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Yes. The word sire is a Scrabble US word. The word sire is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word sire is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

IRES,REIS,RISE,SEIR,SIRE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERS,IRE,REI,RES,SEI,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from sire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sire

sire isre srie rsie irse rise sier iser seir esir iesr eisr srei rsei seri esri resi ersi ires ries iers eirs reis eris

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Definitions and meaning of sire

sire

Etymology

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɪə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

sire (plural sires)

  1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
  2. A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
  3. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
  4. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

Coordinate terms

  • (male animal): dam

Derived terms

  • sire-land

Translations

Verb

sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

  1. (transitive, of a male) To father; to beget.

Translations

Anagrams

  • EIRs, Eris, Iser, SIer, Seri, eirs, ires, reis, rise

Danish

Etymology

From German zieren.

Verb

sire

  1. (archaic) adorn
  2. (archaic, by extension, especially in the passive participle) endow with a favorable quality

Derived terms

  • vansire

References

  • “sire” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sire (nominative form), from Vulgar Latin *seior (used as a term of address), a contracted form of Latin senior (compare French seigneur, derived from the accusative form), perhaps influenced by maior. Doublet of seigneur, senior, and sieur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siʁ/
  • Rhymes: -iʁ
  • Homophones: cire, cirent, cires, sires

Noun

sire m (plural sires)

  1. (obsolete) sire (term of respect) (Still used in at least partly French-speaking kingdoms such as Belgium or Canada as a form of address to the sovereign)
  2. (obsolete) lord

Derived terms

  • triste sire

Related terms

  • monsieur
  • seigneur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ries

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sire. See also sere. Doublet of signore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sì‧re

Noun

sire m (invariable)

  1. king, monarch (only when addressing a sovereign)
    Synonyms: re, sovrano, monarca, maestà

Anagrams

  • Eris, IRES, ersi, resi, rise, seri

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • sir, sirre, syre, syr, seere, ser, sure, sore
  • ẜ

Etymology

From Old French sire, nominative singular of seignor, from Latin senior. Doublet of senyour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːr(ə)/, /ˈsir(ə)/, /ˈsɛr(ə)/

Noun

sire (plural sires)

  1. Used preceding the name or title of a knight, noble, or cleric.
  2. A respectful term of address for a noble or gentleman.
  3. A noble or lord; one of high station.
  4. A husband as the head of a household.
  5. A father as one's progenitor.

Descendants

  • English: sir; sire
  • Scots: sir; sire

References

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

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɾə/

Noun

sire m

  1. nominative singular of sieur

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

sire

  1. locative singular of siras (“head”)

Noun

sire

  1. vocative singular of sirā (“vein”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sire.

Noun

sire m (uncountable)

  1. sire

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

sire (Cyrillic spelling сире)

  1. third-person plural present of siriti

Slovene

Noun

sire

  1. accusative plural of sir

Source: wiktionary.org