ere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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

Adverb

ere (not comparable)

  1. (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.

Preposition

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
    • Bible, John iv. 49
      Sir, come down ere my child die.
    • Shakespeare
      Stirring ere the break of day.
    • Dryden
      Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ere.
Translations

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ere (plural eres)

  1. Obsolete form of ear.
    • 1533, R. Saltwood:
      As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams


Basque

Conjunction

ere

  1. also

Coastal Konjo

Noun

ere

  1. water

Further reading


Danish

Verb

ere

  1. (obsolete) present plural of være

Usage notes

  • Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːrə

Noun

ere

  1. (archaic) Dative singular form of eer

Verb

ere

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eren

Anagrams


Estonian

Etymology

Possibly the same root as in erk. Compare Finnish hereä, Livvi herei and Veps hered.

Adjective

ere (genitive ereda, partitive eredat)

  1. bright

Declension


Hungarian

Etymology

ér + -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ere

Noun

ere

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of ér

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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

Italian

Noun

ere f

  1. plural of era

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

ere

  1. vocative singular of erus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

êre f

  1. glory, fame
  2. honour, respect
  3. worship
  4. decency, etiquette
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Adverb

êre

  1. Alternative form of êer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Article

êre

  1. feminine genitive and dative singular of êen

Further reading

  • ere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • ere (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hiere.

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire

Pronoun

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire

References

Etymology 2

From Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːr(ə)/

Noun

ere (plural eren or eres)

  1. ear (organ that receives sound)
  2. The auricle; the outside of the ear.
  3. The ear canal; the portion of the ear which is not apparent by sight.
  4. The power of hearing; the ability to detect sound.
  5. The level of attention given to someone speaking.
  6. A handle or grip.
  7. A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old English ēar.

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of eere (ear of grain)

Etymology 4

From Old English here.

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (army)

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (their)
References

Etymology 6

From Old English earon.

Verb

ere

  1. Alternative form of aren

Namia

Noun

ere

  1. woman

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)

Noun

ēre f

  1. honour

Inflection

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Purari

Noun

ere

  1. water

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

Noun

ere

  1. village

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾe/

Noun

ere f (plural eres)

  1. Name of the letter r.

Synonyms

  • erre (represents both r and rr)

Further reading


Turkish

Noun

ere

  1. dative singular of er

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German ēra

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ēre f

  1. homage, honor
  2. fame
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