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2 letters words from 'ere'

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RE 2 

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Definitions and meaning of ere

ere

Etymology 1

From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), 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 eher (“earlier”).

Alternative forms

  • yer [15th–16th c.]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛə/, /ɛː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɛəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: air, Ayr, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Adverb

ere (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) At an earlier time. [10th–17th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
      Thys is he of whome I spake, he that commeth after me, was before me be cause he was yer than I.

Preposition

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
    • 1594, Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
      Stirring ere the break of day.

Conjunction

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before.
    • Sir, come down ere my child die.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ere.

Derived terms

  • erewhile
  • erst
  • erstwhile
  • erelong
  • whilere

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ere (plural eres)

  1. Obsolete form of ear.
    • 1533, R. Saltwood:
      As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams

  • -eer, EER, REE, Ree, e'er, eer, ree

Basque

Conjunction

ere

  1. also

Coastal Konjo

Noun

ere

  1. water

Further reading

  • Darrell T. Tryon, Comparative Austronesian Dictionary (1995), page 26

Danish

Verb

ere

  1. (obsolete) present plural of være

Usage notes

  • Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.

Related terms

  • er

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːrə

Noun

ere

  1. (archaic) Dative singular form of eer

Verb

ere

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eren

Anagrams

  • eer, ree

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly the same root as in erk. Compare Finnish hereä, Livvi herei and Veps hered.

Adjective

ere (genitive ereda, partitive eredat)

  1. bright

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

ér +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ere

Noun

ere

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of ér

Declension

Italian

Noun

ere f

  1. plural of era

Anagrams

  • ree

Latin

Noun

ere

  1. vocative singular of erus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

êre f

  1. glory, fame
  2. honour, respect
  3. worship
  4. decency, etiquette
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: eer
    • Afrikaans: eer
    • Negerhollands: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Etymology 2

Adverb

êre

  1. Alternative form of êer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

êre

  1. feminine genitive/dative singular of êen

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology 1

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

From Old English ēare, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Alternative forms

  • eare, eere, yere, here, eyr, ire, ȝhere

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːr(ə)/

Noun

ere (plural eren or eres)

  2. ear (organ that receives sound)
  3. The auricle; the outside of the ear.
  4. The ear canal; the portion of the ear which is not apparent by sight.
  5. The power of hearing; the ability to detect sound.
  6. The level of attention given to someone speaking.
  7. A handle or grip.
  8. A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Related terms
  • mousere
Descendants
  • English: ear
    • Tok Pisin: ia
  • Scots: ear
References
  • “ēre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.

Etymology 3

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)

Etymology 4

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 5

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 6

Verb

ere

  1. Alternative form of aren

Namia

Noun

ere

  1. woman

References

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • ēr

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːre/, [ˈɛːre]

Noun

ēre f

  1. honour

Inflection

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: Eere
  • West Frisian: eare

References

  • Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Purari

Noun

ere

  1. water

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈere]

Noun

ere f

  1. indefinite plural of eră
  2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of eră

Sa

Noun

ere

  1. village

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾe/, [ˈe.ɾe]

Noun

ere f (plural eres)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.
    Synonym: (represents both r and rr) erre

Derived terms

  • ere eréa

Verb

ere

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of eres; you are

Further reading

  • “ere” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aire.

Noun

ére

  1. air
    Synonym: hangin
  2. sky
    Synonym: himpapawid

Derived terms

Tocharian B

Noun

ere m

  1. appearance, complexion (of skin)

Turkish

Noun

ere

  1. dative singular of er

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German ēra

Pronunciation

Noun

ēre f

  1. homage, honor
  2. fame

Yola

Adverb

ere

  1. Alternative form of eyver

Zazaki

Noun

ere n

  1. afternoon

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