ere
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ere, from Old English ǣr. (adverb, conjunction, & preposition), from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German eher (“earlier”).
Alternative forms
- yer [15th-16th c.]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛə/, /ɛː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
- Homophones: air, heir, Ayr
Adverb
ere (not comparable)
- (obsolete) At an earlier time. [10th-17th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
- Thys is he of whome I spake, he that commeth after me, was before me be cause he was yer than I.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
Preposition
ere
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ere.
Translations
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪə(ɹ)/
Basque
Coastal Konjo
Danish
Usage notes
- Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːrə
Estonian
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ere | eredad |
accusative | ereda | eredad |
genitive | ereda | eredate |
partitive | eredat | eredaid |
illative | eredasse | eredatesse eredaisse |
inessive | eredas | eredates eredais |
elative | eredast | eredatest eredaist |
allative | eredale | eredatele eredaile |
adessive | eredal | eredatel eredail |
ablative | eredalt | eredatelt eredailt |
translative | eredaks | eredateks eredaiks |
terminative | eredani | eredateni |
essive | eredana | eredatena |
abessive | eredata | eredateta |
comitative | eredaga | eredatega |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛrɛ]
- Hyphenation: ere
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ere | — |
accusative | erét | — |
dative | erének | — |
instrumental | erével | — |
causal-final | eréért | — |
translative | erévé | — |
terminative | eréig | — |
essive-formal | ereként | — |
essive-modal | eréül | — |
inessive | erében | — |
superessive | erén | — |
adessive | erénél | — |
illative | erébe | — |
sublative | erére | — |
allative | eréhez | — |
elative | eréből | — |
delative | eréről | — |
ablative | erétől | — |
Latin
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hiere.
References
- “hir, (pron.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛːr(ə)/
Noun
- ear (organ that receives sound)
- The auricle; the outside of the ear.
- The ear canal; the portion of the ear which is not apparent by sight.
- The power of hearing; the ability to detect sound.
- The level of attention given to someone speaking.
- A handle or grip.
- A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Related terms
References
- “ēre (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.
Etymology 3
From Old English ēar.
Etymology 4
From Old English here.
References
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 6
From Old English earon.
Namia
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Old Frisian
Etymology
from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”)
Inflection
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Purari
References
- The Structural Violence of Resouce Extraction in the Purari Delta, in Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives
- Comparative wordlists (Karl James Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics) (1975)
- Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)
Sa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾe/
Synonyms
- erre (represents both r and rr)
Further reading
- “ere” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.