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", originally, "(they) became”), from the third person plural preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to rise, lift, move”). 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophones: argh, r

Unstressed

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɚ/

Verb

are

1. second-person singular simple present tense of be

   Mary, where are you going?

2. first-person plural simple present tense of be

   We are not coming.

3. second-person plural simple present tense of be

   Mary and John, are you listening?

4. third-person plural simple present tense of be

   They are here somewhere.

5. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present tense of be

Synonyms

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

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 (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
• 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 (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 (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 (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
• is
• art
• be
• being
• been

• beest
• was
• wast
• were
• wert

Etymology 2

From Middle English 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”), Latin erus (“master, professor”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

are (uncountable)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Grace, mercy.

   To bid God's are.

   God's are is what children of God seech and seek.

2. (obsolete) Honor, dignity.

Usage notes

In the first sense, generally found in the phrase God's are, as inː to seek God's are or bid (for) God's are. Also found in expressions such asː "God's are be hard to find in our crazy, messed up world" and "for God's are some people might do some crazy shit, you know, like strap on a suicide vest, for example".

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: ar (no)
• 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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

are f (plural aren or ares)

1. are, a unit of surface area

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French

Etymology

Formed from Latin area, a piece of level ground.

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

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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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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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. inflection of ār (“honor, glory, grace”):
   1. accusative singular
   2. genitive singular
   3. dative singular
   4. nominative plural accusative plural

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-Amrum: uar

• West Frisian: ear

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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 tense form 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

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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Venetian

Noun

are

1. plural of ara