Tar

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 3 Swedish 3.1 Verb

English

Noun

tar

1. A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. Coal tar.
3. A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
4. (slang, dated) A sailor.

Related terms

• coal tar
• mineral tar
• Tar Heel
• tar water
• tar board
• wood tar

Translations

• Catalan: quitrà m (1,3), quitrà de carbó m (2)
• Esperanto: gudro
• Spanish: alquitrán m (1,2,3)
• Swedish: tjära c (1-3)

Verb

tar

1. To coat with tar.

Translations

• Catalan: enquitranar
• Esperanto: gudri
• Spanish: alquitranar
• Swedish: tjära

Related terms

• tar and feather

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Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

tar (pres. tagann or tig, past tháinig, past autonomous thángthas, fut. tiocfaidh, v.n. teacht, p.p. tagtha)

1. to come

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Swedish

Verb

1. present tense of ta