sare

English

Alternative forms

• sear

Etymology 1

Variant of sear (“dry”).

Adjective

sare (comparative sarer, superlative sarest)

1. (British, archaic) dry, withered

   Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;

   Burn ash-wood sare, 'twool make a man sware.

2. (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten

Etymology 2

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.

Adjective

sare (comparative more sare, superlative most sare)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe.

Etymology 3

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).

Adverb

sare (comparative sarer, superlative sarest)

1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly.

Anagrams

• AREs, ARSE, Ares, EARs, ERAs, Ersa, SERA, Sear, ares, arse, ears, eras, rase, reas, sear, sera

Aromanian

Noun

sare

1. Alternative form of sari

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

sare

1. net

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sërē.

Noun

saṛe

1. bilberry

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Javanese

Romanization

sare

1. Dated spelling of saré. Romanization of ꦱꦫꦺ

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

sare (Lontara spelling ᨔᨑᨙ, semi-transitive assare)

1. (transitive) to give

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

sare

1. slope, incline
2. leaning, inclining

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦫꦺ (saré) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬭᬾ (saré)

Further reading

• "sare" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

sare

1. inflection of saras:
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural
2. inflection of sara:
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɾi, (Portugal) -aɾɨ
• Hyphenation: sa‧re

Verb

sare

1. inflection of sarar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, salem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.re/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -are

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Noun

sare f (plural săruri)

1. salt

Declension

Related terms

• săra
• sărat
• sărătură
• sănină
• sărune

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

sare (n class, plural sare)

1. uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group)
2. (sports) a draw (tie between two teams)

Yoruba

Etymology

From sá (“to run, flee”) +‎ eré (“race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.ɾé/

Verb

sáré

1. to run

Synonyms