are

See also Are, -are, åre, Åre, aré, arë, and -aré

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are", originally, "(they) became”), from the third person plural preterite indicative form of *iranan (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to rise, lift, move”). Cognate with Old Norse erun (“(they) are”), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

Pronunciation

Stressed

• (UK) IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /A:(\r)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)
• (US) IPA: /ɑɹ/, SAMPA: /Ar\/

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Unstressed

• (UK) IPA: /ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ɚ/, SAMPA: /@`/
• Homophones: argh, r

Verb

are

1. second-person singular simple present tense of be

   Mary, where are you going?

2. first-person plural simple present tense of be

   We are not coming.

3. second-person plural simple present tense of be

   Mary and John, are you listening?

4. third-person plural simple present tense of be

   They are here somewhere.

Synonyms

• (second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)

Translations

be — see be

See also

other forms of verb be

am is art be being been

beest was wast were wert

Etymology 2

From French are.

Noun

Wikipedia are (plural ares)

1. (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a

Usage notes

• Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.

Synonyms

• (SI unit): (rare) square decametre

Derived terms

• centiare
• decare
• hectare

Translations

unit of area

Armenian: ար (hy) (ar) Chinese: 公畝, 公亩 (gōng mǔ) Czech: ar (cs) m. Danish: ar (da) Dutch: are (nl) m. Estonian: aar (et) Finnish: aari (fi) French: are (fr) Italian: ara (it) f.

Japanese: アール (ja) (āru) Latvian: ārs (lv) m. Macedonian: ар (mk) (ar) m. Polish: ar (pl) m. Romanian: ar (ro) n. Russian: ар (ru) (ar) m. Slovak: ár (sk) m. Swedish: ar (sv) c. Turkish: ar (tr)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: they · my · were · #36: are · their · one · so

Anagrams

• ear
• era, ERA
• Rae

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Basque

Noun

are

1. rake

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Dutch

Noun

are ? (plural ares)

1. are, a unit of surface area

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French

Etymology

Formed from Latin area, a piece of level ground.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: art

Noun

are m. (plural ares)

1. An are.

Related terms

• aire

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Italian

Noun

are f. pl.

1. Plural form of ara.

Anagrams

• era, Era
• rea

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Japanese

Pronoun

are (kanji 彼れ, hiragana あれ)

1. that one over there

See also

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Object	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
	こっち	そっち	あっち	どっち
Human	こいつ	そいつ	あいつ	どいつ
Manner	こう	そう	ああ**	どう
* irregular ** regular (long vowel)

Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (あれ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (彼れ), which is rarely used.

Noun

are (hiragana あれ)

1. 荒れ: stormy weather, tempest, chaps (of skin)

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Latin

Verb

ārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of āreō

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Mapudungun

Noun

are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. warmth, heat

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

are

1. white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2

Probably from Low German arden

Verb

are

1. To suit, fit

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːre/

Noun

āre

1. Plural form of ār.
2. accusative singular of ār
3. genitive singular of ār
4. dative singular of ār
5. accusative plural of ār

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Old Frisian

Noun

are

1. ear

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Romanian

Verb

are

1. third-person singular present tense form of avea. he/she has

See also

• a

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English ār (“honor, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, grace, favor, prosperity, benefit, help, mercy, pity, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Dutch eer (“honour, credit”), German Ehre (“honour, glory”), Latin erus (“master, professor”).

Noun

are (uncountable)

1. Grace; mercy.

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Spanish

Verb

are (infinitive arar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of arar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of arar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of arar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of arar.

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Venetian

Noun

are f.

1. Plural form of ara.