vara-
Finnish
Etymology
< vara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ-/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝-]
Prefix
vara-
- extra, spare, contingency, safety, emergency
- 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
- (extra): ylimääräinen
- (emergency): hätä-
Derived terms
Finnish terms prefixed with vara-
Further reading
- “vara-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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-
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