mare
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɛə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: mayor (in a number of dialects)
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Noun edit
mare (plural mares)
- An adult female horse.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
- (UK, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
- 2007, Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple:
- The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
Antonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (adult female horse): foal (young horse), colt (young male horse) and filly (young female horse); pony can refer to adult horses of either sex under a certain height.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɛə/
- (US) IPA(key): /mɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophone: mayor (in a number of dialects)
Noun edit
mare (plural mares)
- (obsolete or historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
- I'm having a complete mare today.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mar and mere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare (plural maria)
- (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon
- (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
- Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)
Translations edit
Etymology 4 edit
See mayor.
Noun edit
mare (plural mares)
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maré f (singulative maréyta m or mareytá f)
Declension edit
Declension of maré | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | maré | |||||||||||||||||
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subjective | maré | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | maré | |||||||||||||||||
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Verb edit
maré
- (Northern Afar, intransitive) live
- (Northern Afar, intransitive) continue
Conjugation edit
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m | f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
perfective | V-affirmative | maréh | martéh | maréh | martéh | marréh | marteeníh | mareeníh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | maré | marté | maré | marté | marré | martén | marén | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mámarinniyo | mámarinnito | mámarinna | mámarinna | mámarinnino | mámarinniton | mámarinnon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperfective | V-affirmative | maráh | martáh | maráh | martáh | marráh | martaanáh | maraanáh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | mará | martá | mará | martá | marrá | martán | marán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mámara | mámarta | mámara | mámarta | mámarra | mámartan | mámaran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
prospective | V-affirmative | maréliyoh maréyyoh |
marélitoh maréttoh |
maréleh | maréleh | marélinoh marénnoh |
marélitoonuh maréttoonuh |
maréloonuh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | maréliyo maréyyo |
marélito marétto |
maréle | maréle | marélino marénno |
maréliton marétton |
marélon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
conjunctive I | V-affirmative | máruh | mártuh | máruh | mártuh | máruh | martóonuh | maróonuh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | máru | mártu | máru | mártu | máru | martón | marón | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | maré wáyuh | maré wáytuh | maré wáyuh | maré wáytuh | maré wáynuh | maré waytóonuh | maré wóonuh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
conjunctive II | V-affirmative | maránkeh | martánkeh | maránkeh | martánkeh | marránkeh | martaanánkeh | maraanánkeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N-affirmative | maránke | martánke | maránke | martánke | marránke | martaanánke | maraanánke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | maré wáankeh | maré waytánkeh | maré wáankeh | maré waytánkeh | maré waynánkeh | maré waytaanánkeh | maré wáankeh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jussive | affirmative | máray | mártay | máray | mártay | máray | martóonay | maróonay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | maré wáay | maré wáytay | maré wáay | maré wáytay | maré wáynay | maré waytóonay | maré wóonay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past conditional |
affirmative | marinniyóy | marinnitóy | marinnáy | marinnáy | marinninóy | marinnitoonúy | marinnoonúy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | maré wanniyóy | maré wannitóy | maré wannáy | maré wannáy | maré wanninóy | maré wannitoonúy | maré wanninoonúy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present conditional I |
affirmative | marék | marték | marék | marték | marrék | marteeník | mareeník | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | maré wéek | maré wayték | maré wéek | maré wayték | maré waynék | maré wayteeník | maré weeník | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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consultative | affirmative | maróo | marróo | imperative | affirmative | már | mára | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
negative | mamaróo | mamarróo | negative | mámarin | mámarina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-h converb | -i form | -k converb | -in(n)uh converb | -innuk converb | infinitive | indefinite participle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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márah | mári | márak | marínnuh | marínnuk | maríyya | marináanih | marináan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- mára (“people”)
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “mare”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Plurale tantum; plural of variant marë, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin marum (“cat thyme, kind of sage”).
Noun edit
mare f (definite marja)
- strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
- strawberry tree fruit
Derived terms edit
Aromanian edit
Adjective edit
mare
- Alternative form of mari
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
máre
- Misspelling of mari.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈma.ɾe]
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾe
Noun edit
mare f (plural mares)
- mother
- mare subrogada ― surrogate mother
- uterus (of an animal)
- Synonym: úter
- (by analogy) main course of a river or canal; channel
- (Mallorca, playground games) home
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “mare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Corsican edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare m
Further reading edit
- “mare” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare c (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- mareridt n
References edit
- “mare” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).
Noun edit
mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Medieval Latin mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Related to German Maar.
Noun edit
mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)
- depression in non-volcanic stone, compare maar
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.
Noun edit
mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
mare
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French mare, from Old French mare, from Old Norse marr (“lake, sea, pool”), from Proto-Germanic *mari (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Doublet of mer inherited from the Indo-European.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare f (plural mares)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mare (“sea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marê (first-person possessive mareku, second-person possessive maremu, third-person possessive marenya)
- (astronomy, planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea.
Further reading edit
- “mare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Istriot edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mare
- sea
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
- Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!
- How they row well on the high seas!
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mare f
See also edit
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- mar (apocopic)
Etymology edit
From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare m (plural mari)
Related terms edit
See also edit
- oceano (“ocean”)
Further reading edit
- mare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- mare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
mare
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.re/, [ˈmärɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.re/, [ˈmäːre]
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun edit
mare n (genitive maris); third declension
- sea
- c. 270 BCE – c. 201 BCE, Gnaeus Naevius, Bellum Punicum , (fragment in Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, 7, De genetivo plurali tertiae declinationis):
- Neptunum regnatorem marum
- Neptune, ruler of the seas
- Neptunum regnatorem marum
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.1:
- [facit...] ad onera ac multitudinem iumentorum transportandam paulo latiores quam quibus in reliquis utimur maribus.
- In order to transport cargo and beasts of burden, he [Julius Caesar] had them made a little wider than the ones we use in other seas.
- [facit...] ad onera ac multitudinem iumentorum transportandam paulo latiores quam quibus in reliquis utimur maribus.
- 13th c., Roger Bacon, Secretum Secretorum 2.29 (De preparacione carnum viperarum sive serpentum et draconum):
- Et oportet ut alienentur cornute et varie et aspides declines ad albedinem. Et non capiantur ex piscinis vel litoribus fluviorum et aquarum vel marium, vel de petrosis, quoniam in eis sunt quercine, facientes sitim, immo capiantur in loco longinquo ab humorositate.
- 1921, Joseph Pope, George Monro Grant, Canada's official motto :
- a marī usque ad mare
- from sea to sea
- a marī usque ad mare
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mare | maria |
Genitive | maris | marium marum |
Dative | marī | maribus |
Accusative | mare | maria |
Ablative | marī mare |
maribus |
Vocative | mare | maria |
- The ablative singular can be marī or mare.
- The genitive plural form marium, although regularly formed for an i-stem noun, is not attested in the corpus of classical texts. Marum is found only once, in a line from Gnaeus Naevius.
- The 5th/6th-century grammarian Priscian (Institutiones 7) says it is rarely used in the genitive plural, noting Caesar's use of maribus too. Similarly, the 4th-century grammarian Charisius claims it lacks both a genitive plural *marium and a *maribus form (but see the quotation from Julius Caesar above):
"maria" tamen quamvis dicantur pluraliter, attamen nec "marium" nec "maribus" dicemus
— although maria can be said in the plural, nevertheless we won't say marium nor maribus (Ars 1.11).
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mare
References edit
- mare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mare in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Anagrams edit
Marau edit
Noun edit
mare
References edit
- The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī.
Adjective edit
mâre
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch māri, from Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.
Noun edit
mâre f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā.
Noun edit
māre ?
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “mare (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “mare (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “mare (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
Munggui edit
Noun edit
mare
References edit
- The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare ?
- sea (a vast mass of salty water)
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mare.
Noun edit
mare f (plural mares)
Northern Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.
Noun edit
mare
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mare f or m (definite singular mara or maren, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)
Derived terms edit
- mareritt (“nightmare”)
References edit
- “mare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mare f (definite singular mara, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)
Derived terms edit
- marekors (“pentagram”)
- marekvist (“a witch's broom”)
- mareritt (“nightmare”)
- marespjeld
- (probably derived) innmari
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse merja (“to crush”).
Alternative forms edit
- mara (split or a-infinitive)
Verb edit
mare (present tense marar, past tense mara, past participle mara, passive infinitive marast, present participle marande, imperative mare/mar)
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References edit
- “mare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *marā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mare f (nominative plural maran)
- mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep)
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- English: mare
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch mare (“phantom, spirit”).
Adjective edit
mare m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)
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mare
Pali edit
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mare
Papuma edit
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mare
References edit
- The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)
Portuguese edit
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mare
- inflection of marar:
Romanian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Most likely inherited from Latin maiōrem,[1] accusative singular of Latin maior, albeit with an unusual (though not impossible) phonological evolution. Compare Aromanian mari, Megleno-Romanian mari, Dalmatian maur, Portuguese mor, Logudorese mere and Campidanese meri.[2] An alternative, less likely theory proposes a derivation from Latin marem (“male”), with a semantic shift from "male" to "large", on an idiomatic basis (i.e. assuming that the expression "s-a făcut mare", meaning "[ 3rd-pers. sg. ] grew up" [literally "made themselves big"] initially referred exclusively to boys becoming men, and that it shifted over time to refer more broadly to physical growth, and by extension, being large). Other theories include a derivation from its homonym mare (meaning sea), and a substrate origin (either Proto-Albanian or Thracian).
Adjective edit
mare m or f or n (plural mari)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Noun edit
mare f (plural mări)
- sea
- Când am mers la mare, am înotat un pic și mai târziu am prins un pește mare.
- When I went to sea, I swam a little and later caught a big fish.
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References edit
- ^ Giurgea, Ion (2016) “Etimologia adjectivului mare. O reconsiderare necesară”, in Limba română, LXV (3)[1] (in Romanian), Editura Academiei
- ^ Mensching, Guido, Remberger, Eva-Maria (2016) “Chapter 17: Sardinian”, in Ledgeway, Adam, Maiden, Martin, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages[2], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278
Sardinian edit
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- mari (“Campidanese”)
Etymology edit
From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.
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mare m (plural mares)
Sonsorolese edit
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mare
Tagalog edit
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Final clipping of kumare, from komadre.
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mare (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒ)
- (slang) close female friend; sister
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan
- Coordinate terms: brad, pare, tol
- Ano'ng tsika, mare?
- What's the buzz, sister?
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Tahitian edit
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mare
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Use hota.
Ternate edit
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mare
- Alternative form of mari (“stone”)
References edit
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
Venda edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.
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mare
Venetian edit
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mare f (invariable)
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mare
Zazaki edit
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mare m or f