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lire
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)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
- (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)
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
- (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)
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).
Etymology 4
From Italian lire.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??r?
Noun
lire
- 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
- (transitive, intransitive) to read
- (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)
- 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
- 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)
- (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy)
References
- “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg?.
Verb
lire
- (transitive, intransitive) to read
- (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 IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (lire)
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mire
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ma??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ma??/, /?ma??/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzij?, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meus?, whence Old English m?os, and Proto-Germanic *mus?, whence Old English mos (English moss).
Noun
mire (countable and uncountable, plural mires)
- Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
- When Caliban was lazy and neglected his work, Ariel (who was invisible to all eyes but Prospero’s) would come slyly and pinch him, and sometimes tumble him down in the mire. (Charles Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, Hatier, coll. « Les Classiques pour tous » n° 223, p. 51)
- Synonyms: peatland, quag
- Hypernym: wetland
- Hyponyms: bog, fen
- An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired)
- (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
- Synonyms: bemire, enmire
- (intransitive) To sink into mud.
- (transitive, figuratively) To weigh down.
- (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV, Scene 1,[2]
- Why had I not with charitable hand
- Took up a beggar’s issue at my gates,
- Who smirch’d thus and mired with infamy,
- I might have said ‘No part of it is mine;
- This shame derives itself from unknown loins’?
- Synonym: bemire
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV, Scene 1,[2]
Derived terms
- unmired
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English mire, from Old English *m?re, *m?ere, from Proto-Germanic *miurij?. Cognate to Old Norse maurr, Danish myre, Middle Dutch miere (“ant”) (Dutch mier). All probably from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”), whence also cognate to Latin form?ca.
Noun
mire (plural mires)
- (obsolete) An ant.
Related terms
Anagrams
- IMer, Meir, Meri, emir, meri, reim, riem, rime
Asturian
Verb
mire
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mirar
Esperanto
Etymology
From miri +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mire/
- Hyphenation: mi?re
- Rhymes: -ire
Adverb
mire
- in surprise, in awe, in an amazed way
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?/
Etymology 1
From Italian mira, from Latin m?r? (“I wonder at”).
Noun
mire f (plural mires)
- (archaic) aim (action of aiming)
- foresight (of rifle)
- target (literal, figurative)
- (television) test pattern
- (surveying) rod (measuring tool)
Derived terms
- ligne de mire
- point de mire
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
mire
- inflection of mirer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “mire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- émir, Remi, Rémi, rime, rimé
Galician
Verb
mire
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mirar
Hungarian
Etymology
mi (“what?”) +? -re (sublative case suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mir?]
- Hyphenation: mi?re
- Rhymes: -r?
Pronoun
mire
- sublative singular of mi
Pronoun
mire
- for what (purpose)?
Adverb
mire (not comparable)
- whereupon (after which, in consequence)
- by the time, when
Derived terms
- amire
Further reading
- mire in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?????/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).
Noun
mire f (genitive singular mire)
- quickness, rapidity
- spiritedness, ardor
- madness, frenzy, mania
- Synonym: buile
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
mire
- inflection of mear:
- genitive feminine singular
- comparative degree
Mutation
References
- "mire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Noun
mire f
- plural of mira
Anagrams
- meri, remi, rime
Ladin
Verb
mire
- inflection of mirer:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mi?.re/, [?mi???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mi.re/, [?mi???]
Participle
m?re
- vocative masculine singular of m?rus
References
- mire in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mire in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Norse mýrr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miuzij?.
Alternative forms
- myre, myer, muire, myrre, muyre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?r/
- (SW England) IPA(key): /my?r/
Noun
mire (plural mires)
- Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat.
- A region of marshy or swampy land.
- A muddy or dirt-covered region.
- (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness; immoral behaviour.
- (rare) A quagmire or conundrum.
- (rare) A puddle or pond; a watery hollow.
Derived terms
- myren
Descendants
- English: mire (“swamp”)
- Scots: mire
References
- “m?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-20.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English *m?re, *m?ere, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miurij?.
Alternative forms
- myre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi?r(?)/
Noun
mire
- ant
Derived terms
- pissemyre
Descendants
- English: mire (“ant”) (obsolete)
References
- “m?re, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.
Portuguese
Verb
mire
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mirar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mirar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mirar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mirar
Romanian
Etymology
Possibly a substratum word, or from Greek ????? (mýron, “ointment, uncture, holy oil”), relating to the ceremony of the Orthodox wedding. Another theory suggests Latin m?les (“soldier”), possibly mirroring semantic evolution of the rare voin? (“husband”), from Slavic ????? (voin?, “warrior”). Other less likely etymologies proposed include Turkish amir (“chief”), Cuman mir ("prince"), a Vulgar Latin *milex, from Ancient Greek ?????? (meîrax, “adolescent; boy”), or an old Indo-European term.
Possibly related to Albanian mirë (“good”). Replaced m?rit, which only survived in some regional dialects.
Noun
mire m (plural miri, feminine equivalent mireas?)
- bridegroom
Derived terms
- mireas?
See also
- mir
- so?
References
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?i???/
Noun
mire f (genitive singular mire, plural mirean)
- merriment, mirth, frolic
Derived terms
- gille-mirein
Mutation
References
- “mire” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mire (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present of miriti
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi?e/, [?mi.?e]
Verb
mire
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mirar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mirar.
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