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

Consumers and businessmen rushed to borrow, spend and invest, hustling to convert their cash into goods or services before the value of the dol lar declined still further.

From Time Magazine Archive

GM's fall offerings follow a simi lar theme: front-wheel-drive cars with a high-tech look.

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