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see|maré
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-mare.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
Old English mearh. Cognate with German Mähre, Dutch merrie, and related to Old French #Old French|mare (horse), Breton march#Breton|march (horse), Welsh march#Welsh|march (horse).

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/mE@/
IPA|/'m��ɻ/

Noun
en-noun

1. An adult female horse.

Translations
trans-top|female horse
Albanian: pelë f
Breton: kazeg f
Catalan: euga f
Croatian: kobila f
Czech: klisna f, kobyla f
Danish: hoppe c
Dutch: merrie f
Erzya: �л�де (elyde)
Faroese: ryssa f
Finnish: tamma
French: jument f
German: Stute f, Mähre f italbrac|old mare
Greek: �ο�άδα (foráða) f
Guaraní: kavaju kuña f
Hungarian: kanca
Icelandic: hryssa f, meri f
Interlingua: cavalla f
Italian: cavalla f
trans-mid
Korean: �� (ammal)
Lithuanian: kumel� f
Macedonian: кобила f
Maori: hoiho uwha
Norwegian: hoppe f
Polish: klacz f
Portuguese: égua f
Romanian: iap� f
Russian: коб�ла (kobýla) f
Scottish Gaelic: làir f
Slovak: kobyla#Slovak|kobyla f
Slovene: kobila f
Spanish: yegua f
Swedish: märr c, sto n
Telugu: �డ ��ర�ర� (aaDa gurraM)
Turkish: kısrak
Welsh: caseg f
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See also
colt
filly
foal
pony
stallion

Etymology 2
From L. #Latin|mare.

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/mA:reI/
IPA|/'mar�/

Noun
en-noun|mar|ia

1. A (figurative) sea of the Moon, Mars, or another planet -- a large, flat, dark surface feature.

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:Horses
Category:Mammals

Catalan

Etymology
From L.|ca mater.

Noun
mare f

1. mother

Category:Catalan nouns

Corsican

Noun
mare m

1. sea

Danish

Noun
mare

1. pasture

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Noun
mare f (plural: maren, diminutive: maartje)

1. (formal) message, report, story
2. (formal) rumor
3. depression in non-volcanic stone, cf maar

Synonyms
tijding, gerucht, verslag, verhaal

Related terms
vermaard, vermaarde

French

Noun
mare f

1. puddle
2. pool

Italian

Pronunciation
IPA|[�mare]

Noun
it-noun|mar|m|e|i

1. sea

Related terms
ammarare
frutto di mare
lupo di mare
marea
mareggiata
maremoto
maretta
marina
marinaio
marinara
marinare
marino

See also
oceano - ocean

Latin

Noun
mare, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|maris n

1. sea

Inflection

la-decl-3rd-INEUT|mare|mar

mare m

1. Ablative singular of mas#Latin|mas (man).

Category:Latin root mar

Romanian

Etymology
L.|ro mare#Latin|mare

Noun
ro-noun|gendf|plm�ri

1. sea

Declension
ro-noun-f|plm�ri|defmarea

Adjective
ro-adj|2

1. big, large, great

Inflection
ro-adj-2-e|mar

Sonsorolese

Noun
mare

1. boy

Category:Sonsorolese nouns

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