kire

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Hungarian

Etymology

ki +‎ -re

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkirɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧re

Pronoun

kire

  1. sublative singular of ki
    Kire gondolsz? ― Who are you thinking about?

Japanese

Romanization

kire

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きれ

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Old English cyre (“choice, free will”).

Noun

kīre (plural kires)

  1. choice, preference
    Þe wælwillendæ Scyppend let hyre habban hire a3ene cyres 3eweald. — Homilies in MS Bodley
  2. chosen, the elite
    Ghe knew wel ðe faderes kire. — Genesis and Exodus
  3. custom; customary
    Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing; for ai was rigt and kire bi-forn, On man, on wif, til he was boren. — Genesis and Exodus
  4. free will
    God heo geworhte wlitigum englen gecynde & let hi habben agenne cyre. — Early English Homilies
  5. decision, selection
    Þa heo hæfden..icoren Conan, þa lep mi fader up..& wið-seide þene cure. — Layamon's Brut
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