mare

See also Mare, and maré

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mere, miere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *marḱ- (“horse”). Cognate with Scots mere, meir, mear (“mare”), North Frisian mar (“mare, horse”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), German Mähre (“mare”), Danish mær (“mare”), Swedish märr (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”). Related also to Old English mearh (“male horse, steed”).

Alternative etymology cites derivation via Old English mere, miere, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (cf. Dutch merrie, German Mähre), from *marhaz (“horse”) (compare Old English mearh), from Gaulish markos (compare Welsh march), from Iranian marikas (compare Old Persian marikas 'male, manly'), from maryas (compare Avestan mairya 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɛə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ/, X-SAMPA: /mE@/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: mayor (in many dialects)

Noun

mare (plural mares)

1. An adult female horse.
2. (UK, pejorative, 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?

Antonyms

• stallion and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)

Coordinate terms

• (adult female horse): foal and filly refer to younger horses, pony can refer to adult horses of either gender under a certain height.

Translations

female horse

• Albanian: pelë f
• Ancient Greek: ἵππος (hippos) f
• Armenian: մատակ (hy) (matak) , զամբիկ (hy) (zambik) 
• Basque: behor (eu)
• Belarusian: кабыла (be) (kabýla) f 
• Breton: kazeg f
• Bulgarian: кобила (bg) (kobíla) f 
• Catalan: euga (ca) f, egua (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騍馬 (cmn), 骒马 (cmn) (kèmǎ)

• Crimean Tatar: baytal
• Czech: klisna (cs) f, kobyla (cs) f
• Danish: hoppe (da) c
• Dutch: merrie (nl) f
• Erzya: эльде (elyde)
• Esperanto: ĉevalino (eo)
• Faroese: ryssa (fo) f
• Finnish: tamma (fi)
• French: jument (fr) f
• Georgian: ფაშატი (ka) (p'ašati) , ჭაკი (ka) (čaki) 
• German: Stute (de) f, (old mare) Mähre (de) f
• Greek: φοράδα (el) (foráda) f 
• Guaraní: kavaju kuña
• Hebrew: סוסה (he) (susah) f
• Hungarian: kanca (hu)
• Icelandic: hryssa (is) f, meri (is) f
• Ido: kavalino (io)
• Interlingua: cavalla f
• Irish: láir (ga) f
• Italian: cavalla (it) f
• Japanese: 牝馬 (ja) (ひんば, hinba)
• Jèrriais: jeunment f
• Korean: 암말 (ko) (ammal)
• Latgalian: kēve f

• Latin: equa (la) f
• Latvian: ķēve (lv) f
• Lithuanian: kumelė (lt) f
• Macedonian: кобила (mk) (kóbila) f
• Maori: hoiho uwha
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: hoppe (no) f
• Occitan: èga (oc) f, cavala (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: кобꙑла (kobyla) f
• Old Irish: láir f
• Pashto: آسپه (ps) (āspa) f
• Polish: klacz (pl) f, kobyła (pl) f
• Portuguese: égua (pt) f
• Romanian: iapă (ro) f
• Russian: кобыла (ru) (kobýla) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: làir f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кобила (sh) f

  Roman: kobila (sh)

• Slovak: kobyla (sk) f
• Slovene: kobila (sl) f
• Spanish: yegua (es) f
• Swedish: märr (sv) c, sto (sv) n
• Taos: yàwo’óna
• Telugu: ఆడగుర్రం (te) (aaDagurraM)
• Turkish: kısrak (tr)
• Tuvan: бе (be), кызырак (kyzyrak)
• Ukrainian: кобила (uk) (kobýla) f 
• Vilamovian: köwuł
• Volapük: jijevod (vo), (obsolete) jijeval (vo)
• Welsh: caseg f
• Wolof: wajan wi (wo)
• Yugur: gün

Etymology 2

From Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”) (compare Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara ( > Danish mare, Swedish mara 'incubus, nightmare')), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Akin to Old Irish Morrígain 'elf queen', Albanian tmerr (“horror”), Polish zmora 'nightmare', Czech mura 'nightmare, moth'.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɛə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ/, X-SAMPA: /mE@/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

mare (plural mares)

1. (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.
2. (UK, colloquial) (Shortening of nightmare) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.

   I'm having a complete mare today.

Derived terms

• daymare
• nightmare

Translations

evil spirit

• Polish: mara (pl) f

• Swedish: mara (sv) c

frustrating or terrible experience

• Finnish: painajainen (fi)

Etymology 3

From Latin mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmarɛ/, X-SAMPA: /mA:reI/

Noun

mare (plural maria)

1. (planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
2. (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

Translations

planetology: dark circular plain

• Finnish: meri (fi)

• Russian: море (ru) (móre) n 

Anagrams

• Amer., amer., Erma, ream

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Aromanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin mās, marem (“male”)

Adjective

mare

1. big, large, great

Antonyms

• njic

Derived terms

• mãrescu

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /'maɾə/, X-SAMPA: /"ma4@/
• (Valencian) IPA: /'maɾe/, X-SAMPA: /"ma4e/
• Rhymes: -aɾə

Etymology

From Latin mater, matrem.

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

1. mother

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Corsican

Noun

mare m

1. sea

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mara.

Noun

mare c (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)

1. incubus, succubus

Related terms

• mareridt n

Inflection

    Inflection of mare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mare	maren	marer	marerne
genitive	mares	marens	marers	marernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Cognate with German Mär, from which German Märchen (“fairy tales”).

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje)

1. message, report, story
2. rumor

Synonyms

• (message, report, story): bericht, tijding, verslag, verhaal
• (rumor): gerucht

Related terms

• vermaard, vermaarde

Verb

mare

1. singular present subjunctive of maren

Etymology 2

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje)

1. depression in non-volcanic stone, compare maar

Etymology 3

Related to nachtmerrie (“nightmare”), a compound in which the latter component (merrie (“female horse”)) is a corruption of mare. Analogously related to the latter components in English nightmare and French cauchemar.

Noun

mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje)

1. a nocturnal monster or spirit that torments its victims while they are sleeping
2. a nightmare
3. a witch

Related terms

• nachtmare, nachtmerrie

Anagrams

• arme, rame

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French

Etymology

From Middle French mare, from Old French mare, from Old Norse marr (“lake, sea, pool”), from Proto-Germanic *mari (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, *mori- (“marsh, lake, sea”). Akin to Old High German meri ("lake, sea"; > German Meer), Old Saxon meri, Old English mere ("pond, pool, mere"; > English mere). More at mere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑʁ/

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Noun

mare f (plural mares)

1. puddle
2. pool

Anagrams

• amer
• arme, armé
• rame, ramé

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French mare, of Germanic origin.

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

1. pool

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmare]

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• Rhymes: -are

Noun

mare m (plural mari)

1. sea

Related terms

• ammarare
• frutto di mare
• lupo di mare
• marea
• mareggiata
• maremoto
• maretta
• marina
• marinaio
• marinara
• marinare
• marino

See also

• oceano - ocean

Anagrams

• arme
• erma
• mera
• rame
• rema

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mare (genitive maris); n, third declension

1. sea

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mare	maria
genitive	maris	marium
dative	marī	maribus
accusative	mare	maria
ablative	marī	maribus
vocative	mare	maria

Synonyms

• pontus

Derived terms

• Mare Balticum
• Mare Germanicum
• marīnus
• maritimus

Descendants

Aragonese: mar Aromanian: amare Asturian: mar Catalan: mar Dalmatian: mur Emilian: mèr English: Weston-super-Mare, mare Esperanto: maro Extremaduran: mari French: mer Friulian: mâr

Galician: mar Ido: maro Interlingua: mar Italian: mare Jèrriais: mé Ladino: mar Lombard: mar Mirandese: mar Neapolitan: mare Occitan: mar Old French: mer

Old Portuguese: mar Old Provençal: mar Portuguese: mar Romagnol: mêr Romanian: mare Romansch: mar, mer Sardinian: mare, mari Sicilian: mari Spanish: mar Venetian: mar Walloon: mer

Noun

mare m

1. ablative singular of mas

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'marɐ/

Noun

mare

1. sea (a vast mass of salty water)

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑre/

Noun

mare f

1. nightmare, evil spirit

Declension

    Declension of mare (weak)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mare	maran
accusative	maran	maran
genitive	maran	marena
dative	maran	marum

Descendants

• English: mare

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mar

Adjective

mare

1. evil; bad

Adverb

mare

1. evilly; badly

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmare]

Etymology 1

From Latin mārem, accusative singular of mās (“male”).

Adjective

mare ^{2 nom/acc forms}

1. big, large, great

   O mare mare.

   A big sea.

2. great, mighty

   Un om mare.

   A great man.

Inflection

declension of mare

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mare		mare	mari	mari
	definite	marele		marea	marii	marile
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mare		mari	mari	mari
	definite	marelui		marii	marilor	marilor

Antonyms

• mic

Related terms

• mări
• măreț

Etymology 2

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mare f (plural mări)

1. sea

   Când am mers la mare, am înotat un pic și mai târziu am prins un pește mare.

   When I went to sea, I swam a little and later caught a big fish.

Declension

declension of mare

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o mare	marea	niște mări	mările
genitive/dative	unei mări	mării	unor mări	mărilor

Related terms

• marin

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Sonsorolese

Noun

mare

1. boy

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Tahitian

Noun

mare

1. cough

Usage notes

Archaic; use hota.

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin mater, matrem. Compare Italian madre

Noun

mare f (invariable)

1. mother