different between meare vs mear

English

Noun

meare (plural meares)

1. Obsolete form of mere. [14th-18th c.]
2. Obsolete form of mare. [14th-16th c.]

Adjective

meare

1. Obsolete form of mere. [16th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• Ameer, ameer, ramee, reame

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin me?re, present infinitive of me? (“I go along”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?a.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: meà?re

Verb

meàre (first-person singular present mèo, first-person singular past historic meài, past participle meàto, auxiliary essere)

1. (intransitive, poetic, obsolete) to filter through

   Synonym: trapelare

Conjugation

References

• meare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

me?re

1. present active infinitive of me?
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of me?
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of me?

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæ???.re/

Noun

m?are

1. dative singular of mearh

Spanish

Verb

meare

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

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: mere

Noun

mear (plural mears)

1. Alternative form of mere ("boundary").

See also

• mere

Anagrams

• Amer., Arem, Erma, Maré, Ream, amer., mare, rame, ramé, ream

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mear

1. but

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?a??/

Adjective

mear (genitive singular masculine mear, genitive singular feminine mire, plural meara, comparative mire)

1. quick, fast, nimble, lively, spirited
2. precipitate, hasty, rash; quick-tempered, fiery
3. (literary)
   1. mad, crazy
   2. furious, raging, mad angry

Declension

Verb

mear (present analytic mearann, future analytic mearfaidh, verbal noun mearadh, past participle meartha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of mearaigh (“derange, distract; bewilder, confuse; excite, infuriate; bother, trouble; become distracted, bewildered; become infuriated”)

Conjugation

Mutation

Further reading

• "mear" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “mear” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “mear” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin medi?re, present active infinitive of medi?, from Latin medius. Compare mediar (a borrowed doublet).

Verb

mear (first-person singular present indicative meio, past participle meado)

1. to halve (divide into two)

Conjugation

Related terms

• meado
• meio

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin m?i?, m?iere, reinterpreted in Vulgar Latin as a first-conjugation verb (*m?i?re). Compare Portuguese mijar and English micturate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?a?/, [me?a?]

Verb

mear (first-person singular present meo, first-person singular preterite meé, past participle meado)

1. to piss, to pee

   Synonyms: orinar, echar una meada

2. (reflexive) to piss oneself

Conjugation

Related terms

• meadero
• meado
• meón

West Frisian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???r/

Noun

mear c (plural mearen, diminutive mearke)

1. lake

Further reading

“mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian m?ra, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Determiner

mear

1. comparative degree of folle: more

Adverb

mear

1. To a greater degree or extent, more
2. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs where -er cannot be used.

Related terms

• folle
• meast

Further reading

“mear”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011