mere

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Adjective 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.6 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Descendants 5 Romanian 5.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

Etymologies 1, 2 and 3

• (RP) IPA: /mɪə/, SAMPA: /mI@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /mɪɚ/, SAMPA: /mI@`/
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Etymology 4

• IPA: /ˈmɛɹi/, SAMPA: /"mEri/

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English mere, from Proto-Germanic *mariz, from Proto-Indo-European *mori. Cognate with Dutch meer, German Meer, Norwegian mar; and (from Indo-European) with Latin mare, Breton mor, Russian море.

[edit] Noun

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mere (plural meres)

1. (obsolete) The sea.
2. (dialectal or literary) A pool or lake; a marsh.

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• mermaid
• merman
• merfolk

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Old English mǣre.

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mere (plural meres)

1. A boundary; a boundary-marker.

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Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus.

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mere (comparative -, superlative merest)

1. Just, only; the smallest amount; having no greater importance or extent.

   I saved a mere 10 pounds this week.

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[edit] Etymology 4

Maori mere (“‘more’”).

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mere (plural meres)

1. A Maori war-club.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of eemr
• erme

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse meiri (“‘more’”).

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• IPA: /meːrə/, [ˈmeːɐ]

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mere

1. more

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[edit] Italian

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mere f.

1. Feminine plural of mero.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“‘sea’”). Cognate with Old Saxon meri (Dutch meer), Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The IE root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (Russian море), Lithuanian mãre.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'mere/

[edit] Noun

mere m.

1. sea, ocean
2. lake, body of water

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mere	meras
accusative	mere	meras
genitive	meres	mera
dative	mere	merum

[edit] Descendants

• English: mere

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Noun

mere n. pl.

1. Plural form of măr.