vara-

See also: Väärä, väärä, Vaara, vaara, våra, vara, VARA, vára, varā, vāra, vară, Vara, văra, вара, vära, вяра, варя, væra, and Вяра

Finnish

Etymology

< vara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ-/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝-]

Prefix

vara-

1. extra, spare, contingency, safety, emergency

   varakengät ― extra pair of shoes

   vararengas ― spare tyre

   varasuunnitelma ― contingency plan

   varaventtiili ― safety valve

   varalaskupaikka ― emergency landing strip

2. vice, deputy, lieutenant, assistant, (sports) substitute, second-string

   varapresidentti ― vice president

   varajäsen ― deputy member

   varakuvernööri ― lieutenant governor

   varaprofessori ― assistant professor

   varapuolustaja ― substitute defenceman

Synonyms

• (extra): ylimääräinen
• (emergency): hätä-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with vara-

Further reading

• “vara-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Icelandic

Prefix

vara-

1. signifies being spare, extra or of or pertaining to an emergency

Derived terms

Derived terms

• varaaflgjafi (uninterruptible power supply, UPS)
• varaaflstöð (a standby power unit)
• varaaflstöð fyrir fjarskiptabúnað (a radio reserve source of energy)
• varaáætlun (a contingency plan, a back-up plan)
• varabirgðir (stockpiles)
• varabúnaður (spare equipment)
• varaeintak af skrá (a back-up file)
• varaeldsneyti (reserve fuel)
• varaflugvöllur á flugleið (en-route alternate aerodrome)
• varaflugvöllur á flugleið í fjarflugi (ETOPS en-route alternate)
• varaflugvöllur ákvörðunarstaðar (destination alternate aerodrome)
• varaflugvöllur (alternate aerodrome)
• varaflugvöllur fyrir flugtak (take-off alternate aerodrome)
• varaflutningsgeta (reserve capacity)
• varaformaður (deputy chairperson, a vice-chairman)
• varaforseti (vice-president)
• varaforði (a reserve)
• varafulltrúi
• varahamur (failover)
• varahjól (spare wheel)
• varahlutir af samsvarandi gæðum (spare parts of matching quality)
• varahlutur í skip (ship's spare part)
• varahlutur (spare part, replacement part)
• varahlutur til endursölu (reselling part)
• varahreyfill (replacement engine)
• varakjörræðismaður (honorary vice-consul)
• varakonungur
• varalið (reserves; in sports the reserve team)
• varalögmaður
• varamaður (an alternate, a deputy, a substitute, a stand-in)
• varaoddviti
• varaorka (back-up electricity)
• varaóðalsstjóri (backup domain controller, BDC)
• varaprófastur
• varaprófunarstoð (substitute test beam)
• varaprófun (substitute test)
• vararaforkuvinnslukerfi (back up electrical generation system)
• vararás (alternate track, alternative track)
• vararein (alternate track, alternative track)
• vararæðismaður (vice-consul)
• varasendiherra (deputy chief of mission)
• varasjóður Bandalagsins (Community reserve)
• varasjóður (reserve fund, segregated reserve, reserve)
• varastöð (hot site)
• varastýrisbúnaður (auxiliary steering gear)
• varatæki (spare instrument)
• varaúrræði (standby mechanism)
• varaviðtakandi (alternate recipient)

See also

• Category of Icelandic terms prefixed with vara-