are

See also: Are, -are, -aré, åre, aré, arë, āre, and ārē

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with Old Norse erun ("(they) are"; > Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish är (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

Pronunciation

Stressed
Unstressed

Verb

are

  1. second-person singular simple present tense of be
    Mary, where are you going?
  2. first-person plural simple present tense of be
    We are not coming.
  3. second-person plural simple present tense of be
    Mary and John, are you listening?
  4. third-person plural simple present tense of be
    They are here somewhere.
  5. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present tense of be
Synonyms
  • (second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Middle English ōr, from Old English ār (“honor, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, grace, favor, prosperity, benefit, help, mercy, pity, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Dutch eer (“honour, credit”), German Ehre (“honour, glory”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

are (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Grace, mercy.
    To bid God's are.
    God's are is what children of God seech and seek.
  2. (obsolete) Honour, dignity.
Usage notes

In the first sense, generally found in the phrase God's are, as inː to seek God's are or bid (for) God's are. Also found in expressions such asː "God's are be hard to find in our crazy, messed up world" and "for God's are some people might do some crazy shit, you know, like strap on a suicide vest, for example".

References

Etymology 3

From French are.

Pronunciation

Noun

are (plural ares)

  1. (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
Usage notes
  • Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading

Are on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

are

  1. rake

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

are f (plural aren or ares)

  1. are, a unit of surface area

French

Etymology

Learned formation from Latin area, a piece of level ground. Doublet of aire.

Pronunciation

Noun

are m (plural ares)

  1. An are

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.re/, [ˈäːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: àre
  • Hyphenation: a‧re

Etymology 1

Variant of aere.

Noun

are m (plural ari)

  1. Archaic form of aere.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

are f pl

  1. plural of ara

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

are

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あれ

Latin

Verb

ārē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āreō

References

Mapudungun

Noun

are (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. warmth, heat

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Determiner

are

  1. (chiefly West Midland and Kentish dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

References

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

are

  1. white-tailed eagle

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a Dutch Low Saxon [Term?] or German Low German [Term?] verb.

Verb

are

  1. To suit, fit

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːre/

Noun 1

āre

  1. honor, glory, grace
Declension

Noun 2

āre

  1. dative singular of ār (“messenger, herald; angel; missionary”)

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

are n

  1. ear

Declension

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: uar
  • West Frisian: ear

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

are

  1. wow, woah
  2. yay

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

are m (plural ares)

  1. (historical) are (unit of area)

Etymology 2

Verb

are

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of arar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of arar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of arar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of arar

Romanian

Etymology

Cf. Latin habēret, habuerit. Compare Aromanian ari. See also Romanian ar, used in a periphrastic construction of the conditional.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -are

Verb

are

  1. third-person singular present indicative of avea.

See also

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English are, from Old English ār (“honor, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, grace, favor, prosperity, benefit, help, mercy, pity, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“respect, honour”), from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”). Cognate with Dutch eer (“honour, credit”), German Ehre (“honour, glory”), Latin erus (“master, professor”).

Noun

are (uncountable)

  1. Grace; mercy.

Spanish

Verb

are

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

Tagalog

Pronoun

are

  1. (Batangas) this, it
    Ano ga are?
    What is this?

Synonyms

  • (Manila, Standard Tagalog) ito
  • (Central Luzon) ere, ire

Derived terms

Venetian

Noun

are

  1. plural of ara
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