stare
English
editPronunciation
edit- enPR: stâr
- (General American) IPA(key): /stɛɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophone: stair
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-.
Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.
Verb
editstare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)
- (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
- Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
- (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
- to stare a timid person into submission
- (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
- staring windows or colours
- (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land:
- Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.
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Noun
editstare (plural stares)
- A persistent gaze.
- the stares of astonished passers-by
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Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”).
Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).
Noun
editstare (plural stares)
- (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]
- Synonyms: common starling, European starling
- 1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 29:
- The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […]
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “stare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “stare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, pages 5906–5907.
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Verb
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editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin stāre. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò, first-person singular past historic stétti or (traditional) stètti, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stài or stà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)
- to stay, remain
- to keep, stick [with a]
- Synonym: attenersi
- (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
- (Io) sto andando. ― I am going.
- (Io) sto andando via/me ne sto andando. ― I am leaving.
- to be up to [with a]
- to be about to [with per]
- (Io) sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.
- (mathematics) to be in relation to, to stand in relation to (in English idiom applicable to statements of analogy and/or of mathematical relationship: "to be to") [with a]
- 4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.
- (regional) to live
- to be in a certain condition
- Synonym: essere
- come stai (tu)?
- how are you?
- stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimento
- being on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise
Usage notes
editThe second person imperative (sta') has univerbated compound forms:
- sta' + mi = stammi
- sta' + ti = statti
- sta' + gli = stagli
- sta' + le = stalle
- sta' + ci = stacci
- sta' + ne = stanne
Conjugation
editinfinitive | stàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | èssere | gerund | stàndo | |||
present participle | stànte | past participle | stàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | stò1 | stài | stà1 | stiàmo | stàte | stànno |
imperfect | stàvo | stàvi | stàva | stavàmo | stavàte | stàvano |
past historic | stétti, stètti2 | stésti | stétte, stètte2 | stémmo | stéste | stéttero, stèttero2 |
future | starò | starài | starà | starémo | staréte | starànno |
conditional | starèi | starésti | starèbbe, starébbe | starémmo | staréste | starèbbero, starébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | stìa | stìa | stìa | stiàmo | stiàte | stìano |
imperfect | stéssi | stéssi | stésse | stéssimo | stéste | stéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
stài, stà' | stìa | stiàmo | stàte | stìano | ||
negative imperative | non stàre | non stìa | non stiàmo | non stàte | non stìano |
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Traditional.
Including lesser-used forms:
infinitive | stàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | èssere | gerund | stàndo | |||
present participle | stànte | past participle | stàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | stò1 | stài | stà1 | stiàmo | stàte | stànno |
imperfect | stàvo | stàvi | stàva | stavàmo | stavàte | stàvano |
past historic | stétti, stètti4, stièdi5, stiédi5, stéi6, stièi6 | stésti | stétte, stètte4, stiède5, stiéde5, stè7, stiè7 | stémmo | stéste | stéttero, stèttero4, stièdero5, stiédero5, stèttono6, stérono6, stièrono6 |
future | starò | starài | starà | starémo | staréte | starànno |
conditional | starèi | starésti | starèbbe, starébbe | starémmo | staréste | starèbbero, starébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | stìa, stèa2 | stìa, stìe2 | stìa, stèa2, stìe2 | stiàmo | stiàte | stìano, stèano2 |
imperfect | stéssi | stéssi | stésse | stéssimo | stéste | stéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
stài, stà', stà1,3 | stìa, stèa2, stìe2 | stiàmo | stàte | stìano, stèano2 | ||
negative imperative | non stàre | non stìa, non stèa2, non stìe2 | non stiàmo | non stàte | non stìano, non stèano2 |
1With syntactic gemination after the verb.
2Archaic poetic.
3Disused.
4Traditional.
5Popular or Tuscan.
6Archaic.
7Archaic or popular.
Derived terms
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editLatin
editVerb
editstāre
Lower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editstare
- inflection of stary:
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
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editNoun
editstare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
- a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)
- (dialectal, Southern Norway) a thrush
See also
edit- stær (Bokmål)
References
edit- “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editstare
- inflection of stary:
Romanian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -are
Noun
editstare f (plural stări)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | stare | starea | stări | stările | |
genitive-dative | stări | stării | stări | stărilor | |
vocative | stare, stareo | stărilor |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- stare in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
editAdjective
editstare
- inflection of star:
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse stari, from Proto-Germanic *staraz, from Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”).
Noun
editstare c
- starling (a bird)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | stare | stares |
definite | staren | starens | |
plural | indefinite | starar | starars |
definite | stararna | stararnas |
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editVerb
editstare
- (intransitive) to stay, remain
- (intransitive) to be
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
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