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lar

/lɑː/US/lɑɹ/

lar noun: a lar gibbon (Hylobates lar). Also the singular of lares.

Noun (1)

lar (plural lars or lares)

  1. A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).

Noun (2)

lar

  1. (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

Noun (3) capitalized: LAR

LAR (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of LAr (liquid argon)
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of low anterior resection.

Noun (4) capitalized: LAr

LAr (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of liquid argon (“a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar)”).
    Synonyms:
    Ar

Noun (5) capitalized: Lar

Lar (plural Lares)

  1. (singular) singular of Lares.
    • Lest any marvel who I am, I shall
      Briefly declare it. I am the family Lar
      Of this house whence you see me coming out.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 234

Also used as

lar is also the singular of lares.

lar is also the alternative spelling of lah.

Synonyms of lar

Forms of lar

plurallars
plurallares
alternative formlars
alternative formLAR
pluralLares

Plural of lar: lars or lares

Origin of lar

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

From Latin [Term?].

Phrases with lar

Words that rhyme with lar

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Questions about lar

What does lar mean?
Lar means a lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
What part of speech is lar?
Lar is a noun.
How do you pronounce lar?
Lar is pronounced /lɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of lar?
The plural of lar is lars.

Words near lar in the dictionary

  1. Laques
  2. laqueus
  3. laquinimod
  4. Laquisha
  5. Laquita
  6. lar
  7. lar gibbon
  8. lar gibbons
  9. Lara
  10. Larabee
  11. Larabees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lar (page history and authors); LAR (page history and authors); LAr (page history and authors); Lar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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