different between ayre vs ayme

English

Etymology 1

From an unattested Norn word, from Old Norse eyrr. Compare Icelandic eyri, Norwegian øyr.

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.

Etymology 2

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. Archaic spelling of air.
   • 1856, Notes and Queries, page 425

     It is precisely to this—not destruction, but dissolution—(for dissolve is the poet's word) this melting into thin ayre, of the world itself, that Tooke maintains the word rack, i. e. reek, to be most- appropriate. And I think he was right in so doing.

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Raye, Reay, Yare, aery, eyra, y'are, yare, year

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish ayre, from Latin ?er, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r).

Noun

ayre m (Latin spelling)

1. wind

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?er, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aj.?e]

Noun

ayre m (plural ayres)

1. air
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f.

Descendants

• Ladino: ayre
• Spanish: aire

English

Etymology 1

Noun

ayme (plural aymes)

1. Obsolete form of aim.

Verb

ayme (third-person singular simple present aymes, present participle ayming, simple past and past participle aymed)

1. Obsolete form of aim.

Etymology 2

Noun

ayme (plural aymes)

1. (obsolete) The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me!"

Related terms

• ay

Anagrams

• Amey, Amye, Maye, maye