alar
/ˈeɪ.lɚ/adjective
alar is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to the armpit; axillary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-L-A-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does alar mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the armpit; axillary.
- 2
Having, resembling, or composed of wings or alae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce alar?
- US /ˈeɪ.lɚ/
- UK /ˈeɪ.lər/
Alar has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-alar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is alar?
Alar appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Alar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does alar come from?
From Latin ala (“wing”) + -ar (adjectival suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).