different between yere vs yare

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)

1. (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?"

Usage notes

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

yere (plural yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year

Anagrams

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Spanish

Verb

yere

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hear.

Verb

yere

1. To hear

Turkish

Noun

yere

1. dative singular of yer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).

Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, gerr (“perfect”).

Alternative forms

• yar (for the nautical sense)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

yare (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (archaic) Ready; prepared.
2. (Britain dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
   • c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III scene iv^[1]:

     […] Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.

3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
4. (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
   • c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry

     The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.

Derived terms

• yarely

Translations

Adverb

yare (comparative more yare, superlative most yare)

1. (archaic) Yarely.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene i^[2]:

     Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle. […]

Etymology 2

Noun

yare

1. Alternative form of yair

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Ayre, Raye, Reay, aery, ayre, eyra, year

Japanese

Romanization

yare

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Tocharian B

Noun

yare

1. gravel