mare

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. An adult female horse.
  2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/mɛə/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”). Cognates See also Scots mere, meir, mear (“mare”), North Frisian mar (“mare, horse”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Danish mær (“mare”), Swedish märr (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), German Mähre (“decrepit old horse”)), Old English mearh.

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