Mere

See also mère, Mere, and -mere

English

Most common English words: condition « sleep « ex « #688: mere » agreement » ship » third

Pronunciation

Etymologies 1, 2 and 3

• (RP) IPA: /mɪə/, SAMPA: /mI@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /mɪɚ/, SAMPA: /mI@`/

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Etymology 4

• IPA: /ˈmɛɹi/, SAMPA: /"mEri/

Etymology 1

Old English mere, from Proto-Germanic *mariz, from Proto-Indo-European *mori. Cognate with Dutch meer, German Meer, Norwegian mar; and (from Indo-European) with Latin mare, Breton [[mor#Template:Br|mor]], Russian [[море#Template:Ru|море]].

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Mere

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1. (obsolete) The sea.
2. (dialectal or literary) A pool or lake; a marsh.

Derived terms

• mermaid
• merman
• merfolk

Etymology 2

Old English mǣre.

Noun

Singular Mere

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1. A boundary; a boundary-marker.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:

     The Troian Brute did first that Citie found, / And Hygate made the meare thereof by West, / And Ouert gate by North: that is the bound / Toward the land; two riuers bound the rest.

Etymology 3

Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Mere]] [[meer#Template:Xno|meer]], from Old French mier, from Latin merus.

Adjective

Mere (comparative -, superlative merest)

1. Just, only; the smallest amount; having no greater importance or extent.

   I saved a mere 10 pounds this week.

Translations

the smallest amount

Dutch: schamel nl(nl) Finnish: pelkkä fi(fi) Hungarian: puszta hu(hu)

Polish: zaledwie pl(pl) Spanish: mero es(es)

Etymology 4

Template:Mi[[Category:Template:Mi derivations|Mere]] [[mere#Template:Mi|mere]] (“‘more’”).

Noun

Singular Mere

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1. A Maori war-club.

Anagrams

• eemr, erme

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri (“‘more’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /meːrə/, [ˈmeːɐ]

Adjective

Mere

1. more

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Italian

Adjective

Mere f.

1. Feminine plural of mero.

Anagrams

• eemr, erme

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“‘sea’”). Cognate with Old Saxon meri (Dutch meer), Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The IE root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (Russian море), Lithuanian mãre.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'mere/

Noun

mere m.

1. sea, ocean
2. lake, body of water

Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mere	meras
accusative	mere	meras
genitive	meres	mera
dative	mere	merum

Descendants

• English: mere

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Romanian

Noun

mere n. pl.

1. Plural form of măr.

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