suédois: spara

Cognate with islandais: spara

In summary

From Middle English spare, spar, from Old English spær (“sparing, scant”), from Proto-Germanic *sparaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₁rós, from the root *speh₁-.
Compare Dutch spaar(zaam), German spar(sam) and spär(lich), Swedish spar(sam), Icelandic sparr (“sparing”); also Latin (pro)sperus (“lucky”), Old Church Slavonic споръ (sporŭ, “plentiful”), Albanian shperr (“earn money”), Persian سپار (sepâr, “entrust; deposit”), Ancient Greek σπαρνός (sparnós, “rare”), Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “thick”).