vair

From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vɛə/, /vɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

vair (countable and uncountable, plural vairs)

1. (archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 323:

     Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.

2. (heraldry) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white bell shapes.

• countervair
• vairy
• varriated

• ermine
• fur
• potent

• Ravi, Riva, Viar, vari

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”).

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vair n (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) vair (fur used in heraldry)

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ/
• Homophones: vaire, vaires, vairs, ver, vers, vert, verts
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

vair m (plural vairs)

1. (heraldry) vair

• “vair” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• ravi, riva, vira, vrai

From Old French veeir, veoir, from Latin video, cognate with French voir.

vair

1. To see

   Disez-mai don, v'ez-ti pas veü un jiene là tout à l'oure ?

   Please tell me, have you seen a young man there few minutes ago ?

vair

1. Alternative form of veir

From the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

vair m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaire)

1. changeable; that may change
2. multi-colored; polychromatic
3. shining; brilliant

vair m (oblique plural vairs, nominative singular vairs, nominative plural vair)

1. vair (fur of a squirrel)

• English: vair (borrowed)
• French: vair

• (Rumantsch Grischun) vesair
• (Sursilvan) veser
• (Sutsilvan) vaser
• (Surmiran) veir
• (Puter) vzair
• (Vallader) verer

From Latin videō, vidēre.

vair

1. (Puter) to look
2. (Puter) to see