mare

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Konzepte

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/mɛə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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