hère
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
- Homophones: haire, haires, hères, r (general), air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers (unaspirated)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle French hayre (16th c.), which is
- either the same word as haire (“made of hair”) as hair shirts were worn chiefly by paupers and penitents;
- or from earlier her, her(r)e (“gentleman”, 14th c.), from Middle High German hērre, with semantic pejoration (perhaps through ironic use).
Noun[edit]
hère m (plural hères)
Etymology 2[edit]
18th century, likely borrowed from Dutch hert (“deer”).
Noun[edit]
hère m (plural hères)
Further reading[edit]
- “hère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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