vara

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) rod, pole (a long thin stick)
2. (feminine) rod (a thin cane or branch)
3. (feminine) rod (a staff of office)
4. (feminine) lance
5. (feminine,historical) vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm)
6. (feminine,historical) vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²)
7. (feminine) yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length)
8. (feminine,figuratively) yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)

Adj

feminine singular of varo

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of varar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of varar:

Concepts

rod

pole

stick

staff

shaft

bar

cane

spar

stave

wand

handle

stake

switch

baton

twig

wood

club

fishing rod

birch

sprig

rood

tree

stem

ruler

spear

scepter

sceptre

verge

withe

withy

vara

yardstick

pallet

Hyphenated as

va‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbaɾa/

Etymology

From Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese vara.