mare

Significat (anglès)

1. An adult female horse.
2. (slang) A foolish woman.

Conceptes

mare

female horse

horse

maria

sea

filly

Equus caballus

colt

pony

stallion

steed

brood

femalehorse

nightmare

moonscape

rill

incubus

briny

deep

drink

zebress

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɛə/

Etimologia (anglès)

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.