sire

See also Sire, and şire

English

Etymology

Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

As King of England, William III would be addressed as Your Majesty or sire.

Darley Arabian, one of the foundation sires of the thoroughbred breed of horse.

Noun

sire (plural sires)

1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively.
2. A male animal, especially a horse or dog. In particular, one which is already, or has already been, a father.

Translations

lord, master, or person in authority

• Esperanto: sinjoro (eo)
• Finnish: herra (fi)
• Italian: signore (it) m

• Japanese: 主 (ja) (あるじ, aruji), 陛下 (ja) (へいか, heika)
• Russian: государь (ru) (gosudár’) m 
• Spanish: amo (es) m, dueño (es) m

male animal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 父畜 (cmn), 父兽 (cmn)

• Finnish: koiras (fi)

• Japanese: 雄 (ja) (おす, osu) オス (ja) (osu)
• Malay: induk jantan (ms)
• Spanish: semental apareado (es) m

Verb

sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

1. (transitive) Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:

     In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

Translations

to procreate

• Finnish: siittää (fi), astua (fi)
• French: saillir (fr)

• Hungarian: nemz (hu)
• Polish: spłodzić (pl)

Anagrams

• Eris, ires, reis, rise, Seri, SIer

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siʁ/

Etymology

From Old French.

Noun

sire m (plural sires)

1. (obsolete) sire (term of respect)
2. (obsolete) lord

Anagrams

• ries

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si.rə/

Noun

sire m

1. Nominative singular of seignor