different between itself vs are

English

Etymology

From it +? -self.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf

Pronoun

itself (the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, plural themselves)

1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   The door closed by itself

2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

   The door itself is quite heavy.

3. (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Synonyms

• itsself (obsolete)

Derived terms

• in-itselfness
• thing-in-itself

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• filets, fistle, fliest, flites, stifle

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and b?oþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesan? (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ésti (“is”). Cognate with Old Norse eru (“(they) are”) (> Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish är (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

Alternative forms

• ar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Stressed

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /??(?)/
• (General American) enPR: ar, IPA^(key): /??/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /??(?)/
• (now dialectal) IPA^(key): /??(?)/, /??(?)/
• (proscribed, rare, due to confusion with "our") IPA^(key): /a??/, /a??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: argh, r

Unstressed

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?(?)/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?(?)/
• (General American) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /?/

Verb

are

1. second-person singular simple present of be

2. first-person plural simple present of be
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     Here we are!

3. second-person plural simple present of be

4. third-person plural simple present of be

5. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be

Synonyms

• (second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)

Usage notes

• The pronunciation /a??/ arising from confusion of "are" and "our" is rare, however it results as the latter can be elided into /??/ in quick speech.

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From French are.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??/, /??/
• (General American) enPR: âr, IPA^(key): /???/, /??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Noun

are (plural ares)

1. (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

Usage notes

• Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.

Synonyms

• (SI unit): (rare) square decametre

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Are on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'ear, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, aër-, ear, era, rea

Basque

Noun

are inan

1. rake

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French are, from Latin ?rea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.r?/
• Hyphenation: are
• Rhymes: -a?r?

Noun

are f (plural aren or ares)

1. are, a unit of surface area

Derived terms

• hectare

French

Etymology

Learned formation from Latin area, a piece of level ground. Doublet of aire.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: art

Noun

are m (plural ares)

1. an are

Related terms

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: ar

Further reading

• “are” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Homophone: -are (to) (infinitive verb suffix)
• Hyphenation: à?re

Etymology 1

Variant of aere.

Noun

are m (plural ari)

1. Archaic form of aere.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

are f pl

1. plural of ara

Anagrams

• era, Era, rea

Japanese

Romanization

are

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Verb

?r?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?re?

References

• are in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lindu

Noun

are

1. long, large sickle

Mapudungun

Noun

are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. warmth, heat

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

are

1. (chiefly Kent and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 2

Noun

are

1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Etymology 3

Verb

are

1. Alternative form of aren

Norwegian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

are

1. white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a Dutch Low Saxon [Term?] or German Low German [Term?] verb.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

are

1. to suit, fit

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???re/

Noun 1

?re

1. honor, glory, grace

Declension

Noun 2

?re

1. dative singular of ?r (“messenger, herald; angel; missionary”)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *au??, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

are n

1. ear

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr: uar

  Hallig, Mooring: uur

  Helgoland: Uaar

• Saterland Frisian: Oor
• West Frisian: ear

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

are

1. wow, woah
2. yay

Derived terms

• re

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

are m (plural ares)

1. (historical) are (unit of area)

Etymology 2

Verb

are

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of arar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of arar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of arar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of arar

Romanian

Etymology

Cf. Latin hab?ret, habuerit. Compare Aromanian ari. See also Romanian ar, used in a periphrastic construction of the conditional.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?are/
• Rhymes: -are

Verb

are

1. third-person singular present indicative of avea

See also

• a

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English are, from Old English ?r (“honor, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, grace, favor, prosperity, benefit, help, mercy, pity, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *aiz? (“respect, honour”), from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Dutch eer (“honour, credit”), German Ehre (“honour, glory”), Latin erus (“master, professor”).

Noun

are (uncountable)

1. grace; mercy

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?e/, [?a.?e]

Verb

are

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of arar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of arar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of arar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of arar.

Tagalog

Pronoun

are

1. (Batangas) this, it

Synonyms

• (Manila, Standard Tagalog) ito
• (Central Luzon) ere, ire

Derived terms

Tangam

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *a-l?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la.

Noun

are

1. (anatomy) foot, leg

References

• Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, ?ISBN

Venetian

Noun

are

1. plural of ara