Polyglot Dictionary

tear

/teˈaɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
teares

Meaning

  1. loom

    • Tecia no tear.

      She wove on the loom.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Webstuhl

Webstuhl is the German word for the same thing — both mean "loom."

Spanish

telar

telar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "loom."

Practice

1 What does tear mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tecia no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tear?

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