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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German eher (“earlier”).

Alternative forms

  • yer [15th–16th c.]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: air, Ayr, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Adverb

ere (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) At an earlier time. [10th–17th c.]

Preposition

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
Translations

Conjunction

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before.

Quotations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ere (plural eres)

  1. Obsolete form of ear.
    • 1533, R. Saltwood:
      As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams

Basque

Conjunction

ere

  1. also

Coastal Konjo

Noun

ere

  1. water

Further reading

Danish

Verb

ere

  1. (obsolete) present plural of være

Usage notes

  • Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ere

  1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) Dative singular form of eer

Verb

ere

  1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eren

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Possibly the same root as in erk. Compare Finnish hereä, Livvi herei and Veps hered.

Adjective

ere (genitive ereda, partitive eredat, comparative eredam, superlative kõige eredam)

  1. bright

Declension

Declension of ere (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ere eredad
accusative nom.
gen. ereda
genitive eredate
partitive eredat eredaid
illative eredasse eredatesse
eredaisse
inessive eredas eredates
eredais
elative eredast eredatest
eredaist
allative eredale eredatele
eredaile
adessive eredal eredatel
eredail
ablative eredalt eredatelt
eredailt
translative eredaks eredateks
eredaiks
terminative eredani eredateni
essive eredana eredatena
abessive eredata eredateta
comitative eredaga eredatega

Hungarian

Etymology

ér +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ere

Noun

ere

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of ér

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ere —
accusative erét —
dative erének —
instrumental erével —
causal-final eréért —
translative erévé —
terminative eréig —
essive-formal ereként —
essive-modal eréül —
inessive erében —
superessive erén —
adessive erénél —
illative erébe —
sublative erére —
allative eréhez —
elative eréből —
delative eréről —
ablative erétől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		eréé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		erééi —

Italian

Noun

ere f

  1. plural of era

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ere

  1. vocative singular of erus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

êre f

  1. glory, fame
  2. honour, respect
  3. worship
  4. decency, etiquette
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: eer
    • Afrikaans: eer
    • Negerhollands: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Etymology 2

Adverb

êre

  1. Alternative form of êer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

êre

  1. feminine genitive/dative singular of êen

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ēare, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ere (plural eren or eres)

  1. The ear (organ that receives sound):
    1. The auricle; the outside of the ear.
    2. The ear canal; the inside channel of the ear.
  2. The sense of hearing; the ability to hear.
  3. The level of attention given to someone speaking.
  4. A handle or grip.
  5. A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 6

Verb

ere

  1. Alternative form of aren

Etymology 7

Verb

ere

  1. Alternative form of eren (“to plough”)

Namia

Noun

ere

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂. Cognates include Old English āre, Old Saxon ēra and Old Dutch ēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːre/, [ˈɛːre]

Noun

ēre f

  1. honour

Inflection

Declension of ēre (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative ēre ēra
genitive ēre ēra, ērena
dative ēre ērum, ērem, ēron
accusative ēre ēra

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: Eere
  • West Frisian: eare

References

  • Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Purari

Noun

ere

  1. water

References

  • The Structural Violence of Resouce Extraction in the Purari Delta, in Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives
  • Comparative wordlists (Karl James Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics) (1975)
  • Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

ere f

  1. inflection of eră:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Sa

Noun

ere

  1. village

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

ere f (plural eres)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
    Synonym: (represents both r and rr) erre

Derived terms

Verb

ere

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of eres; you are
    • 2019, “La venda”, in Amuza, performed by Miki Núñez:
      La venda ya cayó y serás como querías / Lo que ere, lo que ere, ere, ere, e
      The blindfold fell and you'll be however you wanted to be / What you are, what you are, you are, you are, a—

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeɾe/, [ˈʔɛː.ɾɛ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish erre.

Noun

ere

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

Etymology 2

See eyre.

Noun

ere

  1. (common) Alternative form of eyre

Tocharian B

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ere m

  1. appearance, complexion (of skin)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ere”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Turkish

Noun

ere

  1. dative singular of er

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German ēra.

Pronunciation

Noun

ēre f

  1. homage, honor
  2. fame

Yola

Adverb

ere

  1. Alternative form of eyver

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

èrè

  1. advantage, reward
  2. profit, reward
Derived terms
Usage notes
  • This noun is normally used with the verb jẹ

Etymology 2

Erè

Pronunciation

Noun

erè

  1. python, specifically the Ball python, regarded as a symbol of the rainbow spirit, Òṣùmàrè
    Synonyms: òṣùmàrè, òjòlá

Etymology 3

Ère òrìṣà Èṣù méjì

Pronunciation

Noun

ère

  1. statue, figurine, sculpture
    ó gbẹ́ igi ní ère ― He carved a wooden sculpture
Derived terms
Usage notes
  • This word is usually used with three verbs, gbẹ́ (to carve), mọ (to mold), or yá (to make a metal image), normally depending on the medium the sculpture is made in.

Etymology 4

Àwọn ọmọdé tó ń ṣe eré bọ́ọ̀lù afẹsẹ̀gbá
Àwọn ọmọbìnrin tó ń ṣe eré kan
Àwọn tó ń ṣe eré ìtàgé olórin kan

Pronunciation

Noun

eré

  1. physical play
    Synonyms: aré, iré
  2. game
    Ẹ kúrò nídìí ìdò, eré ọmọdé ni ― Stop playing with the ido seeds, it's a child's game
  3. race, run
    Synonym: eré ìje
    Eré tí ajá fogún ọdún sá; ìrìn fàájì ni fẹ́ṣin
    The race that took the dog twenty years to run is a leisurely stroll for the horse.
  4. drama, musical, play
  5. television show, movie, film
    Synonyms: fíìmù, sinimá
  6. joke, fun
    Synonyms: àwàdà, àpárá
    mo ń ṣe eré ni ― I am only joking
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ré (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

èré

  1. inflamed or swollen part of the body

Etymology 6

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ré (“to curse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

èré

  1. curse
    Synonyms: èpè, èèdì, ègún
    ó fi wá ré èré ― He put curses on us

Zazaki

Noun

ere

  1. afternoon
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