Lars

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Lares. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Alternative form of lar (“Etruscan title”). alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.

    "Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

Synonyms

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arar lar(l)household deitylar gibbonlar gibbon

Example

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"Lars is Swedish, his parents are German, his wife Ana is French, his father-in-law is Italian, his mother-in-law is Portuguese and he has a Japanese son."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.

Etymology 2

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

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