ware

See also Ware, wäre, and -ware

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɛə/, SAMPA: /wE@/
• (US) enPR: wĕr, IPA: /wɛr/, SAMPA: /wEr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
• Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

Old English wær

Adjective

ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)

1. (poetic) aware

Usage notes

Replaced by intensified form aware.

Derived terms

• beware

Etymology 2

Old English waru

Noun

ware (plural wares)

1. A product that is bought or sold; a commodity.

Noun

ware (plural wares)

1. (Ireland) Crockery

Derived terms

• -ware

Translations

product

Esperanto: varo (eo) Finnish: tavara (fi), kauppatavara (fi) Hungarian: áru (hu)

Russian: товар (ru) (továr) m. Spanish: mercancía (es) f. Swedish: vara (sv) c.

Etymology 3

From Old English warian

Verb

ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)

1. (obsolete) To beware of something.

Translations

beware of something

Ido: -aj (io)

Anagrams

• wear, Wear

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Dutch

Adjective

ware

1. The inflected form^FAQ of waar.

Verb

ware

1. singular past subjunctive of zijn.
2. singular present subjunctive of waren.

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Japanese

Noun

ware (hiragana われ)

1. 我: self

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Maori

Adjective

ware

1. ignorant

Noun

ware

1. saliva

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō.

Noun

ware f.

1. merchandise, product

Declension

Declension of ware (weak)

	singular	plural
nominative	ware	waren
accusative	ware	waren
genitive	waren	waren
dative	ware(n)	waren

Descendants

• Dutch: waar

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Scots

Pronunciation 1

• IPA: [wer], [war], [voːr]

Noun

ware (plural wares)

1. spring, springtime
2. cold weather in springtime

Synonyms

• spring

Pronunciation 2

• IPA: [weːr]

Noun

ware (plural wares)

1. a type of seaweed

Derived terms

• warebrak