share

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɛɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English scearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱar-, *skar- (“to divide”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schaar (“a dab, pair of scissors, claw”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear.

Noun

share (plural shares)

1. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
2. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
3. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

   Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.

Derived terms

• lion's share
• share and share alike

Translations

portion of something

• Arabic: نصيب (naʂīb) m
• Catalan: (share of the cost) escot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 部分 (cmn) (bùfèn)

• Czech: podíl m, poměrná část f
• Danish: del (da) c
• Dutch: deel (nl) n, aandeel (nl) n
• Finnish: osuus (fi), osa (fi)
• French: part (fr) f
• German: Anteil (de) m, Teil (de) m
• Hebrew: חלק (khalek) m
• Hindi: हिस्सा (hi), अंश (hi), भाग (hi)

• Hungarian: részesedés
• Italian: parte (it) f
• Japanese: 分担 (ぶんたん, buntan)
• Korean: 목 (mok)
• Polish: część (pl) f
• Portuguese: parte (pt) f
• Russian: доля (ru) (dólja) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: cuid (gd) f, earrann (gd) f, cuibhreann (gd) m
• Spanish: participación (es) f
• Swahili: hisa (sw)
• Swedish: andel (sv), del (sv)
• Urdu: حصہ (hissah) m

financial instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 股票 (cmn) (gǔpiào)

• Czech: akcie (cs) f
• Danish: aktie (da) c
• Dutch: aandeel (nl) n
• Faroese: partabræv (fo) n
• Finnish: osake (fi)
• French: action (fr) f
• German: Aktie (de) f
• Hebrew: מניה (m’naya) f
• Hungarian: részvény (hu)
• Japanese: 株 (かぶ, kabu), 株式 (かぶしき, kabushiki)

• Lower Sorbian: akcija f
• Norwegian: aksje (no) m
• Polish: akcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: ação (pt) f
• Russian: акция (ru) (ákcija) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: earrann (gd) f, cuibhreann (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: dionica (sh) f
• Slovene: délnica (sl) f
• Spanish: acción (es) f
• Swahili: hisa (sw)
• Swedish: aktie (sv)
• Urdu: حصہ (hissah) m

resource shared over a computer network

• Finnish: jako (fi)

• German: Freigabe (de) f

Verb

share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)

1. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
2. To have in common.

   They share a language.

3. To divide and distribute.
4. To tell to another.

   He shared his story with the press.

Derived terms

Terms derived from share (verb)

sharecropping

shareware

Translations

to give

• Arabic: شارك (ar) (shaaraka)
• Catalan: compartir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共享 (cmn) (gòngxiǎng), 分配 (cmn) (fēnpèi), 分享 (cmn) (fēnxiǎng)

• Czech: sdílet, podělit se
• Danish: dele (da)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi)
• French: partager (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: teilen (de)
• Hebrew: לתת (he) [latet]
• Hungarian: megoszt (hu)

• Italian: condividere (it)
• Japanese: 分配する (ja) (ぶんぱいする, bunpai-surú)
• Korean: 나누다 (ko)
• Neapolitan: spartì
• Polish: dzielić się (pl)
• Portuguese: partilhar (pt), compartilhar (pt), dividir (pt)
• Romanian: partaja (ro), împărți (ro)
• Russian: делить (delít’) impf., разделить (razdelít’) pf. trans; делиться (delít’sja) impf., поделиться (podelít’sja) pf. intrans
• Spanish: dar (es), compartir (es)
• Swahili: hisa (sw)
• Turkish: paylaşmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: chia sẻ (vi), sẻ chia (vi)

to have in common

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共有 (cmn) (gòngyǒu), 共用 (cmn) (gòngyòng), 分享 (cmn) (fēnxiǎng), 分攤 (cmn), 分摊 (cmn) (fēntān), 分擔 (cmn), 分担 (cmn) (fēndān)

• Czech: sdílet (cs)
• Danish: dele (da)
• Finnish: olla yhteistä (fi)
• French: partager (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: teilen (de)
• Hebrew: לשתף (he)
• Italian: condividere (it)

• Japanese: 共有する (ja) (kyoyu suru), 共用する (ja) (kyoyo suru)
• Jèrriais: chârer
• Korean: 공유하다 (ko)
• Polish: dzielić (pl)
• Romanian: împărți (ro); împărtăși
• Russian: разделять (ru) (razd'el'át')  impf., разделить (ru) (razd'elít')  pf.
• Spanish: compartir (es)
• Swahili: hisa (sw)
• Swedish: dela (sv)
• Turkish: paylaşmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: đều có (vi), có chung (vi)

to divide and distribute

• Arabic: شارك (ar) (shaaraka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分配 (cmn) (fēnpèi), 均分 (cmn) (jūnfēn)

• Czech: sdílet (cs)
• Danish: dele (da), uddele (da)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi)
• French: partager (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: teilen (de)
• Hindi: बँटना (hi)

• Italian: condividere (it)
• Japanese: 分担する (ja) (buntan suru), 分ける (ja) (わける, wakeru)
• Jèrriais: chârer
• Polish: udostępniać (pl)
• Portuguese: partilhar (pt)
• Romanian: împărți (ro), distribui (ro)
• Russian: распределять (ru) (raspredelját’) , делить (ru) (delít’) 
• Spanish: dividir (es)
• Swahili: hisa (sw)
• Swedish: dela ut (sv), dela (sv)
• Vietnamese: phân chia (vi), phân phối (vi)

to tell to another

• Polish: dzielić się (pl)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: delen (nl)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Jèrriais: chârer
• Old English: dǣlan (1)
• Portuguese: compartilhar (pt)

Etymology 2

From Middle English share, schare, shaar, from Old English scear, scær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerə- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), German dialectal Schar (“ploghshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploghshare”). More at shear.

Noun

share (plural shares)

1. (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

Derived terms

• ploughshare
• plowshare

Translations

plowshare — see plowshare

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: class · century · sorry · #986: share · working · breath · camp

Anagrams

• Asher, asher, earsh, hares, harse, hears, rheas, shear

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Manx

Adjective

share

1. Comparative and superlative forms of mie
   • Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.
     • Better to change horses in mid ford than to drown.