vara-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vara"
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]< vara
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]vara-
- extra, spare, contingency, safety, emergency, backup, reserve, standby
- varakengät ― extra pair of shoes
- vararengas ― spare tyre
- varasuunnitelma ― contingency plan
- varaventtiili ― safety valve
- varalaskupaikka ― emergency landing strip
- vice, deputy, lieutenant, assistant, (sports) substitute, second-string
- varapresidentti ― vice president
- varajäsen ― deputy member
- varakuvernööri ― lieutenant governor
- varaprofessori ― assistant professor
- varapuolustaja ― substitute defenceman
Synonyms
[edit]- (extra): ylimääräinen
- (emergency): hätä-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Prefix
[edit]vara-
Derived terms
[edit]- 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 (“alternate aerodrome”)
- varaflugvöllur á flugleið (“en-route alternate aerodrome”)
- varaflugvöllur á flugleið í fjarflugi (“ETOPS en-route alternate”)
- varaflugvöllur ákvörðunarstaðar (“destination alternate aerodrome”)
- varaflugvöllur fyrir flugtak (“take-off alternate aerodrome”)
- varaflutningsgeta (“reserve capacity”)
- varaforði (“a reserve”)
- varaformaður (“deputy chairperson, a vice-chairman”)
- varaforseti (“vice-president”)
- varafulltrúi
- varahamur (“failover”)
- varahjól (“spare wheel”)
- varahlutir af samsvarandi gæðum (“spare parts of matching quality”)
- varahlutur (“spare part, replacement part”)
- varahlutur í skip (“ship's spare 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
- varaprófun (“substitute test”)
- varaprófunarstoð (“substitute test beam”)
- 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 (“reserve fund, segregated reserve, reserve”)
- varasjóður Bandalagsins (“Community reserve”)
- varastýrisbúnaður (“auxiliary steering gear”)
- varastöð (“hot site”)
- varatæki (“spare instrument”)
- varaúrræði (“standby mechanism”)
- varaviðtakandi (“alternate recipient”)