ere
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”).
Alternative forms edit
- yer [15th–16th c.]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛə/, /ɛː/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: air, Ayr, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)
Adverb edit
ere (not comparable)
- (obsolete) At an earlier time. [10th–17th c.]
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John j:[30], folio cxix, verso:
- Thys is he of whome I ſpake / he that cõmeth after me / was befoꝛe me be cauſe he was yer thẽ I.
Preposition edit
ere
- (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature I3, verso:
- My ſelfe was ſtirring ere the breake of day, […]
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Old-Dragoon Drouet”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (Varennes), page 173:
- The hill-tops rejoicing will ere long be at their ruddiest, and blush Good-night.
Translations edit
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Conjunction edit
ere
- (poetic, archaic) Before.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:49, column 1:
- Syꝛ, come downe ere my child die.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ere.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ere (plural eres)
- Obsolete form of ear.
- 1533, R. Saltwood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Conjunction edit
ere
Coastal Konjo edit
Noun edit
ere
Further reading edit
- Darrell T. Tryon, Comparative Austronesian Dictionary (1995), page 26
Danish edit
Verb edit
ere
Usage notes edit
- Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ere
Verb edit
ere
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *heredä. Possibly the same root as in erk. Compare Finnish hereä, Livvi herei and Veps hered.
Adjective edit
ere (genitive ereda, partitive eredat, comparative eredam, superlative kõige eredam)
Declension edit
Declension of ere (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | ere | eredad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | ereda | ||
genitive | eredate | ||
partitive | eredat | eredaid | |
illative | eredasse | eredatesse eredaisse | |
inessive | eredas | eredates eredais | |
elative | eredast | eredatest eredaist | |
allative | eredale | eredatele eredaile | |
adessive | eredal | eredatel eredail | |
ablative | eredalt | eredatelt eredailt | |
translative | eredaks | eredateks eredaiks | |
terminative | eredani | eredateni | |
essive | eredana | eredatena | |
abessive | eredata | eredateta | |
comitative | eredaga | eredatega |
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ere
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of ér
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ere | — |
accusative | erét | — |
dative | erének | — |
instrumental | erével | — |
causal-final | eréért | — |
translative | erévé | — |
terminative | eréig | — |
essive-formal | ereként | — |
essive-modal | eréül | — |
inessive | erében | — |
superessive | erén | — |
adessive | erénél | — |
illative | erébe | — |
sublative | erére | — |
allative | eréhez | — |
elative | eréből | — |
delative | eréről | — |
ablative | erétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
eréé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
erééi | — |
Italian edit
Noun edit
ere f
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
ere
Manchu edit
Romanization edit
ere
- Romanization of ᡝᡵᡝ
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.
Noun edit
êre f
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
êre
- Alternative form of êer
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Article edit
êre
Further reading edit
- “ere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ere (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English ēare, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- The ear (organ that receives sound):
- The sense of hearing; the ability to hear.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Mark 7:16, page 19v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- If ony man haþ eeris of herynge .· here he
- If anyone has ears for hearing, make him hear.
- The level of attention given to someone speaking.
- A handle or grip.
- A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ēre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ere
- Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ere
- Alternative form of here (“army”)
Etymology 4 edit
Determiner edit
ere
- Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 5 edit
Determiner edit
ere
- Alternative form of hire (“her”)
Pronoun edit
ere
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 6 edit
Verb edit
ere
- Alternative form of aren
Etymology 7 edit
Verb edit
ere
- Alternative form of eren (“to plough”)
Namia edit
Noun edit
ere
References edit
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂. Cognates include Old English āre, Old Saxon ēra and Old Dutch ēra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ēre f
Inflection edit
Declension of ēre (ō-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ēre | ēra |
genitive | ēre | ēra, ērena |
dative | ēre | ērum, ērem, ēron |
accusative | ēre | ēra |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Purari edit
Noun edit
ere
References edit
- The Structural Violence of Resouce Extraction in the Purari Delta, in Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives
- Comparative wordlists (Karl James Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics) (1975)
- Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ere f
- inflection of eră:
Sa edit
Noun edit
ere
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ere f (plural eres)
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
- Synonym: (represents both r and rr) erre
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ere
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of eres; you are
- 2019, “La venda”, in Amuza, performed by Miki Núñez:
- La venda ya cayó y serás como querías / Lo que ere, lo que ere, ere, ere, e
- The blindfold fell and you'll be however you wanted to be / What you are, what you are, you are, you are, a—
Further reading edit
- “ere”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Phrase edit
ere
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "är det" (is it, it is).
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Spanish ere, the Spanish name of the letter R/r.
Noun edit
ere (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒ)
- (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter R, in the Abecedario.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See eyre.
Noun edit
ere (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒ)
Further reading edit
- “ere”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tocharian B edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
ere m
- appearance, complexion (of skin)
Derived terms edit
- ersna (“beauty”)
Further reading edit
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ere”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
Turkish edit
Noun edit
ere
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German ēra.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
ēre f
Yola edit
Adverb edit
ere
- Alternative form of eyver
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 38
Yoruba edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èrè
Usage notes edit
- This noun is normally used with the verb jẹ
Derived terms edit
- èrè orí-okòwò (“investment profit”)
- èrè àgbélọ́gọ́rùn-ún (“percent gain”)
- èrè àjẹjù (“excess profit”)
- èrè àjẹwọlé (“generated profit”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Yoruba *e-rè, from Proto-Edekiri *e-rè, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *é-lè, compare with Igala élè, Olukumi érè
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
erè
- python, specifically the Ball python, regarded as a symbol of the rainbow spirit, Òṣùmàrè
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ère
Usage notes edit
- This word is usually used with three verbs, gbẹ́ (to carve), mọ (to mold), or yá (to make a metal image), normally depending on the medium the sculpture is made in.
Derived terms edit
- agbẹ́gilére (“woodcarver”)
- elére
- ọdún Ère (“A festival celebrated by the people of Èsìẹ́”)
- ère àkúnlẹ̀bọ
- ère ìbejì
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eré
- physical play
- game
- Ẹ kúrò nídìí ìdò, eré ọmọdé ni ― Stop playing with the ido seeds, it's a child's game
- race, run
- Synonym: eré ìje
- Eré tí ajá fogún ọdún sá; ìrìn fàájì ni fẹ́ṣin
- The race that took the dog twenty years to run is a leisurely stroll for the horse.
- drama, musical, play
- television show, movie, film
- joke, fun
Derived terms edit
- aṣọ-eré
- eléré (“dramatist, stage actor, player, comedian, athlete”)
- eré ayò
- eré ẹkúndẹ̀rín (“tragicomedy”)
- eré oníṣe (“drama”)
- eré orí ìtàgé (“theater show”)
- eré àrín
- eré àṣekágbá
- eré òṣùpá
- eré-amẹ́rìn-ínwá (“comedy”)
- eréepá (“rough play”)
- sáré (“to run”)
- ṣeré
- ìṣeré (“doing games”)
- òṣèré
Etymology 5 edit
From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ré (“to swell”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èré
Etymology 6 edit
From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ré (“to curse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èré
Zazaki edit
Noun edit
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