different between rere vs yere
rere
English
Pronunciation
- (Hiberno-English) IPA(key): /?i?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
rere (plural reres)
- Archaic spelling of rear (all meanings).
- (Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)
Quotations
- 1678 "In the rere of them fall others of the city trumpets; after them two gentlemen bearing the banners of the city and the Lord Mayor; twelve gentlemen ushers appointed as aforesaid follow them, and after them the court of assistants put a period to that division. In the rere of them falls the serjeant trumpet, after him sixteen other of the king's trumpets and kettle-drums; ..." The Triumphs of London (Reprinted 1869 in Some account of the Worshipful company of grocers of the city of London, by John Benjamin Heath)
- 1784 "So out we sallied, the corporal lending his master his arm, and bringing up the rere, to the abby of Saint Grmain [sic]" Tristram Shandy Vol.3, p.44, Lawrence Sterne
- 1855 "It begins by setting out all the tenants' names; the frontage, the depth, and the reres of the several plots." Archdeacon Hewitson's Endowment For A Protestant School At Swords, Endowed Schools, Ireland, Commission, minutes of evidence, Vol. II in Parliamentary papers, Volume 22, Part 3, p.33
- 1922 "He trod the worn steps, pushed the swingdoor and entered softly by the rere." Ulysses, Chapter V James Joyce
- 1986 "the arcade at the rere of the General Post Office" Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission Act, 1986: First Schedule
- 1995 "the unnamed laneway to the rere of Nos. 1-8 Merview" S.I. No. 248/1995 — Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (Designated Areas) (Cobh) Order, 1995; Schedule, Part II, Harbour Row Area
- 1996 "First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling." Written Answers. - Departmental Buildings Dáil Éireann - Volume 463 - 26 March, 1996
- 2009 "permission sought for proposed (1) garage conversion and first floor extension to side, (2) single storey extension to rere, and (3) alterations to front single-storey element and wider vehicular entrance at [address]" Malahide planning notices Fingal Independent, 18 November 2009
Derived terms
- reredos
See also
- reredorter
References
- rere at Wordnik
Anagrams
- REER, erer
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin retro.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?re.??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?re.?e/
Adverb
rere
- behind, at the back
Synonyms
- darrere
Derived terms
- enrere
Preposition
rere
- behind, at the back of
- after (behind in place)
- after, by
Synonyms
- darrere
Further reading
- “rere” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rere” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “rere” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
r?re
- second-person singular present active imperative of reor
- second-person singular present active indicative of reor
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hr?r, hr?re, from hr?ran (see reren (“to rile”)).
Alternative forms
- hrere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?re?r(?)/
Adjective
rere
- Referring to eggs; underdone, undercooked
- (rare) Unknown, unadmitted.
Descendants
- English: rear, rare (of meat)
References
- “r??re, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman rere, from Latin retro.
Alternative forms
- reere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??r(?)/
Adjective
rere
- (rare outside of compounds) Succeeding, successive, next, following.
- (rare) Located at the rear, hind, or back.
Related terms
- rerebrace
- reredos
- rereward
Descendants
- English: rear
- Scots: rear
References
- “r?re, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.
Etymology 3
Verb
rere
- Alternative form of reren (“to raise”)
Etymology 4
Noun
rere
- Alternative form of reren (“to rile”)
Etymology 5
Adjective
rere
- Alternative form of rare (“thin, airy, rare”)
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French rere, from Latin r?dere, present active infinitive of r?d?.
Verb
rere
- to shave
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin retr?.
Adjective
rere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rere)
- late
- after; later on
Adverb
rere
- behind
- Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.
- Constance […] came behind his back and knocked him into the sea
- Constaunce […] lui vient rere au doos et le trebucha en la mere.
Derived terms
- rereguarde
Etymology 2
From Latin r?dere, present active infinitive of r?d?.
Verb
rere
- to shave
Related terms
- res
- raser
Descendants
- Middle French: rere
Rapa Nui
Verb
rere
- fly
rere From the web:
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yere
English
Etymology 1
From ye analogous to your<you
Pronunciation
- Strong form: IPA(key): /ji??/, IPA(key): /i??/; Weak form: IPA(key): /j??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Pronoun
yere (possessive)
- (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
- 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
- What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]
- 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
- The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
- 2012 Christy O'Connor "The first great rivalry of the 21st century" Irish Independent, 28 July 2012:
- "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"
- 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
Usage notes
Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.
Etymology 2
Noun
yere (plural yeres)
- Obsolete spelling of year
Anagrams
- Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
yere
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Etymology 2
Noun
yere
- Alternative form of yeer (“year”)
Spanish
Verb
yere
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of yerar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of yerar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of yerar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of yerar.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English hear.
Verb
yere
- To hear
Turkish
Noun
yere
- dative singular of yer
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