nere

See also: nerę, néré, and nɛrɛ

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: né‧re

Adjective

nere

1. feminine plural of nero

Anagrams

• rene

Latin

Verb

nēre

1. inflection of neō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognates include Middle Low German nēre, Old High German nioro, and Old Norse nýra.

Noun

nēre (plural nēres)

1. kidney

Alternative forms

• neere

Derived terms

• kidnēre

Descendants

• Scots: neer, nere, neir

References

• “nẹ̄r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English nēar (“nearer”), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Alternative forms

• neere, ner

Adverb

nere

1. near

Descendants

• English: near
• Scots: nere, neir

References

• “nẹ̄r, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English nǣre, equivalent to ne +‎ were.

Verb

nere

1. weren't
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875–877, 885:

     And ceꝛtes, if it neꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye, […] / But all that thing I mot as now foꝛbeꝛe.

     And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

nere

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by nede

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

nere

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nede

Old English

Verb

nere

1. imperative singular of nerian

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²neːrɛ/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²eːrɛ

Adverb

nere (comparative mer nere, superlative mest nere)

1. (comparative längre, superlative längst) down, below, downstairs, at the far end of

   Antonym: uppe

2. (colloquial) down, sad, depressed (of humans)
3. (not comparable) down, offline, not available (of computers and online services)

   tjänsten ligger nere ― the service is down

   Webbsajten kommer att vara nere imorgon bitti. Den planerade nertiden är två timmar. Sajten tas/stängs ner klockan 8.

   The website will be down tomorrow morning. The planned downtime is two hours. The site is taken/shut down at 8 o'clock.

Related terms

• ned
• ner
• nertid

Anagrams

• rene