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{{also|géar|gèar|Gear}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|gear (disambiguation)|gear}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|gere}}, a borrowing from {{der|en|non|gervi}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*garwijaną|t=to prepare}}. See also adjective {{m|en|yare}}, {{m|en|yar}} from the same root via Old English.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|gîr|a=UK}}, {{IPA|en|/ɡɪə(ɹ)/}}
* {{enPR|gîr|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/ɡɪɚ/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-gear.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪə(ɹ)|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{wikipedia}}
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[equipment|Equipment]] or [[paraphernalia]], especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
# {{cap|clothing}}; [[garments]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=II|canto=IV|stanza=26|passage=Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2000
|title=[[s:(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica]]|composer=w:Tom Lehrer|artist=Tom Lehrer|album=The Remains of Tom Lehrer
|passage=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}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Goods; property; household items.
#* {{RQ:More Robinson Utopia|passage=Homely '''gear''' and common ware.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A wheel with grooves ([[tooth|teeth]]) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a [[gear wheel]].
#: {{syn|en|cog|cogwheel|gearwheel}}
# {{lb|en|countable|automotive|cycling}} A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular [[gear ratio]] is achieved.
# {{lb|en|countable|automotive}} A configuration of the [[transmission]] of a [[motor car]] so as to achieve a particular [[ratio]] of [[engine]] to [[axle]] [[torque]].
# {{lb|en|aviation}} {{ellipsis of|en|landing gear}}
#: {{ux|en|[[gear-up landing|'''gear'''-up landing]]}}
#: {{ux|en|Get the '''gear''' down quick!}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|slang}} [[recreational drug|Recreational drug]]s, including [[steroid]]s.
#: {{co|en|getting on '''gear'''}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Marianne Hancock|title=Looking for Oliver|page=90
|passage="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."}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|archaic}} [[stuff|Stuff]].
#* '''1662''', {{w|Henry More}}, ''[[s:An Antidote Against Atheism|An Antidote Against Atheism]]'', Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
#*: {{quote|en|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.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Business matters; affairs; concern.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=V|canto=VIII|stanza=30|passage=goe they both together to their '''geare'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|UK|dialect}} Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
#* '''March 29, 1549''', {{w|Hugh Latimer}}, ''the fourth sermon preached before King Edward''
#*: {{quote|en|That servant of his that confessed and uttered this '''gear''' was an honest man.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en
|782 gear
|all the gear and no idea
|angel gear
|arresting gear
|bevel gear
|bicycle gear
|bicycle landing gear
|body gear
|bottom gear
|[[brakegear]], [[brake gear]]
|chafing gear
|change gear|blast gear|get one's arse into gear
|change gears
|clash gear
|click into gear
|de-gear|creeper gear|in the rear with the gear
|differential gear
|epicyclic gear
|fifth gear
|find a new gear
|find another gear
|first gear
|fixed-gear bicycle
|fourth gear
|gear acquisition syndrome
|gearbox
|gear case
|gear change
|geardo
|gear down
|gear head
|gear knob
|gear lever
|gear oil
|gear queer
|gear shift
|gear stick
|gear train
|gearwheel
|gear-wheel
|get one's arse in gear
|get one's ass in gear
|get one's ass into gear
|ghost gear
|give someone the gears
|granny gear
|grinding gear
|herringbone gear
|high gear
|in full gear
|in gear
|in high gear
|interrupter gear
|jacking gear
|landing gear
|laughing-gear
|laughing gear
|low gear
|main gear
|mortise gear
|nose gear
|out of gear
|planetary gear
|planetary gear train
|planet gear
|reverse gear
|reversing gear
|riot gear
|running gear
|sanding gear
|second gear
|second-gear valuation
|segment gear
|shift gear
|shift gears
|shrouded gear
|spur gear
|sun and planet gear
|sun gear
|switchgear
|switch gear
|synchronization gear
|tandem landing gear
|third gear
|top gear
|truck driver's gear change
|turning gear
|turnout gear
|up a gear
|wing gear
|worm gear
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|equipment or paraphernalia}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приспособление|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estris|m-p}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vybavení|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|udstyr|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ekipo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|varustus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varusteet|p}}
* French: {{t+|fr|panoplie|f}}, {{t+|fr|matériel|m}}, {{t+|fr|matos|m}} {{qualifier|informal}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|equipamento|m}}, {{t+|gl|aparello|m-p|alt=aparellos}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|აღჭურვილობა}}, {{t|ka|ხელსაწყო}}, {{t|ka|მოწყობილობა}}, {{t|ka|აპარატი}}, {{t|ka|მექანიზმი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ausrüstung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εξοπλισμός|m}}, {{t+|el|σύνεργα|n-p}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felszerelés}}, {{t+|hu|készlet}}, {{t+|hu|holmi}}, {{t+|hu|cucc}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|acmhainn|f}}, {{t|ga|gléasra|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|attrezzo|m}}, {{t|it|parafernalia|f}}, {{t+|it|equipaggiamento|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|о́према|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|utstyr|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|utstyr|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|equipamento|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|снаряже́ние|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|uidheam|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|о̏према|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ȍprema|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|oprema|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|equipo|m}}, {{t+|es|engranaje}}, {{t+|es|pertrecho}}, {{t+|es|aparejo}}, {{t+|es|apero}}, {{t+|es|avíos}}, {{t+|es|trebejos}}, {{t+|es|enseres}}, {{t+|es|recado}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|utrustning|c}}
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{{trans-see|gear wheel}}

{{trans-top|a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зъбна предавка|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|波|tr=bo1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|擋|tr=dǎng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|převod|m}}, {{t+|cs|soukolí|n}}, {{t+|cs|rychlost|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gear|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|overbrenging|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ülekanne}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihde}}, {{t+|fi|vaihteisto}}
* French: {{t+|fr|engrenage|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გადაცემა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gang|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σχέση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sebesség}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|marcia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ギア|tr=gia}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|брзина|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|gir|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|gir|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|marcha|f}}, {{t+|pt|velocidade}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|переда́ча|f}}, {{t+|ru|ско́рость|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|gèar|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|брзѝна|f}}, {{t|sh|сте̏пе̄н преноса|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|brzìna|f}}, {{t|sh|stȅpēn prenosa|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prevod|m}}, {{t|sk|prevodový stupeň|m}}, {{t+|sk|rýchlosť|f}}, {{t|sk|súkolie|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|marcha|f}}, {{t+|es|velocidad|f}}, {{t+|es|engranaje|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|переда́ча|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|motor car transmission}}
* Arabic:
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|قير|m|tr=gēr}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|предаване|n}}, {{t|bg|трансмисия|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|排擋|tr=páidǎng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|převod|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gear|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|versnelling|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|käik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaihteisto}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vitesse|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ტრანსმისია}}, {{t|ka|გადაცემა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gangschaltung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ταχύτητα|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|gír|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|roda gigi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cambio|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пре́нос|m}}, {{t|mk|брзина|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|gear}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|gir|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|gir|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|bieg|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|marcha}}, {{t+|pt|câmbio|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|cutie de viteze|f}}, {{t+|ro|schimbător de viteză|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|переда́ча|f}}, {{t+|ru|трансми́ссия|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|gèar|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|брзѝна|f}}, {{t|sh|сте̏пе̄н преноса|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|brzìna|f}}, {{t|sh|stȅpēn prenosa|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|marcha|f}}, {{t+|es|cambio|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|växel|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|ngiplong}}, {{t|tl|kambiyo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|vites}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|переда́ча|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(slang) recreational drugs}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stoff|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|merca|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}
{{rfquote|en}}

# {{lb|en|engineering|transitive}} To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired [[gear ratio]].
# {{lb|en|engineering|intransitive}} To be [[in gear]], come into gear.
# To [[dress]]; to put gear on; to [[harness]].
# {{lb|en|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).
#: {{ux|en|This shop is not really '''geared''' towards people of our age.}}
#: {{ux|en|They have '''geared''' the hotel mainly at tourists.}}
# {{lb|en|finance}} To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|gear to
|gear towards
|gear up
|regear
|re-gear
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|in een versnelling komen}}, {{t+|nl|schakelen}}
* French: {{t|fr|passer ses vitesses}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოძრაობაში მოყვანა}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ingranare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engrenar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|engranar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|engranar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|mostly|Scouse}} great or fantastic

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aegr|Ager|GRAE|Gera|Rega|ager|areg|gare|rage}}

==Manx==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gv|geayr|geyre}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gv|sga|gáirid}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|gv|/ɡɛːrʲ/|}}

====Verb====
{{head|gv|verb|verbal noun|gearey}}

# to [[laugh]], [[chuckle]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|gv|mga|gér}}, from {{inh|gv|sga|gér}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|gv|/ɡʲeːr/|}}

====Adjective====
{{head|gv|adjective}}

# [[sharp]], [[keen]]
# [[sour]], [[acid]]

===Mutation===
{{gv-mut-cons|g|ear}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|25709|head=gér}}

==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|ġǣr|ġēr||Anglian}}

===Etymology===
{{wikipedia|Jeran|Jērą}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*jār}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*jērą}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*yeh₁r-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|ġēar}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|n|head=ġēar}}

# [[year]]
#* ''[https://archive.org/details/poetrycodexverc00kembgoog/page/183/mode/2up?q= The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn]''
#*: {{quote|ang|Ic þē secge, hēo wæs iii and sixtiġ '''ġēara''' eald, ðā hēo belȳfen wæs...|I tell thee, she was three and sixty '''years''' old when she died...}}
#* {{quote-book|ang|year=c. 9-12 {{CE}}|title=w:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle|passage=Þis wæs fēorþes '''ġēares''' his rīċes|translation=This was in the fourth '''year''' of his reign.}}
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/122/mode/2up "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Þa wurdon hi ealle þurh þæt wundor ablicgede and þæs þægnes gebedda ðe þa gebroþra heold wæs for six '''gearum''' for swiðlicre untrumnysse...|Then they were all astonished at that miracle; and the wife of the officer, who had charge of the brothers, for six '''years''', through a severe sickness...}}
# [[age]], years old (+plural genitive)
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/356/mode/2up "Passion of St. Julian and his Wife Basilissa"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Þa wolde his fæder and his frynd ealle þæt he wifian sceolde þa ða he eahtetyne '''gæra''' wæs...|Then his father desired, and all his friends likewise, that he should marry, when he was eighteen '''years old'''.}}
# (good) [[harvest]]
## {{rune name|ang|j|ᛄ}}

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ġēar}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|ang
|ġēardagas
|ġēares dæġ
|ġēarlīċ
|[[ġeāra]] {{q|uncertain}}
|ġēarġemynd
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|yeer}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{root|pt|ine-pro|*gel-}}
From an {{inh|pt|roa-opt|*gear}} (compare {{m|roa-opt|geo}}), from {{inh|pt|la|gelo|gelāre}}. Doublet of the borrowing {{doublet|pt|gelar|notext=1}}. Compare also {{cog|gl|xear}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pt|ge|ar}}

===Verb===
{{pt-verb|<only3s>}}

# {{lb|pt|impersonal}} to [[frost]] (weather)

====Conjugation====
{{pt-conj|<only3s>}}

====Related terms====
{{rel4|pt
|geado
|geada
|gelar
|gelo
}}

==West Frisian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fy|/ɡɪə̯r/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|fy|adverb}}

# [[together]]

====Further reading====
* {{R:WFT|31627|III}}