mare
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From Old English mere, feminine of mearh 'horse' (cf. German Mähre, Dutch merrie), from Proto-Germanic, from Iranian, akin to Sanskrit máryas 'stallion, young man'.
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mare (plural mares)
- An adult female horse.
- (British, slang) A foolish woman.
- 2007, Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple
- The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
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Middle English mare, from Old English mera, mære, from Proto-Germanic *maron (cf. Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara 'incubus, nightmare', Danish mare, Swedish mara), from Indo-European, akin to Polish zmora 'nightmare', Czech mura 'nightmare, moth', Old Irish Morrígain 'queen of elves'.
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mare (plural mares)
- (now obsolete except dialectal) A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
- (British, colloquial) (Shortening of nightmare) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
- I'm having a complete mare today.
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mare (plural maria)
- (planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
- (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
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mare f.
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mare m.
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mare c. (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)
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- mareridt n.
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mare f. (plural: maren, diminutive: maartje)
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mare f. (plural mares)
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- IPA: [ˈmare]
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mare m. (plural mari)
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- ammarare
- frutto di mare
- lupo di mare
- marea
- mareggiata
- maremoto
- maretta
- marina
- marinaio
- marinara
- marinare
- marino
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- oceano - ocean
[edit] Latin
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From Proto-Indo-European *móri.
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mare (genitive maris); n, third declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mare | maria |
| genitive | maris | marium |
| dative | marī | maribus |
| accusative | mare | maria |
| ablative | marī | maribus |
| vocative | mare | maria |
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mare m.
[edit] Old English
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Proto-Germanic *maron-.
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- IPA: /mɑre/
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mare f.
- nightmare, evil spirit
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| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mare | maran |
| accusative | maran | maran |
| genitive | maran | marena |
| dative | maran | marum |
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- English: mare
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- IPA: [ˈmare]
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mare 2 nom/acc forms
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| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| Nominative/Accusative | indefinite articulation | mare | mare | mare | mari | mari | mari |
| definite articulation | marele | marele | marea | marii | marlele | marlele | |
| Genitive/Dative | indefinite articulation | mare | mare | mari | mari | mari | mari |
| definite articulation | marelui | marelui | marii | marilor | marilor | marilor | |
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