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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”).

A mare

Cognates

See also Scots mere, meir, mear (“mare”), North Frisian mar (“mare, horse”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Danish mær (“mare”), Swedish märr (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), German Mähre (“decrepit old horse”)), Old English mearh.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɛə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /mɛɚ/
- Audio (US): (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /meː/
(New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /meə/
(New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /miə/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /meɹ/
(Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /mɜː(ɹ)/
Homophones: mere (some dialects), fear (cheer–chair merger), myrrh (fair–fur merger)
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

mare (plural mares)

An adult female horse.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
(UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
- 2007, Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple:
  The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?

Antonyms

stallion, stud and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)

Coordinate terms

(adult female horse): foal (young horse), colt (young male horse) and filly (young female horse); pony can refer to adult horses of either sex under a certain height.

Derived terms

Translations

female horse

Albanian: pelë (sq) f
Andi: ича (iča)
Arabic: حِجْر (ar) f (ḥijr), فَرَس f (faras)
Egyptian Arabic: فرس f (faras)

Moroccan Arabic: عودة f (ʕawda)
Armenian: մատակ (hy) (matak), զամբիկ (hy) (zambik)
Aromanian: iapã f
Asturian: yegua (ast) f, burra (ast)
Avar: гӏала (ʻala)
Azerbaijani: madyan (az)
Bashkir: бейә (beyə)
Basque: behor (eu)
Bats: ჴადალ (qadal)
Belarusian: кабы́ла f (kabýla)
Breton: kazeg (br) f
Bulgarian: коби́ла (bg) f (kobíla)
Burmese: မြင်းမ (my) (mrang:ma.)
Buryat: гүүн (güün)
Catalan: euga (ca) f, egua (ca) f
Chechen: кхаьл (qäl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騍馬 / 骒马 (zh) (kèmǎ), 母馬 / 母马 (zh) (mǔmǎ)
Chuvash: кӗсре (kĕsre)
Crimean Tatar: baytal
Czech: klisna (cs) f, kobyla (cs) f
Danish: hoppe (da) c
Dutch: merrie (nl) f
East Yugur: gün
Erzya: эльде (elde)
Esperanto: ĉevalino
Faroese: ryssa f, mer f
Finnish: tamma (fi)
Franco-Provençal: èga f, cavala f
French: jument (fr) f
Galician: egua (gl) f, egoa f, besta (gl) f, brégola f, faca (gl) f, facaneia f, marzoa f
Georgian: ფაშატი (ka) (pašaṭi), ჭაკი (č̣aḳi), ხრდალი (xrdali)
German: Stute (de) f, (obsolete) Mähre (de) f, Pferdeweibchen n
Greek: φοράδα (el) f (foráda)
Ancient: ἵππος f (híppos)
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} kavaju kuña
Hebrew: סוסה / סוּסָה f (susá)
Hungarian: kanca (hu)
Icelandic: hryssa (is) f, meri f
Ido: kavalino (io)
Ingush: кхал (qal)
Interlingua: cavalla
Irish: láir f
Old Irish: láir f
Italian: cavalla (it) f
Japanese: 牝馬 (ja) (ひんば, hinba)
Kabuverdianu: égua
Kalmyk: ^{(please verify)} гүн (gün)
Kazakh: бие (bie)
Khakas: пии (pii)
Korean: 암말 (ko) (ammal)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mahîn (ku) f, mehîn (ku) f
Kyrgyz: бээ (ky) (bee)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latgalian: kēve f
Latin: equa (la) f
Latvian: ķēve (lv) f
Lithuanian: kumelė (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Tööt f
Macedonian: ко́била f (kóbila)
Malay: kuda betina, kuda betina dewasa
Maltese: debba f
Maori: hoiho uwha, hōiho uha
Megleno-Romanian: iapă f
Mongolian: гүү (mn) (güü)
Navajo: łį́į́tsaʼii
Norman: jeunment f (Jersey)
North Frisian: Ök (Sylt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hoppe (no) m or f, merr (no) m or f, hunnhest m

Nynorsk: hoppe f, merr f, hohest m
Occitan: èga (oc) f, cavala (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic: кобꙑла f (kobyla)
Old English: mīere f
Old Norse: hryssa f, merr f, jalda f
Ossetian: ефс (efs)
Ottoman Turkish: قیصراق (kısrak), یوند (yund)
Pashto: اسپه (ps) f (aspa)
Persian: مادیان (fa) (mâdiyân)
Plautdietsch: Kobbel f
Polish: klacz (pl) f, kobyła (pl) f
Portuguese: égua (pt) f
Punjabi: ਘੋੜੀ (pa) f (ghoṛī)
Romani: grasni f
Romanian: iapă (ro) f
Russian: кобы́ла (ru) f (kobýla)
Scots: meir
Scottish Gaelic: làir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀била f

Latin: kòbila (sh)
Shor: пей
Slovak: kobyla (sk) f
Slovene: kobíla (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kobyła f

Upper Sorbian: kobła f
Spanish: yegua (es) f
Swedish: märr (sv) c, sto (sv) n
Tajik: модиён (tg) (modiyon)
Taos: yàwoʼóna
Tatar: бия (tt) (biyä)
Telugu: ఆడగుర్రం (te) (āḍagurraṁ), బడబ (te) (baḍaba)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kısrak (tr)
Tuvan: бе (be), кызырак (kızırak)
Ukrainian: коби́ла (uk) f (kobýla)
Uyghur: بايتال (baytal), بىيە (biye)
Uzbek: biya (uz)
Vietnamese: ngựa cái
Vilamovian: köwuł
Volapük: jijevod (vo), jijeval (obsolete)
Walloon: cavale (wa) f
Welsh: caseg (cy) f
Wolof: wajan wi
Yakut: биэ (bie)

Etymology 2

From Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara.

Cognates

Akin to Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara ( > Danish mare, Swedish mara (“incubus, nightmare”); also Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”), Albanian merë (“horror”), Polish zmora (“nightmare”), Czech mura (“nightmare, moth”), Greek Μόρα (Móra).

Pronunciation

(British) IPA^(key): /mɛə/
(US) IPA^(key): /mɛɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Homophone: mayor (in a number of dialects)

Noun

mare (plural mares)

(obsolete or historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
I'm having a complete mare today.

Derived terms

Translations

evil spirit

Bulgarian: зъл дух m pl (zǎl duh)
Czech: můra (cs) f
Finnish: painajainen (fi), mara (fi), ajajainen
German: Mahr (de) m or f, Alb (de) m, Nachtalb m, Drude (de) m
Italian: incubo (it) m
Polish: mara (pl) f
Slovak: mora f
Swedish: mara (sv) c

frustrating or terrible experience

Finnish: painajainen (fi)
Italian: incubo (it) m

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mar and mere.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.eɪ/, /ˈmɛɚ.i/, /ˈmɑɹ.i/
Rhymes: -ɑɹi

Noun

mare (plural maria)

(planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon
(planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)

Translations

planetology: dark circular plain

Chinese:
Cantonese: 月海 (jyut⁶ hoi²)

Mandarin: 月海 (zh) (yuèhǎi)
Finnish: meri (fi)
German: Mare (de) n
Indonesian: mare (id)
Italian: mare (it) m
Portuguese: mar (pt) m
Russian: мо́ре (ru) n (móre)
Turkish: deniz (tr)
Vietnamese: biển Mặt Trăng

Etymology 4

See mayor.

Noun

mare (plural mares)

Obsolete form of mayor.
Obsolete form of mair.

Anagrams

mera, Amer., rame, mear, Erma, Maer, Mera, Ream, amer., Arem, arme, ramé, ream

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈre/ [mʌˈɾɛ]

Hyphenation: ma‧re

Noun

maré f (singulative maréyta m or mareytá f)

family, relationship

Declension

More information absolutive, predicative ...

Declension of maré

absolutive	maré
predicative	maré
subjective	maré
genitive	maré

Postpositioned forms
l-case	marél
k-case	marék
t-case	marét
h-case	maréh

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Verb

maré

(Northern Afar, intransitive) live
(Northern Afar, intransitive) continue

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type II verb), 1st singular ...

Conjugation of mare (type II verb)

1st singular

2nd singular

3rd singular

1st plural

2nd plural

3rd plural

m

f

perfective

V-affirmative

maréh

martéh

maréh

martéh

marréh

marteeníh

mareeníh

N-affirmative

negative

mámarinniyo

mámarinnito

mámarinna

mámarinna

mámarinnino

mámarinniton

mámarinnon

imperfective

V-affirmative

martáh

martáh

marráh

martaanáh

maraanáh

N-affirmative

negative

mámarta

mámarta

mámarra

mámartan

prospective

V-affirmative

maréliyoh
maréyyoh

marélitoh
maréttoh

maréleh

maréleh

marélinoh
marénnoh

marélitoonuh
maréttoonuh

maréloonuh

N-affirmative

maréliyo
maréyyo

marélito
marétto

maréle

maréle

marélino
marénno

maréliton
marétton

marélon

conjunctive I

V-affirmative

máruh

mártuh

máruh

mártuh

máruh

martóonuh

maróonuh

N-affirmative

negative

maré wáyuh

maré wáytuh

maré wáyuh

maré wáytuh

maré wáynuh

maré waytóonuh

maré wóonuh

conjunctive II

V-affirmative

maránkeh

martánkeh

maránkeh

martánkeh

marránkeh

martaanánkeh

maraanánkeh

N-affirmative

maránke

martánke

maránke

martánke

marránke

martaanánke

maraanánke

negative

maré wáankeh

maré waytánkeh

maré wáankeh

maré waytánkeh

maré waynánkeh

maré waytaanánkeh

maré wáankeh

jussive

affirmative

mártay

mártay

martóonay

maróonay

negative

maré wáay

maré wáytay

maré wáay

maré wáytay

maré wáynay

maré waytóonay

maré wóonay

past
conditional

affirmative

marinniyóy

marinnitóy

marinnáy

marinnáy

marinninóy

marinnitoonúy

marinnoonúy

negative

maré wanniyóy

maré wannitóy

maré wannáy

maré wannáy

maré wanninóy

maré wannitoonúy

maré wanninoonúy

present
conditional I

affirmative

marték

marték

marrék

marteeník

mareeník

negative

maré wéek

maré wayték

maré wéek

maré wayték

maré waynék

maré wayteeník

maré weeník

singular

plural

singular

plural

consultative

affirmative

marróo

imperative

affirmative

negative

mamaróo

mamarróo

negative

mámarin

mámarina

-h converb

-i form

-k converb

-in(n)uh converb

-innuk converb

infinitive

indefinite participle

V-focus

N-focus

marínnuh

marínnuk

maríyya

marináanih

marináan

Compound tenses
past perfect		affirmative perfective + perfective of én or *sugé*
present perfect		affirmative perfective + imperfective of én
future perfect		affirmative perfective + prospective of *sugé*
past progressive		-k converb + imperfective of én or *sugé*
present progressive		affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én
future progressive		-k converb + prospective of *sugé*
immediate future		affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of *wée*
imperfect potential I		affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of *takké*
imperfect potential II	affirmative	imperfective + -m + *takké*
imperfect potential II	negative	maré + imperfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	affirmative	perfective + -m + *takké*
perfect potential	negative	maré + perfective of *wée* + -m + *takké*
present conditional II	affirmative	imperfective + object pronoun + *tekkék*
present conditional II	negative	maré + perfective of *wée* + object pronoun + *tekkék*
perfect conditional	affirmative	perfective + imperfective of *sugé* + -k
perfect conditional	negative	perfective + *sugé* + imperfective of *wée* -k
irrealis		maré + perfective of *xaaxé* or *raaré*

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Related terms

mára (“people”)

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “mare”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Alternative forms

marë, marulë

Etymology

Plurale tantum; plural of variant marë, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin marum (“cat thyme, kind of sage”).

Noun

mare f (definite marja)

strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
strawberry tree fruit

Derived terms

mareshtë

Aromanian

Adjective

mare

Alternative form of mari

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧re
IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾe/ [ˈma.ɾe]

Verb

máre

Misspelling of mari.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre, Italian madre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ɾe]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾe

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

mother
mare subrogada ― surrogate mother
uterus (of an animal)
Synonym: úter
(by analogy) main course of a river or canal; channel
(Mallorca, playground games) home

Derived terms

References

“mare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“mare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“mare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Alternative forms

mari

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.re/

Noun

mare m

sea

Further reading

“mare” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Mare (folklore)

Etymology

From Old Norse mara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɑ/

Noun

mare c (singular definite maren, plural indefinite marer)

(folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

Declension of *mare*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mare	maren	marer	marerne
genitive	mares	marens	marers	marernes

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Related terms

mareridt n

References

“mare” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

(Belgium, archaic) message, report, story
Synonyms: bericht, tijding, verslag, verhaal
(archaic) rumor
Synonym: gerucht

Related terms

vermaren

Etymology 2

Probably from Medieval Latin mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Related to German Maar.

Noun

mare f (plural maren, diminutive maartje n)

depression in non-volcanic stone, compare maar

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

Noun

mare f (plural mares, diminutive maartje n)

a nocturnal monster or spirit that torments its victims while they are sleeping
(Belgium) nightmare
witch

Derived terms

nachtmare

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mare

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of maren

Anagrams

arme, rame

French

Etymology

From Middle French mare, from Old French mare, from Old Norse marr (“lake, sea, pool”), from Proto-Germanic *mari (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Doublet of mer inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ/ ~ /mɑʁ/
Audio: (file)

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

puddle
pool

Derived terms

pavé dans la mare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmarə/ [ˈma.rə]
Syllabification: ma‧re

Noun

marê (plural mare-mare)

(planetology) mare (a large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon)

Further reading

“mare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Istriot

Etymology 1

From Latin mare.

Noun

mare

sea
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
  Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!
  How they row well on the high seas!

Derived terms

alto mare

Etymology 2

From Latin māter.

Noun

mare f

mother

See also

mama

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

mare

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Alternative forms

mar (apocopic)

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.re/
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -are
Hyphenation: mà‧re

Noun

mare m (plural mari)

sea

Related terms

See also

oceano (“ocean”)

Further reading

mare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
mare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Mera, arme, erma, mera, rame, rema

Japanese

Romanization

mare

Rōmaji transcription of まれ

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

mare

Thumb — mare

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.re/, [ˈmärɛ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.re/, [ˈmäːre]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.^[1]

Noun

mare n (genitive maris); third declension

sea
- c. 270 BCE – c. 201 BCE, Gnaeus Naevius, Bellum Punicum , (fragment in Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, 7, De genetivo plurali tertiae declinationis):
  Neptunum regnatorem marum
  Neptune, ruler of the seas
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.1:
  [facit...] ad onera ac multitudinem iumentorum transportandam paulo latiores quam quibus in reliquis utimur maribus.
  In order to transport cargo and beasts of burden, he [Julius Caesar] had them made a little wider than the ones we use in other seas.
- 13th c., Roger Bacon, Secretum Secretorum 2.29 (De preparacione carnum viperarum sive serpentum et draconum):
  Et oportet ut alienentur cornute et varie et aspides declines ad albedinem. Et non capiantur ex piscinis vel litoribus fluviorum et aquarum vel marium, vel de petrosis, quoniam in eis sunt quercine, facientes sitim, immo capiantur in loco longinquo ab humorositate.
- 1921, Joseph Pope, George Monro Grant, Canada's official motto :
  a marī usque ad mare
  from sea to sea

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	mare	maria
genitive	maris	marium marum
dative	marī	maribus
accusative	mare	maria
ablative	marī mare	maribus
vocative	mare	maria

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The ablative singular can be marī or mare.
The genitive plural form marium, although regularly formed for an i-stem noun, is not attested in the corpus of classical texts. Marum is found only once, in a line from Gnaeus Naevius.
The 5th/6th-century grammarian Priscian (Institutiones 7) says it is rarely used in the genitive plural, noting Caesar's use of maribus too. Similarly, the 4th-century grammarian Charisius claims it lacks both a genitive plural *marium and a *maribus form (but see the quotation from Julius Caesar above):
"maria" tamen quamvis dicantur pluraliter, attamen nec "marium" nec "maribus" dicemus
— although maria can be said in the plural, nevertheless we won't say marium nor maribus (Ars 1.11).

Synonyms

pontus

Hyponyms

Derived terms

bimaris
Hibēricum Mare
marīnus
maritimus

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: amari, amare, mari
- Istro-Romanian: måre
- Megleno-Romanian: mari
- Romanian: mare f
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: mèr
- Ligurian: mâ, mà
- Lombard: mar
- Piedmontese: mar
- Romagnol: mêr
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Corsican: mare
- Dalmatian: mur
- Gallurese: mari
- Istriot: mare
- Italian: mare
- Neapolitan: mare
- Sardinian: mare, mari
- Sassarese: mari
- Sicilian: mari
Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: mar
Old French: mer f
- French: mer
  - Antillean Creole: lanmè
  - Haitian Creole: lanmè
  - → Volapük: mel
- Norman: mé (Jersey)
- Walloon: mer
Old Leonese: *mar
- Asturian: mar
- Extremaduran: mari
- Mirandese: mar
Old Occitan: mar
- Catalan: mar m or f
- Occitan: mar
Old Galician-Portuguese: mar m, mare
- Galician: mar m
- Portuguese: mar m (see there for further descendants)
Old Spanish: mar
- Ladino: mar
- Spanish: mar m or f
  - → Aymara: lamara
  - → Classical Nahuatl: láma̱r
  - → Papiamentu: lama, laman
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: mâr
- Romansch: mar, mer
Venetan: mar
→ English: mare
→ Esperanto: maro
- Ido: maro
→ Interlingua: mar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mare

ablative singular of mās

References

[1]
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mare”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365

Further reading

mare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mare in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Anagrams

mera

Marau

Noun

mare

water

References

The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī.

Adjective

mâre

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch māri, from Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

mâre f

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: maar, mare
Limburgish: maer

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā.

Noun

māre ?

mare, nightmare (evil spirit)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: maar
Limburgish: maar

Further reading

“mare (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“mare (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“mare (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mare (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

Munggui

Noun

mare

water

References

The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmarə/

Noun

mare ?

sea (a vast mass of salty water)

Norman

Alternative forms

mathe (Jersey)
mar (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French mare.

Noun

mare f (plural mares)

(France, Guernsey) pool
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 534:
  Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.
  If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

Noun

mare

saliva

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Mare (mytologi)

Etymology

From Old Norse mara.

Noun

mare f or m (definite singular mara or maren, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)

(folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)

Derived terms

mareritt (“nightmare”)

References

“mare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

arme, armé, erma

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

mare

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mara f.

Alternative forms

Mara, mara, maru, muru, murru (dialectal)

Noun

mare f (definite singular mara, indefinite plural marer, definite plural marene)

(folklore) a mare (an evil spirit)

Derived terms

marekors (“pentagram”)
marekvist (“a witch's broom”)
mareritt (“nightmare”)
marespjeld
(probably derived) innmari

Etymology 2

From Old Norse merja (“to crush”).

Alternative forms

mara (split or a-infinitive)

Verb

mare (present tense marar, past tense mara, past participle mara, passive infinitive marast, present participle marande, imperative mare/mar)

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References

“mare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

arme, armé, erma, rame, rema

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *marā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.re/

Noun

mare f (nominative plural maran)

mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep)

Declension

Weak:

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	mare	maran
accusative	maran	maran
genitive	maran	marena
dative	maran	marum

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Derived terms

*nihtmare

Descendants

English: mare

Old French

Alternative forms

mar

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mare (“phantom, spirit”).

Adjective

mare m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

evil; bad

Adverb

mare

evilly; badly

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀫𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
मरे (Devanagari script)
মরে (Bengali script)
මරෙ (Sinhalese script)
မရေ (Burmese script)
มเร or มะเร (Thai script)
ᨾᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ມເຣ or ມະເຣ (Lao script)
មរេ (Khmer script)
𑄟𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

mare

singular optative active of marati (“to die”)

Papuma

Noun

mare

water

References

The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

Portuguese

Verb

mare

inflection of marar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.re/
Rhymes: -are
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

Most likely inherited from Latin maiōrem,^[1] accusative singular of Latin maior, albeit with an unusual (though not impossible) phonological evolution. Compare Aromanian mari, Megleno-Romanian mari, Dalmatian maur, Portuguese mor, Logudorese mere and Campidanese meri.^[2] An alternative, less likely theory proposes a derivation from Latin marem (“male”), with a semantic shift from "male" to "large", on an idiomatic basis (i.e. assuming that the expression "s-a făcut mare", meaning "[ 3rd-pers. sg. ] grew up" [literally "made themselves big"] initially referred exclusively to boys becoming men, and that it shifted over time to refer more broadly to physical growth, and by extension, being large). Other theories include a derivation from its homonym mare (meaning sea), and a substrate origin (either Proto-Albanian or Thracian).

Adjective

mare m or f or n (plural mari)

big, large, great
Antonym: mic

O mare mare. ― A big sea.
great, mighty
Un om mare. ― A great man.

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *mare*
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
		singular				plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mare		mare		mari	mari
nominative- accusative	definite	marele		marea		marii	marile
genitive- dative	indefinite	mare		mari		mari	mari
genitive- dative	definite	marelui		marii		marilor	marilor

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Derived terms

Related terms

măreț

Etymology 2

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mare f (plural mări)

sea
Când am mers la mare, am înotat un pic și mai târziu am prins un pește mare.
When I went to sea, I swam a little and later caught a big fish.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *mare*
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
	singular			plural
nominative-accusative	mare	marea		mări	mările
genitive-dative	mări	mării		mări	mărilor
vocative	mare, mareo			mărilor

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Related terms

marin

References

[1]
Giurgea, Ion (2016) “Etimologia adjectivului mare. O reconsiderare necesară”, in Limba română, LXV (3)‎ (in Romanian), Editura Academiei
[2]
Mensching, Guido, Remberger, Eva-Maria (2016) “Chapter 17: Sardinian”, in Ledgeway, Adam, Maiden, Martin, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278

Sardinian

Alternative forms

mari (“Campidanese”)

Etymology

From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mare m (plural mares)

sea

Sonsorolese

Noun

mare

boy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

mars

Etymology

Clipping of kumare, earlier variant of komadre.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾe/ [ˈmaː.ɾɛ]
Rhymes: -aɾe
Syllabification: ma‧re

Noun

mare (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒ)

(slang) close female friend; sister
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan

Coordinate terms: brad, pare, tol

Ano'ng tsika, mare?
What's the buzz, sister?

See also

Marites

References

“mare”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Tahitian

Noun

mare

(archaic) cough

Usage notes

Use hota.

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾe/

Noun

mare

Alternative form of mari (“stone”)

References

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

Noun

mare

saliva

Venetan

Pronunciation

(Venetian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾe/

Etymology 1

From Latin mater.

Noun

mare f (invariable)

mother

Etymology 2

From Latin mare.

Noun

mare

sea

Zazaki

Zazaki Wikipedia has an article on:

zza:mare

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مارا.

Noun

mare m or f

marriage

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