Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Germanic *ga-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.
Proto-Germanic *arwaz
Proto-Germanic *garwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder.
Old Norse gervibor.
Middle English gere
English gear
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Germanic *ga-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.
Proto-Germanic *arwaz
Proto-Germanic *garwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder.
Old Norse gervibor.
Middle English gere
English gear
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Meanings
(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
(countable, uncountable) Clothing; garments.
Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26:
Those Eastern winters, I can't endure 'em / So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim / Rosh Hashanah, I spend in Arizona 1990, “(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica”, in Tom Lehrer (music), The Remains of Tom Lehrer, performed by Tom Lehrer, published 2000:
Homely gear and common ware. 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
(countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
(countable) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
(countable) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter. ▸ A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of landing gear.
(slang, uncountable) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
"Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?" Emma kept running her hands nervously through her hair. "Not LSD, man; that last trip freaked me out." 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver, page 90:
getting on gear
(archaic, uncountable) Stuff.
When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose. 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Business matters; affairs; concern.
goe they both together to their geare. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30:
March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward
That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.
fi vaihteisto (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · id roda gigi (motor car transmission) · nl overbrenging (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · hu felszerelés (equipment or paraphernalia) · pt marcha (motor car transmission) · fr matos (equipment or paraphernalia) · hu cucc (equipment or paraphernalia) · es pertrechos (equipment or paraphernalia) · es macundales (equipment or paraphernalia) · tl ngiplong (motor car transmission) · da gear (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · hu holmi (equipment or paraphernalia) · gd uidheam (equipment or paraphernalia) · ro cutie de viteze (motor car transmission) · fr engrenage (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es recado (equipment or paraphernalia) · ga acmhainn (equipment or paraphernalia) · es merca ((slang) recreational drugs) · es bártulos (equipment or paraphernalia) · et käik (motor car transmission) · es engrane (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ja ギア (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · yue 波 (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ga gléasra (equipment or paraphernalia) · es apero (equipment or paraphernalia) · pt equipamento (equipment or paraphernalia) · gl aparellos (equipment or paraphernalia) · pt câmbio (motor car transmission) · cmn 擋 /挡 (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sk súkolie (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ms gear (motor car transmission) · es tereques (equipment or paraphernalia) · nb gir (motor car transmission) · ca estris (equipment or paraphernalia) · uk переда́ча (motor car transmission) · cmn 排擋 /排挡 (motor car transmission) · ru ско́рость (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ka აპარატი (equipment or paraphernalia) · es marcha (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · et varustus (equipment or paraphernalia) · es cambio (motor car transmission) · fr vitesse (motor car transmission) · sl oprema (equipment or paraphernalia) · bg приспособление (equipment or paraphernalia) · sh сте̏пе̄н преноса (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · mk о́према (equipment or paraphernalia) · gd gèar (motor car transmission) · mk брзина (motor car transmission) · sh brzìna (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · it parafernalia (equipment or paraphernalia) · it cambio (motor car transmission) · da gear (motor car transmission) · ka მოწყობილობა (equipment or paraphernalia) · sv utrustning (equipment or paraphernalia) · ru трансми́ссия (motor car transmission) · fi vaihde (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sh брзѝна (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es aparejo (equipment or paraphernalia) · cs převod (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es trebejos (equipment or paraphernalia) · ru снаряже́ние (equipment or paraphernalia) · es trastos (equipment or paraphernalia) · pt velocidade (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sh stȅpēn prenosa (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · da udstyr (equipment or paraphernalia) · mk пре́нос (motor car transmission) · ka მექანიზმი (equipment or paraphernalia) · de Stoff ((slang) recreational drugs) · nn utstyr (equipment or paraphernalia) · sk rýchlosť (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sh сте̏пе̄н преноса (motor car transmission) · ru переда́ча (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · el σύνεργα (equipment or paraphernalia) · ka გადაცემა (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · cs soukolí (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ka აღჭურვილობა (equipment or paraphernalia) · gl equipamento (equipment or paraphernalia) · nl versnelling (motor car transmission) · acw قير (motor car transmission) · sh stȅpēn prenosa (motor car transmission) · es aperos (equipment or paraphernalia) · el σχέση (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · nb gir (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · el εξοπλισμός (equipment or paraphernalia) · es velocidad (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ka ტრანსმისია (motor car transmission) · eo ekipo (equipment or paraphernalia) · ro schimbător de viteză (motor car transmission) · it marcia (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sk prevod (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · fr panoplie (equipment or paraphernalia) · bg предаване (motor car transmission) · it attrezzo (equipment or paraphernalia) · pl bieg (motor car transmission) · cs převod (motor car transmission) · sh ȍprema (equipment or paraphernalia) · pt marcha (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · fi varusteet (equipment or paraphernalia) · hu sebesség (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · ca engranatge (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es enseres (equipment or paraphernalia) · is búnaður (equipment or paraphernalia) · hu készlet (equipment or paraphernalia) · tr vites (motor car transmission) · uk переда́ча (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · bg трансмисия (motor car transmission) · ka ხელსაწყო (equipment or paraphernalia) · es avíos (equipment or paraphernalia) · ka გადაცემა (motor car transmission) · nn gir (motor car transmission) · it equipaggiamento (equipment or paraphernalia) · nn gir (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · fi vaihteisto (motor car transmission) · et ülekanne (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · is gír (motor car transmission) · el ταχύτητα (motor car transmission) · de Ausrüstung (equipment or paraphernalia) · de Gangschaltung (motor car transmission) · sh brzìna (motor car transmission) · tl kambiyo (motor car transmission) · de Gang (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · is gír (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es menesteres (equipment or paraphernalia) · nb utstyr (equipment or paraphernalia) · fr matériel (equipment or paraphernalia) · es tarecos (equipment or paraphernalia) · gd gèar (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es aparejos (equipment or paraphernalia) · bg зъбна предавка (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · cs vybavení (equipment or paraphernalia) · sk prevodový stupeň (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · sh о̏према (equipment or paraphernalia) · es pertrecho (equipment or paraphernalia) · es engranaje (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · es marcha (motor car transmission) · sv växel (motor car transmission) · ru переда́ча (motor car transmission) · sh брзѝна (motor car transmission) · cs rychlost (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) · mk брзина (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Germanic *ga-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.
Proto-Germanic *arwaz
Proto-Germanic *garwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder.
Old Norse gervibor.
Middle English gere
English gear
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Meanings
(transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
(intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
(usually, with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
fr engrener (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · pt engrenar (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · it ingranare (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · ca engranar (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · nl in een versnelling komen (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · es engranar (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · ka მოძრაობაში მოყვანა (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · nl schakelen (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) · fr passer ses vitesses (to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio)