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lar.

home (place or building where one dwells)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlaɾ/
  1. home (place or building where one dwells)

    masculine
    Miña casiña meu lar.
  2. fireside

    masculine
  3. hearth

    masculine
  4. a household or ancestral god in ancient Rome

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin larem (“guardian spirit; home”), from Etruscan.

noun
  1. clay

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Suevic or borrowed from Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.