are

See also: Are, -are, -aré, åre, aré, arë, āre, and ārē

English[edit]

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ARE

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with Old Norse eru (“(they) are”) (> Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish är (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

Alternative forms[edit]

ar (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

Stressed

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
(General American) enPR: ar, IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/
(General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /ɐː(ɹ)/
(now dialectal) IPA^(key): /ɛə(ɹ)/, /ɛː(ɹ)/
(proscribed, rare, due to confusion with "our") IPA^(key): /aʊɚ/, /aʊə/
Audio (US)
(file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Homophones: argh, r

Unstressed

(Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ə(ɹ)/
(General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘ(ɹ)/
(General American) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /ɚ/

Verb[edit]

are

second-person singular simple present of be
Mary, where are you going?
first-person plural simple present of be
We are not coming.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Here we are!
  Audio (US)
  (file)
second-person plural simple present of be
Mary and John, are you listening?
third-person plural simple present of be
They are here somewhere.
(East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be

Synonyms[edit]

(second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)

Usage notes[edit]

The pronunciation /aʊɚ/ arising from confusion of "are" and "our" is rare, however it results as the latter can be elided into /ɑɹ/ in quick speech.

Translations[edit]

second-person singular (informal) simple present indicative form of be

Bulgarian: си (bg) (si)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
Czech: jsi (cs), jste (cs) (formal)
Danish: er (da)
Dutch: bent (nl), zijt (nl)
Faroese: ert
Finnish: olet (fi)
French: es (fr), êtes (fr) (formal)
Galician: es (gl)
German: bist (de), sind (de) (formal, singular or plural)
Hungarian: vagy (hu), van (hu)

Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
Latin: es (la)
Lithuanian: esi (lt)
Macedonian: си (si)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: er (no)
Polish: jesteś (pl), jest (pl) (formal, with Pan, Pani)
Portuguese: estás (pt) (with tu), está (pt) (with você), és (pt) (with tu), é (pt) (with você)
Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), еси́ (ru) (jesí) (archaic)
Slovak: si (sk), ste (sk)
Spanish: eres (es), estás (es)
Swedish: är (sv)
Vietnamese: là (vi)

second-person plural simple present indicative form of be

Bulgarian: сте (bg) (ste)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
Czech: jste (cs)
Danish: er (da)
Dutch: zijn (nl)
Faroese: eru
Finnish: olette (fi)
French: êtes (fr)
German: seid (de), sind (de) (formal, singular or plural)
Hungarian: vagytok (hu), vannak (hu)
Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)

Latin: estis (la)
Lithuanian: esate (lt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: er (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: есте (este), еста (esta) (dual)
Polish: jesteście (pl), są (pl) (formal with Państwo, Panowie, etc.)
Portuguese: estais (pt) (with vós), estão (pt) (with vocês), sois (pt) (with vós), são (pt) (with vocês)
Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), е́сте (ru) (jéste) (archaic)
Slovak: ste (sk)
Spanish: sois (es), son (es), estáis (es), están (es)
Swedish: är (sv)
Vietnamese: là (vi)

first-person plural simple present indicative form of be

Bulgarian: сме (bg) (sme)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
Czech: jsme (cs)
Danish: er (da)
Dutch: zijn (nl)
Faroese: eru
Finnish: olemme (fi)
French: sommes (fr)
German: sind (de)
Hungarian: vagyunk (hu)
Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)

Latin: sumus (la)
Lithuanian: esame (lt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: er (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: есмъ (esmŭ), есвѣ (esvě) (dual)
Polish: jesteśmy (pl)
Portuguese: estamos (pt), somos (pt)
Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), есмы́ (ru) (jesmý) (archaic)
Slovak: sme (sk)
Spanish: somos (es), estamos (es)
Swedish: är (sv)
Vietnamese: là (vi)

third-person plural simple present indicative form of be

Bulgarian: са (bg) (sa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
Czech: jsou (cs)
Danish: er (da)
Faroese: eru
Finnish: ovat (fi)
French: sont (fr)
German: sind (de)
Hungarian: vannak (hu)
Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)
Latin: sunt (la)

Lithuanian: yra (lt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: er (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: сѫтъ (sǫtŭ), есте (este) (dual)
Old English: sind
Polish: są (pl)
Portuguese: estão (pt), são (pt)
Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), суть (ru) (sutʹ) (dated)
Slovak: sú (sk)
Spanish: son (es), están (es)
Swedish: är (sv)
Vietnamese: là (vi)

be — see be

Etymology 2[edit]

From French are.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛə/, /ɛː/
(General American) enPR: âr, IPA^(key): /ɛəɹ/, /ɛɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Homophones: air, ere, heir; err (one pronunciation)

Noun[edit]

are (plural ares)

(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

Usage notes[edit]

Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.

Synonyms[edit]

(SI unit): (rare) square decametre

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

unit of area

Armenian: ար (hy) (ar)
Bashkir: ар (ar); land area сутый (sutïy)
Catalan: àrea (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公畝 (zh), 公亩 (zh) (gōngmǔ)
Czech: ar (cs) m
Danish: ar (da)
Dutch: are (nl) m
Estonian: aar (et)
Finnish: aari (fi)
French: are (fr) m
Galician: área (gl) f
German: Ar (de) n
Greek: άρια (el) n (ária)
Hungarian: ár (hu)
Irish: ár m
Italian: ara (it) f

Japanese: アール (ja) (āru)
Latvian: ārs m
Macedonian: ар m (ar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ar (no) n

Nynorsk: ar n
Occitan: ara (oc) f
Polish: ar (pl) m inan
Portuguese: are (pt) m
Romanian: ar (ro) n
Russian: ар (ru) m (ar)
Slovak: ár m
Spanish: área (es) f
Swedish: ar (sv) c
Tagalog: arya
Turkish: ar (tr)

Anagrams[edit]

'ear, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, aër-, ear, era, rea

Basque[edit]

Noun[edit]

are inan

rake

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French are, from Latin ārea.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.rə/
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: are
Rhymes: -aːrə

Noun[edit]

are f (plural aren or ares)

are, a unit of surface area

Derived terms[edit]

hectare

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned formation from Latin area, a piece of level ground. Doublet of aire.

Pronunciation[edit]

Homophone: art

Noun[edit]

are m (plural ares)

an are

Related terms[edit]

aire
aréage

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈa.re/, [ˈäːr̺e̞]
Rhymes: -are
Homophone: -are (to) (infinitive verb suffix)
Hyphenation: à‧re

Etymology 1[edit]

Variant of aere.

Noun[edit]

are m (plural ari)

Archaic form of aere.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun[edit]

are f pl

plural of ara

Anagrams[edit]

era, Era, rea

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

are

Rōmaji transcription of あれ

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

ārē

second-person singular present active imperative of āreō

References[edit]

are in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

are

long, large sickle

Mapudungun[edit]

Noun[edit]

are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

warmth, heat

References[edit]

Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

are

(chiefly Kent and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

are

Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

are

Alternative form of aren

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

are

white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2[edit]

Perhaps from a Dutch Low Saxon [Term?] or German Low German [Term?] verb.

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

Verb[edit]

are

to suit, fit

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɑːre/

Noun 1[edit]

āre

honor, glory, grace

Declension[edit]

Declension of are (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	āre	āran
accusative	āran	āran
genitive	āran	ārena
dative	āran	ārum

Noun 2[edit]

āre

dative singular of ār (“messenger, herald; angel; missionary”)

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun[edit]

are n

ear

Inflection[edit]

Declension of āre (neuter n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	āre	āra, ārene, ārne
accusative	āre	āra, ārene, ārne
genitive	āra	ārena
dative	āra	ārum, ārem, ārnum, ārnem

Descendants[edit]

North Frisian:
Föhr: uar

Hallig, Mooring: uur

Helgoland: Uaar
Saterland Frisian: Oor
West Frisian: ear

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

𑀅𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
अरे (Devanagari script)
অরে (Bengali script)
අරෙ (Sinhalese script)
အရေ or ဢရေ (Burmese script)
อเร or อะเร (Thai script)
ᩋᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ອເຣ or ອະເຣ (Lao script)
អរេ (Khmer script)

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

are

wow, woah
yay

Derived terms[edit]

re

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

are m (plural ares)

(historical) are (unit of area)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

are

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of arar
third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of arar
third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of arar
third-person singular (você) negative imperative of arar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cf. Latin habēret, habuerit. Compare Aromanian ari. See also Romanian ar, used in a periphrastic construction of the conditional.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈare/
Rhymes: -are

Verb[edit]

are

third-person singular present indicative of avea

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English are, from Old English ār (“honor, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, grace, favor, prosperity, benefit, help, mercy, pity, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Dutch eer (“honour, credit”), German Ehre (“honour, glory”), Latin erus (“master, professor”).

Noun[edit]

are (uncountable)

grace; mercy

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾe/, [ˈa.ɾe]

Verb[edit]

are

Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of arar.
First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of arar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of arar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of arar.

Tagalog[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

are

(Batangas) this, it
Ano ga are? ― What is this?

Synonyms[edit]

(Manila, Standard Tagalog) ito
(Central Luzon) ere, ire

Derived terms[edit]

garine, ganire
nare

Tangam[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tani *a-lə, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la.

Noun[edit]

are

(anatomy) foot, leg

References[edit]

Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

Venetian[edit]

Noun[edit]

are

plural of ara

are

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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Basque[edit]

Noun[edit]

Dutch[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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French[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

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Japanese[edit]

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

References[edit]

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mapudungun[edit]

Noun[edit]

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun 1[edit]

Declension[edit]

Noun 2[edit]

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Noun[edit]

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Pali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]