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mare en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /mɛɚ/ (General-American)
  • /mɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /meɹ/ (Scotland)
  • /meː/ (Australia)
  • /mɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /meə/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
  • /miə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger

Etymology

From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mere (“mare”), Saterland Frisian Märe (“mare”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), German Mähre (“female horse”), Danish mær (“old mare”), Faroese mer (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk merr (“mare”), Swedish mæhr, mær, mähr, märr (“mare”); also Breton marc'h (“horse”), Cornish margh (“horse”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic marc (“horse”), Welsh march (“horse”).

Meanings

  1. An adult female horse.
    • But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…]. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
    • The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we? 2007, Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple:

Forms

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mares Number=Plur lexicographic
meare alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

gelding · stud · stallion

Coordinates

filly · pony · foal · colt

Deriveds

Premarin · three-legged mare · ride the three-legged mare · Mare's Fart · mare's teat · Three-legged mare · two-legged mare · shanks' mare · mare's nest · Mares Run · mare's tail · mare's fart · brood mare · stud mare · wooden mare · mare's leg · flying mare · seamare · the grey mare is the better horse · mare's milk

Translations (158)

mi hōiho uha (female horse) · he סוּסָה (female horse) · fax yegua (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) (female horse) · frp èga (female horse) · ruq iapă (female horse) · az madyan (female horse) · ro iapă (female horse) · uz biya (female horse) · ka ფაშატი (female horse) · nds Tööt (female horse) · crh baytal (female horse) · ka ხრდალი (female horse) · nl merrie (female horse) · my မြင်းမ (female horse) · te బడబ (female horse) · kmr mehîn (female horse) · bua гүүн (female horse) · ota قیصراق (female horse) · uk коби́ла (female horse) · wo wajan wi (female horse) · ast yegua (female horse) · cv кӗсре (female horse) · wym köwuł (female horse) · ar فرس (female horse) · os ефс (female horse) · gl egua (female horse) · fax egua (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) (female horse) · ani ича (female horse) · ota یوند (female horse) · hu kanca (female horse) · la equa (female horse) · io kavalino (female horse) · sip རྒོདམ (female horse) · zh 母馬 /母马 (female horse) · ka ჭაკი (female horse) · be кабы́ла (female horse) · es yegua (female horse) · inh кхал (female horse) · gl marzoa (female horse) · yuy gün (female horse) · cs kobyla (female horse) · sga láir (female horse) · hsb kobła (female horse) · eu behor (female horse) · hy զամբիկ (female horse) · br kazeg (female horse) · gl facaneia (female horse) · gl egoa (female horse) · ltg kēve (female horse) · ms kuda betina dewasa (female horse) · ia cavalla (female horse) · mi hoiho uwha (female horse) · he סוסה (female horse) · cs klisna (female horse) · mk ко́била (female horse) · ug بايتال (female horse) · oc èga (female horse) · tg модиён (female horse) · ky бээ (female horse) · ca egua (female horse) · nb hunnhest (female horse) · es jaca (female horse) · pl klacz (female horse) · kea égua (female horse) · ar حِجْر (female horse) · ga láir (female horse) · sk kobyla (female horse) · ug بىيە (female horse) · bbl ჴადალ (female horse) · vi ngựa cái (female horse) · av гӏала (female horse) · tt бия (female horse) · ms kuda betina (female horse) · zh 騍馬 /骒马 (female horse) · frp cavala (female horse) · nn merr (female horse) · tr kısrak (female horse) · kk бие (female horse) · hy մատակ (female horse) · sco meir (female horse) · eo ĉevalino (female horse) · wa cavale (female horse) · vo jijeval (female horse) · nb hoppe (female horse) · de Pferdeweibchen (female horse) · ckb مایین (female horse) · twf yàwoʼóna (female horse) · da hoppe (female horse) · el φοράδα (female horse) · hi घोड़ी (female horse) · nn hoppe (female horse) · grc ἵππος (female horse) · fr jument (female horse) · gug kavaju kuña (female horse) · nv łį́į́tsaʼii (female horse) · kmr mahîn (female horse) · sh kòbila (female horse) · oc cavala (female horse) · fa مادیان (female horse) · ang mīere (female horse) · cy caseg (female horse) · xal гүн (female horse) · ru кобы́ла (female horse) · cjs пей (female horse) · ar فَرَس (female horse) · mt debba (female horse) · fo ryssa (female horse) · fi tamma (female horse) · vo jijevod (female horse) · gl faca (female horse) · ar عودة (female horse) · ab аҽа́н (female horse) · ja 牝馬 (female horse) · sah биэ (female horse) · ko 암말 (female horse) · pl kobyła (female horse) · ce кхаьл (female horse) · non hryssa (female horse) · tyv бе (female horse) · sh ко̀била (female horse) · is meri (female horse) · nb merr (female horse) · tyv кызырак (female horse) · de Mähre (female horse) · is hryssa (female horse) · nn hohest (female horse) · sv sto (female horse) · lv ķēve (female horse) · ast burra (female horse) · kjh пии (female horse) · sq pelë (female horse) · gl brégola (female horse) · pa ਘੋੜੀ (female horse) · gl besta (female horse) · ps اسپه (female horse) · lt kumelė (female horse) · frr Ök (female horse) · non jalda (female horse) · gd làir (female horse) · dsb kobyła (female horse) · myv эльде (female horse) · non merr (female horse) · ba бейә (female horse) · sv märr (female horse) · pdt Kobbel (female horse) · ca euga (female horse) · cu кобꙑла (female horse) · de Stute (female horse) · bg коби́ла (female horse) · rom grasni (female horse) · sl kobíla (female horse) · nrf jeunment (female horse) · pt égua (female horse) · it cavalla (female horse) · mn гүү (female horse) · rup iapã (female horse) · fo mer (female horse) · te ఆడగుర్రం (female horse)

wikidata: Q1104034

mare en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /mɛə/ (UK)
  • /mɛɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara. Cognates Akin to Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara ( > Danish mare, Swedish mara (“incubus, nightmare”); also Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”), Albanian merë (“horror”), Polish zmora (“nightmare”), Czech mura (“nightmare, moth”), Greek Μόρα (Móra).

Meanings

  1. (historical, obsolete) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
    • I'm having a complete mare today.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mares Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nightmare · daymare

Translations (19)

fi painajainen (evil spirit) · de Alb (evil spirit) · is mara (evil spirit) · sk mora (evil spirit) · no mara (evil spirit) · de Drude (evil spirit) · it incubo (evil spirit) · sv mara (evil spirit) · pl mara (evil spirit) · da mare (evil spirit) · de Mahr (evil spirit) · bg зъл дух (evil spirit) · de Nachtalb (evil spirit) · fi mara (evil spirit) · non mara (evil spirit) · cs můra (evil spirit) · it incubo (frustrating or terrible experience) · fi painajainen (frustrating or terrible experience) · fi ajajainen (evil spirit)

mare en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑɹ.i/ (US)
  • /ˈmɑɹ.eɪ/ (US)
  • /ˈmɛɚ.i/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of maar and mere (“a body of standing water”).

Meanings

  1. A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
  2. On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
    • Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)

Forms

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maria Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (11)

tr deniz (planetology: dark circular plain) · yue 月海 (planetology: dark circular plain) · zh 月海 (planetology: dark circular plain) · id maria (planetology: dark circular plain) · id mare (planetology: dark circular plain) · it mare (planetology: dark circular plain) · vi biển Mặt Trăng (planetology: dark circular plain) · ru мо́ре (planetology: dark circular plain) · pt mar (planetology: dark circular plain) · fi meri (planetology: dark circular plain) · de Mare (planetology: dark circular plain)

mare en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

See mayor.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mayor.
    alt of mayor
  2. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of mair.
    alt of mair

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mares Number=Plur lexicographic