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stere
English
Etymology
From French stère, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stereos, “solid”), because the unit was used for solid commodities such as firewood.
Noun
stere (plural steres)
- (obsolete) A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
- 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:
- It will be observed, that in this system it is only necessary to remember the metre, are litre[sic], and stere, all the others having certain relations to these, being equal to them taken 10, 100, 1000, &c. times, […]
- 1814, Peter Barlow, A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary:
Translations
See also
- cord
Anagrams
- Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, teers, teres, terse, trees
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English st?or (“steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz.
Alternative forms
- steor, ster, steer
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /stø?r/
- IPA(key): /ste?r/
Noun
stere (plural steres)
- steer, young bull
Descendants
- English: steer
- Scots: ster, stere, steir
References
- “st??r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 2
From Old English st?or (“rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurij?.
Alternative forms
- ster, steor, steer, steere, stiere
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /stø?r/
- IPA(key): /ste?r/
Noun
stere (plural steres)
- rudder, tiller, steering mechanism
- control, correction
Descendants
- English: steer
References
- “st??r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 3
From Old English st?ora.
Alternative forms
- steere, sterre
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?stø?r?/
- IPA(key): /?ste?r(?)/, /?st??r(?)/
Noun
stere (plural steres)
- leader, controller
References
- “st??re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 4
From Old English steorra.
Noun
stere (plural steres)
- Alternative form of sterre
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sere
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s?(?)?/
- Homophone: seer
Etymology 1
From Middle English ser, sere, seare, seer, seere, seir, seyr (“dry, withered; emaciated, shrivelled; brittle; bare; dead, lifeless; barren, useless”), from Old English s?ar, s?ere (“dry, withered; barren; sere”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?sews-, *sh?ews- (“to be dry”). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry and coarse”), Greek ???? (a?os, “dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Middle Low German sôr (Low German soor (“arid, dry”)), Old Church Slavonic su?? (su??, “dry”),. Doublet of sear and sare.
Adjective
sere (comparative serer, superlative serest)
- (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
- Synonyms: (Britain, archaic) sare, sear; see also Thesaurus:dry
- (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out.
Derived terms
- wood-sere
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin serere, present active infinitive of ser? (“to entwine, interlace, link together; to join in a series, string together”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; to thread”).
Noun
sere (plural seres)
- (ecology) A natural succession of animal or plant communities in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from the time a habitat is unoccupied to the point when a climax community is achieved. [from early 20th c.]
- Synonym: seral community
Hyponyms
- hydrosere
- lithosere
- psammosere
Derived terms
- seral
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old French serre (modern French serre (“talon”)), from serrer (“to grip tightly; to shut”) (modern French serrer (“to squeeze; to tighten”)), from Vulgar Latin serr?re (“to close, shut”), from Late Latin ser?re, present active infinitive of ser? (“to fasten with a bolt; to bar, bolt”), from sera (“bar for fastening doors”), from ser? (“to bind or join together; entwine, interlace, interweave, plait”); see further at etymology 2.
Noun
sere (plural seres)
- (obsolete) A claw, a talon.
Etymology 4
From Middle English ser, sere, schere, seer, seere, seir, seyr, seyre (“different; diverse, various; distinct, individual; parted, separated; many, several”), from Old Norse sér (“for oneself; separately”, dative reflexive pronoun, literally “to oneself”), from sik (“oneself, myself, yourself, herself, himself; ourselves, yourselves, themselves”), from Proto-Germanic *sek (“oneself”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”). The English word is cognate with Danish sær (“singular”), især (“especially, particularly”), German sich (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Icelandic sig (“oneself; herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Latin s? (“herself, himself, itself; themselves”), Scots seir, Swedish sär (“particularly”).
Adjective
sere (comparative more sere, superlative most sere)
- (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart.
- (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Different; diverse.
Alternative forms
- seer
Derived terms
- serely
References
Further reading
- sere (ecology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SEER, eres, rees, rese, seer
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?r?]
Verb
sere
- third-person singular present indicative of srát
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin s?ra, from ellipsis of Latin s?ra di?s, from s?rus (“late”). Compare Italian sera, Venetian séra, Romansch saira, seira, Romanian sear?, French soir.
Noun
sere f (plural seris)
- evening
Derived terms
- buine sere
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French serrer.
Verb
sere
- tighten, squeeze
Adjective
sere
- tight
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?se?.re], /?sere/
- Hyphenation: sé?re
- Rhymes: -ere
Noun
sere f
- plural of sera
Anagrams
- erse, rese
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb ser? (“I sow or plant”).
Verb
sere
- second-person singular present active imperative of ser?
Etymology 2
Form of the verb ser? (“I join or weave”).
Verb
sere
- second-person singular present active imperative of ser?
Etymology 3
Form of s?rus.
Adjective
s?re
- vocative masculine singular of s?rus
Leonese
Etymology
From Latin esse (“to be”). The present subjunctive is influenced by Latin sede? (“sit”) (present infinitive sed?re).
Verb
sere
- to be
Conjugation
References
- AEDLL
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch s?ro. Equivalent to sêer +? -e.
Adverb
sêre
- strongly, very, to a great degree
- hard, forcefully
- fast, with speed
Descendants
- Dutch: zeer
- Limburgish: zieër
Further reading
- “sere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English s?ar, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. Doublet of sor (“sorrel”).
Alternative forms
- ser, seere, seer, seir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??r/
Adjective
sere
- (especially referring to plants) dry, withered, shrunken, brittle
Descendants
- English: sear, sere, sare
References
- “s?r(e, adj.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 March 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sér, dative of sik, from Proto-Germanic *siz, dative and instrumental of *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”).
Alternative forms
- ser, schere, seer, seere, seir, seyr, seyre
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /se?r/
- (adverb) IPA(key): /?se?r(?)/
Adjective
sere
- Individual, separate, set apart.
- Different; diverse.
- Numerous, many, copious.
References
- “s??r(e, adj.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2019.
Descendants
- English: sere
Adverb
sere
- Separately, severally.
References
- “s??re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 August 2019.
Etymology 3
From Old French seür.
Adjective
sere
- Alternative form of sure
Northern Kurdish
Adjective
sere
- old
Shona
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
-séré
- eight
Inflection
Turkish
Alternative forms
- sele
Noun
sere (definite accusative sereyi, plural sereler)
- (informal) a measure of distance, being the span, when spreading one’s fingers, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger.
References
- sere in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian ??? (sar).
Noun
sere ?
- (anatomy) head
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