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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 1.4 Noun 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.1.1 Homophones 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 5 Japanese 5.1 Prefix 5.1.1 See also 5.1.2 Usage notes 5.2 Noun 6 Mapudungun 6.1 Noun 7 Old English 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Old Frisian 8.1 Noun 9 Romanian 9.1 Verb 9.1.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English arn, aren from Old English N. Dial. earun, earon (“‘are’”) and Old Norse er (displacing Old English sind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“‘to be, exist’”) (through rhotacism), alt. from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“‘to move, set in motion’”).

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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: /@`/

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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.

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

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am is art be being been

beest was wast were wert

[edit] Etymology 2

From French are.

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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

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

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• (SI unit): (rare) square decametre

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• centiare
• decare
• hectare

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• Alphagram: aer
• ear
• era, ERA
• Rae

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==Basque==

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are

1. rake

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are

1. are, a unit of surface area

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[edit] French

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• art

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From Latin area, a piece of level ground.

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are m. (plural ares)

1. An are.

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are f. pl.

1. Plural form of ara.

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are (kanji 彼れ, hiragana あれ)

1. that one over there

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Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	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
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

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

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are (hiragana あれ)

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

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are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. warmth, heat

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[edit] Old English

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• IPA: /'a:re/

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āre (form of ār)

1. Accusative, genitive or dative singular of ār.
2. Nominative or accusative plural of ār.

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are

1. ear

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are

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

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• a