vair
English
/vɛə/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
- (tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English veir borrowed from Old French vair derived from Latin varius (various, variegated, diverse, different, parti-colored, etc, manifold, also changing, fickle, changeable).
Origin
Latin
varius
Gloss
various, variegated, diverse, different, parti-colored, etc, manifold, also changing, fickle, changeable
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- countervair English
- variometer English
- varicolor Latin
- variegāre Latin
- varietas Latin
- vario Latin
- variola Latin
- varius Latin
- abbagliare Italian
- vaio Italian
- vario Italian
- vair Dutch, Flemish
- vair French
- vario Spanish, Castilian
- vero Spanish, Castilian
- vário Portuguese
- veir Middle English
- ware Middle English
- véir Irish
- vair Old French
- varieux Middle French
- veiro Old Portuguese
- vàrio Ligurian