maire

See also: Maire and Máire

English

Noun

maire (plural maires)

1. Any of a number of trees of New Zealand, mostly in genus Notelaea.

Derived terms

• black maire
• coastal maire
• narrow-leaved maire
• swamp maire
• white maire

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ/

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• Homophones: maires, mer, mère, mères, mers
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French maire m, from Latin maior m (“forefathers; mayor”). Compare the doublet majeur.

Noun

maire m or f by sense (plural maires, feminine maire or mairesse)

1. mayor

   Synonym: bourgmestre

Related terms

• mairie f
• mayeur m
• maïoral
• maïorat m

Descendants

• ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lemer
• Réunion Creole French: mèr

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin macer. Doublet of maigre.

Adjective

maire (plural maires)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of maigre

Further reading

• “maire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• aimer, marie, Marie, marié

Irish

Verb

maire

1. present subjunctive analytic of mair

Mutation

Mutated forms of maire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maire	mhaire	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French maire, from Latin maior (“elder”).

Noun

maire m (plural maires)

1. (Jersey) mayor

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mair (Gascony, Limousin)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin māter, matrem (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajɾe]

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Noun

maire f (plural maires)

1. mother

Derived terms

• mairal

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin maior m.

Adjective

maire m (feminine maire)

1. primary; principal; most major

Noun

maire oblique singular, m (oblique plural maires, nominative singular maires, nominative plural maire)

1. a senior public official

Descendants

• Middle French: maire m
  • French: maire m
• Norman: maire m
• → Middle English: maire
  • English: mayor