maire

See also: Maire and Máire

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/

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• Homophones: maires, mer, mère, mères, mers

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin macer. Doublet of maigre.

Adjective

maire (plural maires)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of maigre.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French maire, from Latin māior, māiōrem (“elder”). Compare the doublet majeur.

Noun

maire m (plural maires, feminine maire or mairesse)

1. mayor

   Synonym: bourgmestre

Related terms

• mairie
• mayeur
• maïoral
• maïorat

Further reading

• “maire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• aimer, marie, Marie, marié

Irish

Verb

maire

1. present subjunctive analytic of mair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maire	mhaire	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French maire, from Latin māior (“elder”).

Noun

maire m (plural maires)

1. (Jersey) mayor

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin māter, matrem (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajɾe]

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Noun

maire f (plural maires)

1. mother

Old French

Etymology

From Latin māior, māiōrem.

Adjective

maire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular maire)

1. primary; principal; most major

Noun

maire oblique singular, m (oblique plural maires, nominative singular maires, nominative plural maire)

1. a senior public official

Descendants

• → English: mayor
• French: maire