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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English er, from Old English ?r (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan ????????????????? (ayar, “day”), Gk. ?????? (?érios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ?rest (“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): /??/, /??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophones: air, Ayr, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

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.
   • 1594, Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

     Stirring ere the break of day.

Conjunction

ere

1. (poetic, archaic) Before.

   • Sir, come down ere my child die.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ere.

Derived terms

• erewhile
• erst
• erstwhile
• erelong
• whilere

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??(?)/

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

• -eer, EER, REE, Ree, e'er, eer, ree

Basque

Conjunction

ere

1. also

Coastal Konjo

Noun

ere

1. water

Further reading

• Darrell T. Tryon, Comparative Austronesian Dictionary (1995), page 26

Danish

Verb

ere

1. (obsolete) present plural of være

Usage notes

• Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.

Related terms

• er

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?r?

Noun

ere

1. (archaic) Dative singular form of eer

Verb

ere

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eren

Anagrams

• eer, ree

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): [??r?]
• Hyphenation: ere

Noun

ere

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

Declension

Italian

Noun

ere f

1. plural of era

Anagrams

• ree

Latin

Noun

ere

1. vocative singular of erus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ?ra, from Proto-West Germanic *ai?u, from Proto-Germanic *aiz?.

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
  • Afrikaans: eer
• Limburgish: ieër

Etymology 2

Adverb

êre

1. Alternative form of êer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Article

êre

1. feminine genitive/dative singular of êen

Further reading

• “ere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ere (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page IV

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

ere

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

ere

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

From Old English ?are, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h??ws.

Alternative forms

• eare, eere, yere, here, eyr, ire, ?here

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???r(?)/

Noun

ere (plural eren or eres)

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

Related terms

• mousere

Descendants

• English: ear
  • Tok Pisin: ia
• Scots: ear

References

• “?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.

Etymology 3

Noun

ere

1. Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)

Etymology 4

Noun

ere

1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 5

Determiner

ere

1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 6

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

Alternative forms

• ?r

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ai?u, from Proto-Germanic *aiz?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?oys-éh?. Cognates include Old English ?re, Old Saxon ?ra and Old Dutch ?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?re/, [???re]

Noun

?re f

1. honour

Inflection

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Eere
• West Frisian: eare

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

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)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ere]

Noun

ere f

1. indefinite plural of er?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of er?

Sa

Noun

ere

1. village

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?e/, [?e.?e]

Noun

ere f (plural eres)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R.

   Synonym: (represents both r and rr) erre

Derived terms

• ere eréa

Verb

ere

1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of eres; you are

Further reading

• “ere” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aire.

Noun

ére

1. air

   Synonym: hangin
2. sky

   Synonym: himpapawid

Derived terms

Turkish

Noun

ere

1. dative singular of er

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German ?ra

Pronunciation

Noun

?re f

1. homage, honor
2. fame

Yola

Adverb

ere

1. Alternative form of eyver

Zazaki

Noun

ere n

1. afternoon

English

Pronunciation

• (Hiberno-English) IPA^(key): /?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

rere (plural reres)

1. Archaic spelling of rear (all meanings).
2. (Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)

Quotations

• 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
• 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
• 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
• 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
• 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
• 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
• 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
• 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009

Derived terms

• reredos

See also

• reredorter

References

• rere at Wordnik

Anagrams

• REER, erer

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin retro.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?re.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?re.?e/

Adverb

rere

1. behind, at the back

Synonyms

• darrere

Derived terms

• enrere

Preposition

rere

1. behind, at the back of
2. after (behind in place)
3. after, by

Synonyms

• darrere

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

r?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reor
2. second-person singular present active indicative of reor

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hr?r, hr?re, from hr?ran (see reren (“to rile”)).

Alternative forms

• hrere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?r(?)/

Adjective

rere

2. Referring to eggs; underdone, undercooked
3. (rare) Unknown, unadmitted.

Descendants

• English: rear, rare (of meat)

References

• “r??re, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.

Alternative forms

• reere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??r(?)/

Adjective

rere

2. (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
3. (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.

Related terms

• rerebrace
• reredos
• rereward

Descendants

• English: rear
• Scots: rear

References

• “r?re, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Etymology 3

Verb

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to raise”)

Etymology 4

Noun

rere

1. Alternative form of reren (“to rile”)

Etymology 5

Adjective

rere

1. Alternative form of rare (“thin, airy, rare”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rere, from Latin r?dere, present active infinitive of r?d?.

Verb

rere

1. to shave

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin retr?.

Adjective

rere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rere)

1. late
2. after; later on

Adverb

rere

1. behind

   Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.

   Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea

Derived terms

• rereguarde

Etymology 2

From Latin r?dere, present active infinitive of r?d?.

Verb

rere

1. to shave

Related terms

• res
• raser

Descendants

• Middle French: rere

Rapa Nui

Verb

rere

1. fly