different between jeer vs eer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d???/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Etymology 1

Perhaps a corruption of cheer (“to salute with cheers”), taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). Also compare German and Dutch gieren (“to laugh loudly”).

Noun

jeer (plural jeers)

1. A mocking remark or reflection.

   Synonyms: scoff, taunt, flout, jibe, mockery

   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Fable of Midas, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol XII, Sir Walter Scott, ed., Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824, pages 302-5,

     Midas, exposed to all their jeers, Had lost his art, and kept his ears.

Translations

Verb

jeer (third-person singular simple present jeers, present participle jeering, simple past and past participle jeered)

1. (intransitive, jeer at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
2. (transitive, archaic) To mock; treat with mockery; to taunt.

   • And if we cannot jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

Synonyms

• (to utter sarcastic remarks): scoff, sneer
• (to treat with scoffs): deride, flout, gibe, mock, ridicule
• See Thesaurus:mock
• See Thesaurus:deride

Derived terms

• jeeringly

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare gear.

Noun

jeer (plural jeers)

1. (nautical) A gear; a tackle.
2. (nautical, in the plural) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Derived terms

• jeer capstan

Translations

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dír (“due, fit, proper”).

Adverb

jeer

1. indeed, verily, truly, actually

Related terms

• jeeragh
• jeerid
• jeerys

Mutation

Semai

Alternative forms

• jer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *?ur ~ *?uur ~ *?u?r ~ *?ir ~ *?i?r (“to descend”). Cognate with Central Mnong j??r, Khmu cù?r, Pear cer, Proto-Palaungic *?uur.

Verb

jeer

1. to fall

Synonyms

• tegòh
• yòòk

Derived terms

References

Somali

Pronunciation

Noun

jeer ?

1. hippopotamus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

eer

1. (poetic) Unpunctuated contraction of ever.

Anagrams

• 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?r/
• Hyphenation: eer
• Rhymes: -e?r

Etymology 1

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

Noun

eer f (uncountable)

1. honour

Derived terms

• eerbied
• eerlijk
• eerloos
• eervol
• eerwraak
• eerzuil
• eredienst
• eredivisie
• eredoctoraat
• eregast
• eren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eer

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch ?r, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Preposition

eer

1. ere, before

Derived terms

• eergisteren
• eertijds
• veeleer

Related terms

• eerder
• eerst

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch eer, from Old Dutch *?r, from Proto-Germanic *aiz.

Noun

eer n (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) copper
2. (obsolete) bronze

Derived terms

• eren

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

eer

1. first-person singular present indicative of eren
2. imperative of eren

Anagrams

• ere, ree

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German iru, iro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??/

Pronoun

eer

1. stressed dative of sie.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Low German

Preposition

eer

1. Alternative spelling of er

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ?r, from Proto-West Germanic *ai?u, from Proto-Germanic *airiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?r/

Adverb

êer

1. earlier, previously
2. formerly
3. first, beforehand

Alternative forms

• êre

Derived terms

• wilenêer

Conjunction

êer

1. ere, before

Descendants

• Dutch: eer
• Limburgish: ieër

Preposition

êer

1. before

Descendants

• Dutch: eer

Further reading

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