lar

American  

[lahr] / lɑr /

noun

plural

lares, lars

1. (initial capital letter) any of the Lares.

2. Zoology. white-handed gibbon.

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LAR ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Libya (international car registration)

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lar ² British  

/ lɑː /

noun

1. the singular of lares See lares and penates

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lar ³ British  

/ lɑː /

noun

1. dialect a boy or young man

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Etymology

Origin of lar

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1580–90

Example Sentences

And both the lar and western hook Gibbon cross forest gaps.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2020

But so popu- lar have the Klingons become over the decades that theirs is the most widely spoken fictional language in the world, according to Guinness World Records.

From Time • Jul. 21, 2016

Until last July, Welfare laws refused even to recognize the psychological motive of incentive: every penny of every dol lar earned by a welfare recipient was deducted from his benefits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Would they all authorize him, he asked, to send a circu- lar memorandum and questionnaire to their governments, inviting collaboration and suggestions as to the form which a "United States of Europe" might finally take?

From Time Magazine Archive

The word quart is supposed to be pronounced like quart, but with a ^ at the end instead of a t, but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lar\.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking