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Webster 1913 Edition


Vari


Va′ri

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
vari
.]
(Zool.)
The ringtailed lemur (
Lemur catta
) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vari

VA'RI

,
Noun.
In zoology, a species of quadruped, the maucauco or Lemur catta of Linne, having its tail marked with rings of black and white; a native of Madagascar. The vari of Buffon is the black maucauco, L. macaco of Linne, with the neck bearded, like a ruff.

Definition 2024


vari

vari

See also: vârî, vāri, and väri

English

Noun

vari (plural varis)

  1. (archaic) The ring-tailed lemur.


Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *warjōn. Cognates include Swedish värja, Danish værge and Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive varju, partitive varju)

  1. shadow

Declension


Finnish

Noun

vari

  1. hot weather
  2. shadow

Declension

Inflection of vari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative vari varit
genitive varin varien
partitive varia vareja
illative variin vareihin
singular plural
nominative vari varit
accusative nom. vari varit
gen. varin
genitive varin varien
partitive varia vareja
inessive varissa vareissa
elative varista vareista
illative variin vareihin
adessive varilla vareilla
ablative varilta vareilta
allative varille vareille
essive varina vareina
translative variksi vareiksi
instructive varein
abessive varitta vareitta
comitative vareineen

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Anagrams


Icelandic

Noun

vari

  1. indefinite dative singular of var

Italian

Adjective

varî (alternative spelling vari)

  1. masculine plural of vario

Noun

varî m (alternative spelling vari)

  1. plural of vario

vari m

  1. plural of varo

Verb

vari

  1. second-person singular present indicative of varare
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of varare
  3. second-person singular present subjunctive of varare
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of varare
  5. third-person singular imperative of varare

Verb

vari

  1. second-person singular present indicative of variare
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of variare
  3. second-person singular present subjunctive of variare
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of variare
  5. third-person singular imperative of variare

Anagrams


Latin

Adjective

vārī

  1. inflection of vārus:
    1. nominative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine singular
    3. genitive neuter singular
    4. vocative masculine plural

References

  • vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Latvian

Verb

vari

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of varēt
  2. 2nd person singular imperative form of varēt

Old Norse

Noun

vari m

  1. the watery substance of the blood

References

  • vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Adverb

vari (not comparable)

  1. wherein

Võro

Etymology

Related to Estonian vari, Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive var'o, partitive varjo)

  1. shadow

Declension