are

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

English

Etymology 1

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 erun (“(they) are”) (> Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish är (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

Pronunciation

Stressed

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: ar, IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophones: argh, r
• (proscribed, rare, due to confusion with "our") IPA^(key): /aʊɚ/, IPA^(key): /aʊə/

Unstressed

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /ɚ/

Verb

are

1. second-person singular simple present of be

   Mary, where are you going?

2. first-person plural simple present of be

   We are not coming.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Here we are!

     Audio (US)

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3. second-person plural simple present of be

   Mary and John, are you listening?

4. third-person plural simple present of be

   They are here somewhere.

5. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be

Synonyms

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

Usage notes

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

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)
• 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)

• Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
• Latin: es (la)
• Macedonian: си (si)
• Polish: jesteś, je (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, ste
• Spanish: eres (es), estás (es)
• 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)
• Dutch: zijn (nl)
• Faroese: eru
• Finnish: olette (fi)
• French: êtes (fr)
• German: seid (de), sind (de) (formal, singular or plural)

• Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
• Latin: estis (la)
• Polish: jesteście, 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
• Spanish: sois (es), son (es), estáis (es), están (es)
• 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)
• Dutch: zijn (nl)
• Faroese: eru
• Finnish: olemme (fi)
• French: sommes (fr)
• German: sind (de)

• Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (formal), だ (ja) (da) (informal), である (ja) (dearu) (informative)
• Latin: sumus (la)
• Polish: jesteśmy
• Portuguese: estamos (pt), somos (pt)
• Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), есмы́ (ru) (jesmý) (archaic)
• Slovak: sme
• Spanish: somos (es), estamos (es)
• 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)
• 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)
• Latin: sunt (la)
• Polish: są (pl)
• Portuguese: estão (pt), são (pt)
• Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), суть (ru) (sutʹ) (dated)
• Slovak: sú
• Spanish: son (es), están (es)
• Vietnamese: là (vi)

be — see be

See also

other forms of verb be

• am
• art
• be
• been
• beest
• being
• is
• was
• wast
• were
• wert

 

Etymology 2

From Middle English are, ore, ōr, 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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

are (uncountable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Grace, mercy.

   To bid God's are.

   God's are is what children of God seek.

2. (obsolete) Honour, dignity.

Usage notes

In the first sense, generally found in the phrase God's are, as in to seek God's are or bid (for) God's are.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary

Etymology 3

From French are.

Pronunciation

• (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

are (plural ares)

1. (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

• Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.

Synonyms

• (SI unit): (rare) square decametre

Derived terms

• centiare
• decare
• hectare

 

Translations

unit of area

• Armenian: ար (hy) (ar)
• Bashkir: ар (ar); land area сутый (sutïy)
• 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
• German: Ar (de) n
• Greek: άρια (el) n (ária)
• 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)

Further reading

Are on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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Basque

Noun

are

1. rake

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French are, from Latin ārea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.rə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: are
• Rhymes: -aːrə

Noun

are f (plural aren or ares)

1. are, a unit of surface area

Derived terms

• hectare

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Homophone: art

Noun

are m (plural ares)

1. an are

Related terms

• aire
• aréage

 

Further reading

• “are” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of aere.

Noun

are m (plural ari)

1. Archaic form of aere.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

are f pl

1. plural of ara

Anagrams

• era, Era, rea

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Japanese

Romanization

are

1. Rōmaji transcription of あれ

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Latin

Verb

ārē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of āreō

References

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

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Lindu

Noun

are

1. long, large sickle

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Mapudungun

Noun

are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. warmth, heat

References

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English heora.

Determiner

are

1. (chiefly West Midland and Kentish dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

References

• “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English hara.

Noun

are

1. Alternative form of hare

Etymology 3

From Old English earon.

Verb

are

1. Alternative form of aren

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

are

1. white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2

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

Verb

are

1. to suit, fit

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːre/

Noun 1

āre

1. honor, glory, grace

Declension

Declension of are (weak)

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

Noun 2

āre

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

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

are n

1. ear

Declension

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

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: uar

  Hallig, Mooring: uur

  Helgoland: Uaar

• Saterland Frisian: Oor
• West Frisian: ear

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• अरे (Devanagari script)
• অরে (Bengali script)
• අරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အရေ (Burmese script)
• อเร (Thai script)
• ᩋᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• អរេ (Khmer script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

are

1. wow, woah
2. yay

Derived terms

• re

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

are m (plural ares)

1. (historical) are (unit of area)

Etymology 2

Verb

are

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

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Verb

are

1. third-person singular present indicative of avea.

See also

• a

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Scots

Etymology

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

are (uncountable)

1. grace; mercy

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾe/

Verb

are

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

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Tagalog

Pronoun

are

1. (Batangas) this, it

   Ano ga are? ― What is this?

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• garine, ganire
• nare

 

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Venetian

Noun

are

1. plural of ara