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wikipedia|dab=tar (disambiguation)|tar
English

Etymology
From OE. teru, teoru, from Germanic *terwo-, probably a derivation of *trewo- ( > English tree), from Indo-European *drew �tree�. Cognate with Dutch teer, German Teer, Swedish tjära.

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/t��/
italbrac|US IPA|/t�ɻ/
audio|en-us-tar.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)

Noun
wikipedia|tar|tar (viscous substance)
en-noun

1. uncountable A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. coal tar|Coal tar.
3. uncountable A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
4. context|slang|dated A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
5. computing a program for archiving files, common on Unix
6. computing a file produced by such a program

Derived terms
coal tar
mineral tar
tar board
Tar Heel
tar water
tarmacadam, tarmac
tarpaulin
wood tar

Translations
trans-top|substance
Albanian: katran
Arabic: ARchar|�طرا�|��ط�را� (qa.tr�n)
Bosnian: katran#Bosnian|katran m
Catalan: quitrà m
Croatian: katran#Croatian|katran m
Dutch: teer
Esperanto: gudro
Finnish: terva
French: goudron m
German: Teer m
Hungarian: kátrány
trans-mid
Icelandic: tjara f
Italian: catrame m
Kurdish: qîr f, qetran f
Portuguese: alcatrão m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ка��ан#Serbian|ка��ан m
:Roman: katran#Serbian|katran m
Spanish: alquitrán m
Swedish: tjära c
Turkish: katran#Turkish|katran
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trans-top|coal tar
Catalan: quitrà de carbó m
Dutch: koolteer
Esperanto: gudro
Finnish: kivihiiliterva
Icelandic: tjara f
trans-mid
Italian: catrame m
Spanish: alquitrán m
Swedish: tjära c
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trans-top|byproduct of tobacco smoke
Catalan: quitrà m
Dutch: teer
Esperanto: gudro
Finnish: terva
Icelandic: tjara f
trans-mid
Italian: catrame m
Portuguese: alcatrão m
Spanish: alquitrán m
Swedish: tjära c
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trans-top|sailor
Bosnian: mornar m
Finnish: pikipöksy
Icelandic: sjóari m, sjómaður m
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: мо�на� m
:Roman: mornar m
Swedish: beckbyxa
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Verb
tar

1. To coat with tar.
2. computing To create a tar archive.

Translations
; to coat with tar
Catalan: enquitranar
Esperanto: gudri
Finnish: tervata
Icelandic: tjarga
Spanish: alquitranar
Swedish: tjära

Related terms
tar and feather

Category:English concrete nouns

Hungarian

Adjective
tar

1. bald

Category:Hungarian adjectives

Irish

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-tar.ogg|Audio (US)

IPA|[tar]

Verb
tar (present|pres. tagann or tig, past tháinig, past autonomous thángthas, future|fut. tiocfaidh, verbal noun|v.n. teacht, past participle|p.p. tagtha)

1. to come

Category:Irish verbs

Maltese

Etymology
From Ar.|mt ARchar|طار (unicode|�á:ra, to fly)

Verb
tar

1. fly

Category:Maltese verbs

Swedish

Verb
tar

1. present tense of ta

Category:Swedish verb forms

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sv:tar
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• 2007-12-02 15:52 - 16@r - /* Noun */ linking "coal tar" & +WP

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