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English

Pronunciation

Etymology
From ON. gervi.

Noun
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1. uncountable equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. countable a wheel with grooves (tooth|teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
3. countable a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
4. countable A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque

Translations
trans-top|equipment of paraphernalia
Finnish: varusteet p
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trans-top|a wheel with grooves
Finnish: hammasratas, ratas
French: engrenage m
German: Zahnrad n
Latvian: zobrats m
Portuguese: engrenagem
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Slovak: ozubené koleso n
Spanish: engranage m
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trans-top|a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
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Slovak: prevod m
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trans-top|motor car transmission
German: Gangschaltung f
Italian: cambio m
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Derived terms
change gear
change gears
gear lever
gear shift
gear up
shift gear
shift gears

Verb
to gear

1. To fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

Translations
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ttbc|Spanish: engranar

Interjection
gear!

1. (mostly British (Scouse?)) great or fantastic

Frisian

Adverb
gear

1. together

Category:Frisian adverbs

Old English

Etymology
wikipedia|J�ran
Common Germanic *jaeram, from Indo-European *y�r-. Cognate with Old Frisian j�r, Old Saxon j�r (Dutch jaar), Old High German j�r (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish år), Gothic ���. The IE root is also the source of Greek ὡ�α �season�, Russian ��а, Czech jaro, Lithuanian jore �springtime�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/jæ:ar/

Noun
unicode|ġ�ar n (plural unicode|ġ�ar)

1. year

#: �is wæs feorþes geares his rices: this was in the fourth year of his reign. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

1. the runic character � (/j/)

Alternative forms
ger#Old English|ġ�r

Derived terms
geardagas|ġ�ardagas

Descendants
English year

Category:Old English nouns

Portuguese

Etymology
Latin gelare

Pronunciation
IPA|�ɨ�aɾ

Verb
gear

1. freeze

Category:Portuguese verbs

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