different between lire vs ire

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English l?ra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lek?s-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hl?or (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).

Etymology 4

From Italian lire.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

lire

1. plural of lira

Homophones

• lyre

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, riel, rile

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?/
• Homophones: lires, lyre, lyrent, lyres
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

From Old French lire, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg?, from Proto-Italic *leg?, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-.

Verb

lire

1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.

Noun

lire f (plural lires)

1. lira (unit of currency)

Anagrams

• lier

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

lire f

1. plural of lira

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German.

Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.

Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

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Derived terms

• havlire

Etymology 3

Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira.

Noun

lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane)

2. (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy)

References

• “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg?.

Verb

lire

1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• eslire
• relire

Descendants

• French: lire

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (lire)

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren (“coiron”). More at iron.

Noun

ire

1. (obsolete) Iron.

   • the cruel ire, red as any glede

Etymology 2

From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eysh?- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ????? (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), ??????? (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit ???? (e?ati, “to drive on”)).

Noun

ire (uncountable)

1. (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.

   • That lord is now of Thebes the Citee,

     Fulfild of ire and of iniquitee,

     He, for despit and for his tirannye,

     To do the dede bodyes vileynye,

     Of alle oure lordes, whiche that been slawe,

     Hath alle the bodyes on an heep ydrawe,

     And wol nat suffren hem, by noon assent,

     Neither to been yburyed nor ybrent.

   • She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire

   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis

     "My good father, tell me this;

     "What thing is ire?

     Sonne, it is That in our English wrath is hote."

Synonyms

• fury
• rage
• wrath

Related terms

Translations

Verb

ire (third-person singular simple present ires, present participle iring, simple past and past participle ired)

1. (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.

Translations

References

• ire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -ier, EIR, Eri., Rie, eir, rei, rie

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ire-, compare Mongolian ???? (irekh), Daur irgw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?r?/, [i???]

Verb

ire

1. to come

Derived terms

• iregva (“to make come”)
• iredan (“manner of coming”)

French

Etymology

From Latin ?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

ire f (plural ires)

1. (archaic, literary or poetic) ire, anger

   Synonym: colère

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rie

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ire f

1. plural of ira

Etymology 2

From Latin ?re, present active infinitive of e?.

Verb

ìre (no first-person singular present, no first-person singular past historic, past participle ìto, second-person singular imperative ìte, auxiliary essere)

1. (obsolete, regional, literary) to go

   Synonyms: andare, gire

Conjugation

• Highly defective. Only the following forms are found in current regional use:
  • ite (second person plural present indicative and imperative)
  • ito (past participle, and hence all composed tenses)
• The following additional forms are found in archaic or poetic use:
  • ìva, ìvano (third person singular and plural imperfect indicative)
  • irémo, iréte (first and second person plural future indicative)
  • ìsti, ìrono (second person singular and third person plural past historic)
  • èa (singular present subjuncive)

Anagrams

• eri, rei, riè

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.re/, [?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.re/, [?i???]

Verb

?re

1. present active infinitive of e?

References

• ire in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ire

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

ire

1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

From Old French ire (“ire”) or Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”). See English ire for more.

Noun

ire (uncountable)

1. anger; wrath

References

• “?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French ire < Latin ?ra.

Noun

ire f (plural ires)

1. ire; rage; fury

Descendants

• French: ire

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irer, definite plural irene)

1. person from Ireland, Irishman.

   Synonyms: irlender, irlending

Related terms

• Republikken Irland, Irland
• irsk

References

• “ire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irar, definite plural irane)

1. person from Ireland, Irishman.

   Synonyms: irlendar, irlending

Related terms

• Republikken Irland, Irland
• irsk

References

• “ire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Latin ?ra.

Noun

ire f (oblique plural ires, nominative singular ire, nominative plural ires)

1. ire, anger, rage

Descendants

• ? English: ire
• French: ire (now rare)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ire)
• ire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• ira, iro, iru

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of ira

Declension

Portuguese

Verb

ire

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