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4-letter words (2 found)

MARE,REAM,

3-letter words (10 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,EAR,ERA,ERM,MAE,MAR,RAM,REM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AM,AR,EA,EM,ER,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 22 words from mare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mare

mare

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɛə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /mɛɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /meː/
  • (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /meə/
  • (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /miə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /meɹ/
  • (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /mɜː(ɹ)/
  • Homophones: mere (cheer–chair merger), myrrh (fair–fur merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

mare (plural mares)

  2. An adult female horse.
  3. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
Antonyms
  • stallion, stud and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)
Coordinate terms
  • (adult female horse): foal (young horse), colt (young male horse) and filly (young female horse); pony can refer to adult horses of either sex under a certain height.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

  • (British) IPA(key): /mɛə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɛɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: mayor (in a number of dialects)

Noun

mare (plural mares)

  2. (obsolete or historical) 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.
  3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
Derived terms
  • daymare
  • nightmare
Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mar and mere.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.eɪ/, /ˈmɛɚ.i/, /ˈmɑɹ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɑɹi

Noun

mare (plural maria)

  2. (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon
  3. (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
Translations

Etymology 4

See mayor.

Noun

mare (plural mares)

  1. Obsolete form of mayor.
  2. Obsolete form of mair.

Anagrams

  • mera, Amer., rame, mear, Erma, Maer, Mera, Ream, amer., Arem, arme, ramé, ream

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈre/ [mʌˈɾɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧re

Noun

maré f (singulative maréyta m or mareytá f)

  1. family, relationship

Declension

Verb

maré

  1. (Northern Afar, intransitive) live
  2. (Northern Afar, intransitive) continue

Conjugation

Related terms

  • mára (“people”)

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “mare”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • marë, marulë

Etymology

Plurale tantum; plural of variant marë, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin marum (“cat thyme, kind of sage”).

Noun

mare f (definite marja)

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
  2. strawberry tree fruit

Derived terms

  • mareshtë

Aromanian

Adjective

mare

  1. alternative form of mari

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾe/ [ˈma.ɾe]

Verb

máre

  1. misspelling of mari

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre, Italian madre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

  1. mother
    mare subrogada ― surrogate mother
  2. uterus (of an animal)
    Synonym: úter
  3. (by analogy) main course of a river or canal; channel
  4. (Mallorca, playground games) home

Derived terms

References

  • “mare”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “mare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “mare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “mare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Alternative forms

  • mari

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.re/

Noun

mare m

  1. sea

Further reading

  • “mare” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɑ/

Noun

mare c (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)

  1. (folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)

Declension

Related terms

  • mareridt n

References

  • “mare” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

  1. (Belgium, archaic) message, report, story
    Synonyms: bericht, tijding, verslag, verhaal
  2. (archaic) rumor
    Synonym: gerucht
Related terms
  • vermaren

Etymology 2

Probably from Medieval Latin mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Related to German Maar.

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

  1. depression in non-volcanic stone, compare maar

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

Noun

mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje n)

  1. a nocturnal monster or spirit that torments its victims while they are sleeping
  2. (Belgium) nightmare
  3. witch
Derived terms
  • nachtmare

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mare

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of maren

Anagrams

  • arme, rame

French

Etymology

From Middle French mare, from Old French mare, from Old Norse marr (“lake, sea, pool”), from Proto-Germanic *mari (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Doublet of mer inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ/ ~ /mɑʁ/

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

  1. puddle
  2. pool

Derived terms

  • pavé dans la mare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • amer
  • arme, armé
  • rame, ramé

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmarə/ [ˈma.rə]
  • Syllabification: ma‧re

Noun

marê (plural mare-mare)

  1. (planetology) mare (a large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon)

Alternative forms

  • maria

Further reading

  • “mare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Istriot

Etymology 1

From Latin mare.

Noun

mare

  1. sea
Derived terms
  • alto mare

Etymology 2

From Latin māter.

Noun

mare f

  1. mother

See also

  • mama

Italian

Alternative forms

  • mar (apocopic)

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mà‧re

Noun

mare m (plural mari)

  1. sea

Related terms

See also

  • oceano (“ocean”)

Further reading

  • mare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • mare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Mera, arme, erma, mera, rame, rema

Japanese

Romanization

mare

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まれ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.rɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.re]

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

    Noun

    mare n (genitive maris); third declension

    1. sea
    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

    • The ablative singular can be marī or mare.
    • The genitive plural form marium, although regularly formed for an i-stem noun, is not attested in the corpus of classical texts. Marum is found only once, in a line from Gnaeus Naevius.
    • The 5th/6th-century grammarian Priscian (Institutiones 7) says it is rarely used in the genitive plural, noting Caesar's use of maribus too. Similarly, the 4th-century grammarian Charisius claims it lacks both a genitive plural *marium and a *maribus form (but see the quotation from Julius Caesar above):

      "maria" tamen quamvis dicantur pluraliter, attamen nec "marium" nec "maribus" dicemus
      — although maria can be said in the plural, nevertheless we won't say marium nor maribus (Ars 1.11).

    Synonyms
    • pontus
    Hyponyms
    Derived terms
    • bimaris
    • Hibēricum Mare
    • marīnus
    • maritimus
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    mare

    1. ablative singular of mās

    References

    Further reading

    • mare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • mare in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Anagrams

    • mera

    Marau

    Noun

    mare

    1. water

    References

    • The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

    Middle Dutch

    Etymology 1

    From Old Dutch *māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī.

    Adjective

    mâre

    1. famous, famed
    2. honoured, prestigious
    3. well-known
    Inflection

    This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

    Etymology 2

    From Old Dutch māri, from Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.

    Noun

    mâre f

    1. fame, famousness
    2. rumour
    3. message
    Inflection

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants
    • Dutch: maar, mare
    • Limburgish: maer

    Etymology 3

    From Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā.

    Noun

    māre ?

    1. mare, nightmare (evil spirit)
    Inflection

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants
    • Dutch: maar
    • Limburgish: maar

    Further reading

    • “mare (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • “mare (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • “mare (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
    • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
    • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

    Munggui

    Noun

    mare

    1. water

    References

    • The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

    Neapolitan

    Etymology

    From Latin mare.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmarə/

    Noun

    mare ?

    1. sea (a vast mass of salty water)

    Norman

    Alternative forms

    • mathe (Jersey)
    • mar (Sark)

    Etymology

    From Old French mare.

    Noun

    mare f (plural mares)

    1. (continental, Guernsey) pool

    Northern Sotho

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

    Noun

    mare

    1. saliva

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Old Norse mara.

    Noun

    mare f or m (definite singular mara or maren, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)

    1. (folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)

    Derived terms

    • mareritt (“nightmare”)

    References

    • “mare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

    Anagrams

    • arme, armé, erma

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse mara f.

    Alternative forms

    • Mara, mara, maru, muru, murru (dialectal)

    Noun

    mare f (definite singular mara, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)

    1. (folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)
    Derived terms
    • marekors (“pentagram”)
    • marekvist (“a witch's broom”)
    • mareritt (“nightmare”)
    • marespjeld
    • (probably derived) innmari

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse merja (“to crush”).

    Alternative forms

    • mara (split or a-infinitive)

    Verb

    mare (present tense marar, past tense mara, past participle mara, passive infinitive marast, present participle marande, imperative mare/mar)

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    References

    • “mare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Anagrams

    • arme, armé, erma, rame, rema

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *marā.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.re/

    Noun

    mare f (nominative plural maran)

    1. mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep)

    Declension

    Weak feminine (n-stem):

    Derived terms

    • *nihtmare

    Descendants

    • English: mare

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    • mar

    Etymology

    From Middle Dutch mare (“phantom, spirit”).

    Adjective

    mare m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

    1. evil; bad

    Adverb

    mare

    1. evilly; badly

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Verb

    mare

    1. singular optative active of marati (“to die”)

    Papuma

    Noun

    mare

    1. water

    References

    • The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

    Portuguese

    Verb

    mare

    1. inflection of marar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈma.re/
    • Rhymes: -are

    Etymology 1

    Most likely inherited from Latin maiōrem, accusative singular of Latin maior, through a Common Romanian intermediate *maure, akin to Dalmatian maur. The shift from /au/ to /a/ is caused by an uncommon syncope. Compare Aromanian mari, Megleno-Romanian mari, and the aforementioned Dalmatian maur. See also Portuguese mor, Logudorese mere and Campidanese meri.

    For other examples of this syncope in particular, see Sardinian laru (dialectal), from Latin laurus; Friulian fari, from Latin faber (unlike Ladin faure); et cetera.

    An alternative, less likely theory proposes a derivation from Latin marem (“male”), with a semantic shift from "male" to "large", on an idiomatic basis (i.e. assuming that the expression "s-a făcut mare", meaning "[ 3rd-pers. sg. ] grew up" [literally "made themselves big"] initially referred exclusively to boys becoming men, and that it shifted over time to refer more broadly to physical growth, and by extension, being large). Other theories include a derivation from its homonym mare (meaning sea), and a substrate origin (either Proto-Albanian or Thraco-Dacian).

    Adjective

    mare m or f or n (plural mari)

    1. big, large, great
      Antonym: mic
      O mare mare. ― A big sea.
    2. great, mighty
      Un om mare. ― A great man.
    Inflection
    Derived terms
    • mări
    • mărime
    • mărinimos
    Related terms
    • măreț

    Etymology 2

    From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

    Noun

    mare f (plural mări)

    1. sea
    Declension
    Related terms
    • marin

    References

    Sardinian

    Alternative forms

    • mari (“Campidanese”)

    Etymology

    From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.

    Noun

    mare m (plural mares)

    1. sea

    Sonsorolese

    Noun

    mare

    1. boy

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    • mars

    Etymology

    Clipping of kumare, earlier variant of komadre.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmaɾe/ [ˈmaː.ɾɛ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾe
    • Syllabification: ma‧re

    Noun

    mare (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒ) (slang)

    1. close female friend; sister
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan
      Coordinate terms: brad, pare, tol

    See also

    References

    • “mare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
    • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[5], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

    Tahitian

    Noun

    mare

    1. (archaic) cough

    Usage notes

    Use hota.

    Ternate

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɾe/

    Noun

    mare

    1. alternative form of mari (“stone”)

    References

    • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

    Venda

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

    Noun

    mare

    1. saliva

    Venetan

    Pronunciation

    • (Venetian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɾe/

    Etymology 1

    From Latin mater.

    Noun

    mare f (invariable)

    1. mother

    Etymology 2

    From Latin mare.

    Noun

    mare

    1. sea

    Zazaki

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مارا.

    Noun

    mare m or f

    1. marriage

    Source: wiktionary.org