ere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ere"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ere, from Old English ǣr. (adverb, conjunction, & preposition), from Proto-Germanic *airiz comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭‎ (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with German eher (“earlier”) and Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”).

Alternative forms

  • yer [15th-16th c.]

Pronunciation

Adverb

ere (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) At an earlier time. [10th-17th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
      Thys is he of whome I spake, he that commeth after me, was before me be cause he was yer than I.

Preposition

ere

  1. (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
    • Bible, John iv. 49
      Sir, come down ere my child die.
    • Shakespeare
      Stirring ere the break of day.
    • Dryden
      Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ere.
Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ere (plural eres)

  1. Obsolete form of ear.
    • 1533, R. Saltwood:
      As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

Anagrams

Basque

Conjunction

ere

  1. also

Danish

Verb

ere

  1. (obsolete) present plural of være

Usage notes

  • Plural verbs were made optional in 1900.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːrə

Noun

ere

  1. (archaic) Dative singular form of eer

Verb

ere

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eren

Anagrams

Estonian

Adjective

ere (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. vivid

Hungarian

Etymology

ér +‎ -e (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ere

Noun

ere

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of ér

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ere —
accusative erét —
dative erének —
instrumental erével —
causal-final eréért —
translative erévé —
terminative eréig —
essive-formal ereként —
essive-modal eréül —
inessive erében —
superessive erén —
adessive erénél —
illative erébe —
sublative erére —
allative eréhez —
elative eréből —
delative eréről —
ablative erétől —

Italian

Noun

ere f

  1. plural of era

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ere

  1. vocative singular of erus

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ēra, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

êre f

  1. glory, fame
  2. honour, respect
  3. worship
  4. decency, etiquette
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: eer
  • Limburgish: ieër

Etymology 2

Adverb

êre

  1. Alternative form of êer

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Article

êre

  1. feminine genitive and dative singular of êen

Further reading

  • “ere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “ere (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hiere.

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire

Pronoun

ere

  1. Alternative form of hire

References

Etymology 2

From Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːr(ə)/

Noun

ere (plural eren or eres)

  1. ear (organ that receives sound)
  2. The auricle; the outside of the ear.
  3. The ear canal; the portion of the ear which is not apparent by sight.
  4. The power of hearing; the ability to detect sound.
  5. The level of attention given to someone speaking.
  6. A handle or grip.
  7. A portion of the heart with an earlike shape.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old English ēar.

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)

Etymology 4

From Old English here.

Noun

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 5

Determiner

ere

  1. Alternative form of here (“their”)
References

Namia

Noun

ere

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Old Frisian

Etymology

from *ais- (“to honour, respect, revere”)

Noun

ēre f

  1. honour

Declension

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Purari

Noun

ere

  1. water

References

  • The Structural Violence of Resouce Extraction in the Purari Delta, in Tropical Forests Of Oceania: Anthropological Perspectives
  • Comparative wordlists (Karl James Franklin, ‎Summer Institute of Linguistics) (1975)
  • Transnewguinea.org, citing G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)

Sa

Noun

ere

  1. village

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾe/

Noun

ere f (plural eres)

  1. Name of the letter r.

Synonyms

  • erre (represents both r and rr)

Further reading

Turkish

Noun

ere

  1. dative singular of er

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German ēra

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

ēre f

  1. homage, honor
  2. fame
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