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sparr

/ˈspɑː(ɹ)/

sparr noun: an English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).

sparr: an English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
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Noun

sparr (plural sparrs)

  1. An English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).

Proper noun capitalized: Sparr

Sparr (plural Sparrs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sparr

Noun
pluralsparrs
Proper noun
pluralSparrs

Origin of sparr

Likely from Middle English *spar, from Old Norse sparr, spǫrr (“sparrow”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”). Doublet of sparrow.

Questions about sparr

What does sparr mean?
Sparr means an English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
What part of speech is sparr?
Sparr can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sparr?
Sparr is pronounced /ˈspɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of sparr?
The plural of sparr is sparrs.

Words near sparr in the dictionary

  1. sparmakers
  2. sparmaking
  3. sparoid
  4. sparoids
  5. SPARQL
  6. sparr
  7. sparra
  8. sparras
  9. sparre
  10. sparred
  11. sparrer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sparr (page history and authors); Sparr (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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