mere

Signification

Adj

1. Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
2. (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed .
3. (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .

Noun

Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
2. (obsolete) To set divisions and bounds.
3. To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.

Noun

A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond. More specifically, it can refer to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth. Also included in place names such as Windermere.

Noun

Alternative form of mayor and mair.

Noun

A Maori war-club.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɪə̯/

Étymologie

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From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”).
Cognate with Old English āmerian, āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”). The Middle English word was perhaps influenced by or conflated with sound-alike Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”), from Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.