See mere on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for mere meaning in All languages combined (55.6kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mere exposure effect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "merely"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mere mortal"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "only"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mer"
},
"expansion": "mer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman meer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "mier"
},
"expansion": "Old French mier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "merus",
"t": "pure, unmixed, undiluted"
},
"expansion": "Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer-",
"t": "to sparkle, gleam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āmerian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmerian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āmyrian",
"t": "to purify, examine, revise"
},
"expansion": "āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere",
"t": "glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre",
"t": "famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mārī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mārī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mērijaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mērijaz",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom 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”).\nCognate 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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "merer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "merest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "mere (comparative merer, superlative merest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 0 2 10 16 3 5 8 2 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The mere thought of pineapple on pizza makes me want to throw up.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion",
"text": "More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March 30, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106",
"text": "Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Margaret, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames",
"text": "Ah...my sister wishes to see you. A mere child. She never wants to have lunch with her dear sister, but I guess that's not your problem.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-adj-XIH5OgWY",
"links": [
[
"Just",
"just"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"pure",
"pure"
],
[
"simple",
"simple"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "samo",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "само"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mer"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "僅"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "仅"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "schamel"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "luttel"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "louter"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "pelkkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "simple"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "bloß"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "puszta"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "csupán"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kroan tae",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "គ្រាន់តែ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mero"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "simplu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostój",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "просто́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne bóleje čem",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "не бо́лее чем"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "пуки"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mero"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "bara"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "blott"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostýj",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "прости́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 1 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyšé",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "лише́"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Pure, unalloyed ."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-adj-eRSI5Wc6",
"links": [
[
"Pure",
"pure"
],
[
"unalloyed",
"unalloyed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Pure, unalloyed ."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Nothing less than; complete, downright ."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-adj-JxNSlp1d",
"links": [
[
"complete",
"complete"
],
[
"downright",
"downright"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright ."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer",
"3": "",
"4": "a limit, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"3": "",
"4": "borderland"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“borderland”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "landamäre",
"3": "",
"4": "border, borderline, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "Hertsmere"
},
{
"word": "merestead"
},
{
"word": "merestake"
},
{
"word": "merestone"
},
{
"word": "meretree"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-noun-Hgco3kNz",
"links": [
[
"Boundary",
"boundary"
],
[
"limit",
"limit"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "meare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer",
"3": "",
"4": "a limit, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"3": "",
"4": "borderland"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“borderland”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "landamäre",
"3": "",
"4": "border, borderline, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (third-person singular simple present meres, present participle mering, simple past and past participle mered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mereing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To limit; bound; divide or cause division in."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-verb-LK9zzJD3",
"links": [
[
"limit",
"limit"
],
[
"bound",
"bound"
],
[
"divide",
"divide"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To set divisions and bounds."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-verb-EPn0EejE",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To set divisions and bounds."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cartography",
"orig": "en:Cartography",
"parents": [
"Geography",
"Earth sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "29 0 2 10 16 3 5 8 2 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 April 30, David EM Andrews, “Merely a question of boundaries.”, in Sheetlines, The Charles Close Society, →ISSN",
"text": "What chance is there of revising this example of case law to include an exception to the generally cited rule when an administrative boundary has been mered in the past to coincide with a private property boundary?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-verb-na8XyVtE",
"links": [
[
"cartography",
"cartography"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map."
],
"topics": [
"cartography",
"geography",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "meare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lake"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer- (sea)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"4": "",
"5": "sea"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*móri"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *móri",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mar",
"3": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of mar and mare",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mere (“lake, pool,” in compounds and poetry “sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with West Frisian mar, Dutch meer, Low German Meer, and German Meer. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin mare, Breton mor, and Russian мо́ре (móre). Doublet of mar and mare.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 0 2 10 16 3 5 8 2 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mereswine"
},
{
"word": "merfolk"
},
{
"word": "mermaid"
},
{
"word": "merman"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 20 p. 16",
"text": "When making for the Brooke, the Falkoner doth espie\nOn River, Plash, or Mere, where store of Fowle doth lye:",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1913, Annie S. Swan, The Fairweathers",
"text": "She loved.. to watch the lovely shadows in the silent depths of the placid mere.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber & Faber, published 2005, page 194",
"text": "Lok got to his feet and wandered along by the marshes towards the mere where Fa had disappeared.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-noun-6ocqtB0y",
"links": [
[
"place name",
"place name"
],
[
"Windermere",
"Windermere#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "dialectal or literary",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal or literary) 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."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mear"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mayor"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mayor"
},
"expansion": "mayor",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nSee mayor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mayor and mair"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mayor and mair."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-noun-IlLRnHmZ",
"links": [
[
"mayor",
"mayor#English"
],
[
"mair",
"mair#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair."
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "club"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mi",
"3": "mere",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Maori mere (“more”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nBorrowed from Maori mere (“more”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 41",
"text": "As Owen prepared to dismiss the matter, Rule produced something that really caught the great man's eye – a greenstone mere, the warclub of the Maori.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Maori war-club."
],
"id": "en-mere-en-noun-FKKslFPj",
"links": [
[
"Maori",
"Maori"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"lang_code": "af",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meer"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of meer"
],
"id": "en-mere-af-noun-km885KFp",
"links": [
[
"meer",
"meer#Afrikaans"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "meiri",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse meiri (“more”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*maizô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maizô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish mere, from Old Norse meiri (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{3}}}",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{comp2}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{4}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{sup2}}}",
"19": "",
"2": "adjective",
"20": "{{{5}}}",
"21": "",
"22": "",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "n|s",
"f3accel-form": "e-form",
"f5accel-form": "comd",
"f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
"f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "da-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is more solemn than I am.",
"text": "Han er mere højtidelig end jeg er.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more; to a higher degree"
],
"id": "en-mere-da-adj-qDP9zLz1",
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"degree",
"degree"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "36 51 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You have more space than I do.",
"text": "I har mere plads end jeg har.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more; in greater quantity"
],
"id": "en-mere-da-adj-MTRFUFAj",
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/meːrə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmeːɐ]"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "meiri",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse meiri (“more”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*maizô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maizô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish mere, from Old Norse meiri (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "adverb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "da-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"more"
],
"id": "en-mere-da-adv-GHiXzgr8",
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/meːrə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmeːɐ]"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meri"
}
],
"glosses": [
"genitive singular of meri"
],
"id": "en-mere-et-noun-Di0Kc~ld",
"links": [
[
"meri",
"meri#Estonian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "mero"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of mero"
],
"id": "en-mere-it-adj-Y9qi0Tqx",
"links": [
[
"mero",
"mero#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "merē",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "merē",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "merē (not comparable)",
"name": "la-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"purely, without admixture."
],
"id": "en-mere-la-adv-NQmipOij",
"links": [
[
"purely",
"purely"
],
[
"admixture",
"admixture"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "4 55 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"merely, no more or less than"
],
"id": "en-mere-la-adv-lj8v22R2",
"links": [
[
"merely",
"merely"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "merē",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "merē"
},
"expansion": "merē",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "mereō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present active imperative of mereō"
],
"id": "en-mere-la-verb-tiyNv8yu",
"links": [
[
"mereō",
"mereo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "adjective",
"head": "mêre",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "dum-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "97 0 3 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Dutch determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"greater, larger"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-adj-dum:greater",
"links": [
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"larger",
"larger"
]
],
"senseid": [
"dum:greater"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-adj-2pJaMOMf",
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: meer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: meer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "determiner",
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-det-GHiXzgr8",
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "adverb",
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "dum-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mêe"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mêe"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-adv-T-IjaMta",
"links": [
[
"mêe",
"mee#Middle Dutch"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: meer\nAfrikaans: meer",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: meer\nAfrikaans: meer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "maer"
},
"expansion": "Limburgish: maer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Limburgish: maer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch meri",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mēre",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{stem}}}-",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{stem2}}}-",
"cat2": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "n",
"g3": "",
"head": "mēre",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mēre f or n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"g2": "n",
"head": "mēre"
},
"expansion": "mēre f or n",
"name": "dum-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 1 1 0 53 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lake (fresh water)"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-noun-dum:lake",
"links": [
[
"lake",
"lake"
]
],
"senseid": [
"dum:lake"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sea (salt water)"
],
"id": "en-mere-dum-noun-VfVs4Y6-",
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere#Etymology_2"
},
"expansion": "English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "pulmere"
},
"expansion": "Yola: pulmere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: pulmere"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"boundary, border"
],
"id": "en-mere-enm-noun-GpwqJT0o",
"links": [
[
"boundary",
"boundary"
],
[
"border",
"border"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "merre"
},
{
"word": "mær"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mare"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre",
"t": "famous, great, excellent"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mārī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mārī",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mērijaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mērijaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*mēraz",
"t": "excellent, famous"
},
"expansion": "*mēraz (“excellent, famous”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mēros",
"t": "large, handsome"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "mære",
"t": "famous"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German mære (“famous”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"t": "famous"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“famous”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Mär"
},
"expansion": "German Mär",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Märchen",
"t": "fairy tale"
},
"expansion": "Märchen (“fairy tale”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz, *mēraz (“excellent, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”). Cognate with Middle High German mære (“famous”), Icelandic mærr (“famous”), and German Mär, Märchen (“fairy tale”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{3}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"glorious, renowned."
],
"id": "en-mere-enm-adj-dTi6nCEK",
"links": [
[
"glorious",
"glorious"
],
[
"renowned",
"renowned"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of God or Saints) glorious, renowned."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of God or Saints"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 68 1 1 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"illustrious, noble, great."
],
"id": "en-mere-enm-adj-PkKy-l1a",
"links": [
[
"illustrious",
"illustrious"
],
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"great",
"great"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of persons) illustrious, noble, great."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of persons"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"beautiful, fair."
],
"id": "en-mere-enm-adj-7LS1nVaZ",
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"fair",
"fair"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"splendid, fine, good."
],
"id": "en-mere-enm-adj-6kRZ8RIm",
"links": [
[
"splendid",
"splendid"
],
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mære"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "meare"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "mère"
},
"expansion": "French: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "French: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old French mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "medre"
},
"expansion": "medre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "la",
"3": "mater",
"4": "māter, mātrem"
},
"expansion": "Latin māter, mātrem",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French mere medre, from Latin māter, mātrem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "meres",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere f (plural meres)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere f (plural meres)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "frm",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "frm:Family",
"parents": [
"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mother (female family member)"
],
"id": "en-mere-frm-noun-YqlCUwMx",
"links": [
[
"mother",
"mother"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "meregrot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Noah's ark; sea-house",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "merehūs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mereswīn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ȳþmere"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Scots: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: mere"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"t": "sea, lake"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian mere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old High German meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "marr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse marr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "muir"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish muir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "море"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãre"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mãre",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "i-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "mere m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mer",
"short": "1"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mere",
"2": "meras",
"3": "mere",
"4": "meras",
"5": "meres",
"6": "mera",
"7": "mere",
"8": "merum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong i-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "river",
"word": "ēa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "ocean",
"word": "gārseċġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "sea",
"word": "sǣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "stream",
"word": "strēam"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 12 44",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Water",
"orig": "ang:Water",
"parents": [
"Liquids",
"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lake"
],
"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-bwIfAmjV",
"links": [
[
"lake",
"lake"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 12 44",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Water",
"orig": "ang:Water",
"parents": [
"Liquids",
"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pool"
],
"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-J8rFUDg2",
"links": [
[
"pool",
"pool"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 12 44",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Water",
"orig": "ang:Water",
"parents": [
"Liquids",
"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sea"
],
"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-SmnxnIwm",
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic or in compounds) sea"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-brg",
"2": "meire"
},
"expansion": "Bourguignon: meire",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bourguignon: meire"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: mere\nFrench: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: mere\nFrench: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "mère",
"3": "méthe"
},
"expansion": "Norman: mère, méthe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norman: mère, méthe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: mere"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "medre"
},
"expansion": "medre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "la",
"3": "māter"
},
"expansion": "Latin māter",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier medre, from Latin māter, mātrem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mere oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere oblique singular, f (oblique plural meres, nominative singular mere, nominative plural meres)",
"name": "fro-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "fro",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "fro:Family",
"parents": [
"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mother (female family member)"
],
"id": "en-mere-fro-noun-YqlCUwMx",
"links": [
[
"mother",
"mother"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "medre"
}
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "n-p"
},
"expansion": "mere n pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "măr"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of măr"
],
"id": "en-mere-ro-noun-phZ86wRa",
"links": [
[
"măr",
"măr#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "la",
"3": "maior",
"4": "",
"5": "greater, elder"
},
"expansion": "Latin maior (“greater, elder”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "sorre"
},
"expansion": "sorre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "soror",
"3": "",
"4": "sister"
},
"expansion": "soror (“sister”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the nominative of Latin maior (“greater, elder”), via intermediate forms like *maire, *meire. For final /-or/ > /-re/, cf. Sardinian sorre, from Latin soror (“sister”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "meres",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere m (plural meres)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "meres"
},
"expansion": "mere m (plural meres)",
"name": "sc-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Logudorese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sardinian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"owner, master"
],
"id": "en-mere-sc-noun-pMvNNZwa",
"links": [
[
"owner",
"owner"
],
[
"master",
"master"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Logudorese) owner, master"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Campidanese"
],
"word": "meri"
}
],
"tags": [
"Logudorese",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmere/"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "мере",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (Cyrillic spelling мере)",
"name": "sh-verb-form"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meriti"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural present of meriti"
],
"id": "en-mere-sh-verb-Zca6ZuMY",
"links": [
[
"meriti",
"meriti#Serbo-Croatian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "af",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"lang_code": "af",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
"Afrikaans non-lemma forms",
"Afrikaans noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meer"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of meer"
],
"links": [
[
"meer",
"meer#Afrikaans"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Danish adjectives",
"Danish adverbs",
"Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"Danish lemmas",
"Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
"Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
"Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Danish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "meiri",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse meiri (“more”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*maizô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maizô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish mere, from Old Norse meiri (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{3}}}",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{comp2}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{4}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{sup2}}}",
"19": "",
"2": "adjective",
"20": "{{{5}}}",
"21": "",
"22": "",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "n|s",
"f3accel-form": "e-form",
"f5accel-form": "comd",
"f7accel-form": "pred|supd",
"f9accel-form": "attr|supd",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "da-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Danish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is more solemn than I am.",
"text": "Han er mere højtidelig end jeg er.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more; to a higher degree"
],
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"degree",
"degree"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Danish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You have more space than I do.",
"text": "I har mere plads end jeg har.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more; in greater quantity"
],
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/meːrə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmeːɐ]"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Danish adjectives",
"Danish adverbs",
"Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"Danish lemmas",
"Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
"Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
"Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Danish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "non",
"3": "meiri",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse meiri (“more”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*maizô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maizô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish mere, from Old Norse meiri (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "adverb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "da-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"more"
],
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/meːrə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmeːɐ]"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mere exposure effect"
},
{
"word": "merely"
},
{
"word": "mere mortal"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "only"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mer"
},
"expansion": "mer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman meer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "mier"
},
"expansion": "Old French mier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "merus",
"t": "pure, unmixed, undiluted"
},
"expansion": "Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer-",
"t": "to sparkle, gleam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āmerian"
},
"expansion": "Old English āmerian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "āmyrian",
"t": "to purify, examine, revise"
},
"expansion": "āmyrian (“to purify, examine, revise”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere",
"t": "glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere (“glorious, noble, splendid, fine, pure”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre",
"t": "famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent, sublime, splendid, pure, sterling”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mārī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mārī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mērijaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mērijaz",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom 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”).\nCognate 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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "merer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "merest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "mere (comparative merer, superlative merest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The mere thought of pineapple on pizza makes me want to throw up.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion",
"text": "More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March 30, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106",
"text": "Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Margaret, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames",
"text": "Ah...my sister wishes to see you. A mere child. She never wants to have lunch with her dear sister, but I guess that's not your problem.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected."
],
"links": [
[
"Just",
"just"
],
[
"only",
"only"
],
[
"pure",
"pure"
],
[
"simple",
"simple"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Pure, unalloyed ."
],
"links": [
[
"Pure",
"pure"
],
[
"unalloyed",
"unalloyed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Pure, unalloyed ."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Nothing less than; complete, downright ."
],
"links": [
[
"complete",
"complete"
],
[
"downright",
"downright"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright ."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "samo",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "само"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mer"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "僅"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "仅"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "schamel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "luttel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "louter"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "pelkkä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "simple"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "bloß"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "puszta"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "csupán"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kroan tae",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "គ្រាន់តែ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mero"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "simplu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostój",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "просто́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne bóleje čem",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "не бо́лее чем"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "пуки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "mero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "bara"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "blott"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostýj",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "прости́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lyšé",
"sense": "just, only; no more than",
"word": "лише́"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Hertsmere"
},
{
"word": "merestead"
},
{
"word": "merestake"
},
{
"word": "merestone"
},
{
"word": "meretree"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer",
"3": "",
"4": "a limit, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"3": "",
"4": "borderland"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“borderland”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "landamäre",
"3": "",
"4": "border, borderline, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line."
],
"links": [
[
"Boundary",
"boundary"
],
[
"limit",
"limit"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "meer"
},
{
"word": "meere"
},
{
"word": "mear"
},
{
"word": "meare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer",
"3": "",
"4": "a limit, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"3": "",
"4": "borderland"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“borderland”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "landamäre",
"3": "",
"4": "border, borderline, boundary"
},
"expansion": "Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (third-person singular simple present meres, present participle mering, simple past and past participle mered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "mereing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To limit; bound; divide or cause division in."
],
"links": [
[
"limit",
"limit"
],
[
"bound",
"bound"
],
[
"divide",
"divide"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To set divisions and bounds."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To set divisions and bounds."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Cartography"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 April 30, David EM Andrews, “Merely a question of boundaries.”, in Sheetlines, The Charles Close Society, →ISSN",
"text": "What chance is there of revising this example of case law to include an exception to the generally cited rule when an administrative boundary has been mered in the past to coincide with a private property boundary?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map."
],
"links": [
[
"cartography",
"cartography"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map."
],
"topics": [
"cartography",
"geography",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "meer"
},
{
"word": "meere"
},
{
"word": "mear"
},
{
"word": "meare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- (sea)",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mereswine"
},
{
"word": "merfolk"
},
{
"word": "mermaid"
},
{
"word": "merman"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lake"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mer- (sea)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old English mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"4": "",
"5": "sea"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mari"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mari",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*móri"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *móri",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mar",
"3": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of mar and mare",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nFrom Middle English mere, from Old English mere (“lake, pool,” in compounds and poetry “sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with West Frisian mar, Dutch meer, Low German Meer, and German Meer. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin mare, Breton mor, and Russian мо́ре (móre). Doublet of mar and mare.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English dialectal terms",
"English literary terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 20 p. 16",
"text": "When making for the Brooke, the Falkoner doth espie\nOn River, Plash, or Mere, where store of Fowle doth lye:",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1913, Annie S. Swan, The Fairweathers",
"text": "She loved.. to watch the lovely shadows in the silent depths of the placid mere.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber & Faber, published 2005, page 194",
"text": "Lok got to his feet and wandered along by the marshes towards the mere where Fa had disappeared.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"place name",
"place name"
],
[
"Windermere",
"Windermere#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "dialectal or literary",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dialectal or literary) 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."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "meer"
},
{
"word": "meere"
},
{
"word": "mear"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mayor"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mayor"
},
"expansion": "mayor",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nSee mayor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mayor and mair"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mayor and mair."
],
"links": [
[
"mayor",
"mayor#English"
],
[
"mair",
"mair#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair."
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Maori",
"English terms derived from Maori",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɛ/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "club"
},
"expansion": "table",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mi",
"3": "mere",
"4": "",
"5": "more"
},
"expansion": "Maori mere (“more”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "table\nBorrowed from Maori mere (“more”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 41",
"text": "As Owen prepared to dismiss the matter, Rule produced something that really caught the great man's eye – a greenstone mere, the warclub of the Maori.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Maori war-club."
],
"links": [
[
"Maori",
"Maori"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjøː/",
"tags": [
"General-South-African"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjɜː/",
"note": "Wales, other regions"
},
{
"homophone": "mirror (some accents)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ) (in some varieties of English)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹi/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛɹɛ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɛ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-mere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg/En-us-mere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-mere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mere2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mere2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mere"
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
"Estonian non-lemma forms",
"Estonian noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meri"
}
],
"glosses": [
"genitive singular of meri"
],
"links": [
[
"meri",
"meri#Estonian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "mero"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of mero"
],
"links": [
[
"mero",
"mero#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin adverbs",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin uncomparable adverbs",
"Latin verb forms"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "merē",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "merē",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "merē (not comparable)",
"name": "la-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"purely, without admixture."
],
"links": [
[
"purely",
"purely"
],
[
"admixture",
"admixture"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"merely, no more or less than"
],
"links": [
[
"merely",
"merely"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin adverbs",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin uncomparable adverbs",
"Latin verb forms"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "merē",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "merē"
},
"expansion": "merē",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "mereō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present active imperative of mereō"
],
"links": [
[
"mereō",
"mereo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Dutch adjectives",
"Middle Dutch adverbs",
"Middle Dutch determiners",
"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch feminine nouns",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns with multiple genders",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "adjective",
"head": "mêre",
"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "dum-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"greater, larger"
],
"links": [
[
"greater",
"greater"
],
[
"larger",
"larger"
]
],
"senseid": [
"dum:greater"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older"
],
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Dutch adjectives",
"Middle Dutch adverbs",
"Middle Dutch determiners",
"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch feminine nouns",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns with multiple genders",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: meer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: meer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "determiner",
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "minre"
}
],
"glosses": [
"more"
],
"links": [
[
"more",
"more"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Dutch adjectives",
"Middle Dutch adverbs",
"Middle Dutch determiners",
"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch feminine nouns",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns with multiple genders",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mēro"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mēro",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*maiʀō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch mēro, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mêre",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "adverb",
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "mêre"
},
"expansion": "mêre",
"name": "dum-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mêe"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mêe"
],
"links": [
[
"mêe",
"mee#Middle Dutch"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch feminine nouns",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns with multiple genders",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: meer\nAfrikaans: meer",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: meer\nAfrikaans: meer"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "maer"
},
"expansion": "Limburgish: maer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Limburgish: maer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch meri",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mēre",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{stem}}}-",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{stem2}}}-",
"cat2": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "n",
"g3": "",
"head": "mēre",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mēre f or n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"g2": "n",
"head": "mēre"
},
"expansion": "mēre f or n",
"name": "dum-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"lake (fresh water)"
],
"links": [
[
"lake",
"lake"
]
],
"senseid": [
"dum:lake"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sea (salt water)"
],
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere#Etymology_2"
},
"expansion": "English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "pulmere"
},
"expansion": "Yola: pulmere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: pulmere"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġemǣre",
"t": "boundary; limit"
},
"expansion": "ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mairiją",
"t": "boundary"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"t": "to fence"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (plural meres)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"boundary, border"
],
"links": [
[
"boundary",
"boundary"
],
[
"border",
"border"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mer"
},
{
"word": "merre"
},
{
"word": "mare"
},
{
"word": "mær"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "mǣre",
"t": "famous, great, excellent"
},
"expansion": "Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mārī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mārī",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mērijaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mērijaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*mēraz",
"t": "excellent, famous"
},
"expansion": "*mēraz (“excellent, famous”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mēros",
"t": "large, handsome"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "mære",
"t": "famous"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German mære (“famous”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mærr",
"t": "famous"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mærr (“famous”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Mär"
},
"expansion": "German Mär",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Märchen",
"t": "fairy tale"
},
"expansion": "Märchen (“fairy tale”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz, *mēraz (“excellent, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”). Cognate with Middle High German mære (“famous”), Icelandic mærr (“famous”), and German Mär, Märchen (“fairy tale”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{3}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"glorious, renowned."
],
"links": [
[
"glorious",
"glorious"
],
[
"renowned",
"renowned"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of God or Saints) glorious, renowned."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of God or Saints"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"illustrious, noble, great."
],
"links": [
[
"illustrious",
"illustrious"
],
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"great",
"great"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of persons) illustrious, noble, great."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of persons"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"beautiful, fair."
],
"links": [
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"fair",
"fair"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"splendid, fine, good."
],
"links": [
[
"splendid",
"splendid"
],
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"good",
"good"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mer"
},
{
"word": "mære"
},
{
"word": "mare"
},
{
"word": "meare"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "mère"
},
"expansion": "French: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "French: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old French mere",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "medre"
},
"expansion": "medre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "la",
"3": "mater",
"4": "māter, mātrem"
},
"expansion": "Latin māter, mātrem",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French mere medre, from Latin māter, mātrem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"10": "{{{f}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{f}}}s",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "meres",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere f (plural meres)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere f (plural meres)",
"name": "frm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle French",
"lang_code": "frm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle French countable nouns",
"Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle French feminine nouns",
"Middle French lemmas",
"Middle French nouns",
"Middle French terms derived from Latin",
"Middle French terms derived from Old French",
"Middle French terms inherited from Latin",
"Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
"frm:Family"
],
"glosses": [
"mother (female family member)"
],
"links": [
[
"mother",
"mother"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English i-stem nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"ang:Water"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "meregrot"
},
{
"english": "Noah's ark; sea-house",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "merehūs"
},
{
"word": "mereswīn"
},
{
"word": "ȳþmere"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "English: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: mere"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Scots: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: mere"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mari",
"t": "sea, lake"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian mere",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old High German meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "marr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse marr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "muir"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish muir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "море"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãre"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mãre",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "i-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mere m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "mere m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mer",
"short": "1"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mere",
"2": "meras",
"3": "mere",
"4": "meras",
"5": "meres",
"6": "mera",
"7": "mere",
"8": "merum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong i-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "river",
"word": "ēa"
},
{
"english": "ocean",
"word": "gārseċġ"
},
{
"english": "sea",
"word": "sǣ"
},
{
"english": "stream",
"word": "strēam"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"lake"
],
"links": [
[
"lake",
"lake"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pool"
],
"links": [
[
"pool",
"pool"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sea"
],
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic or in compounds) sea"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-brg",
"2": "meire"
},
"expansion": "Bourguignon: meire",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bourguignon: meire"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: mere\nFrench: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: mere\nFrench: mère\nHaitian Creole: mè"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "mère",
"3": "méthe"
},
"expansion": "Norman: mère, méthe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norman: mère, méthe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "mere"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: mere",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: mere"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "medre"
},
"expansion": "medre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "la",
"3": "māter"
},
"expansion": "Latin māter",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier medre, from Latin māter, mātrem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mere oblique singular or",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "mere oblique singular, f (oblique plural meres, nominative singular mere, nominative plural meres)",
"name": "fro-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Old French feminine nouns",
"Old French lemmas",
"Old French nouns",
"Old French terms derived from Latin",
"Old French terms inherited from Latin",
"fro:Family"
],
"glosses": [
"mother (female family member)"
],
"links": [
[
"mother",
"mother"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "medre"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "n-p"
},
"expansion": "mere n pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian non-lemma forms",
"Romanian noun forms",
"Romanian terms with audio links"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "măr"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of măr"
],
"links": [
[
"măr",
"măr#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-mere.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-mere.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "la",
"3": "maior",
"4": "",
"5": "greater, elder"
},
"expansion": "Latin maior (“greater, elder”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "sorre"
},
"expansion": "sorre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "soror",
"3": "",
"4": "sister"
},
"expansion": "soror (“sister”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the nominative of Latin maior (“greater, elder”), via intermediate forms like *maire, *meire. For final /-or/ > /-re/, cf. Sardinian sorre, from Latin soror (“sister”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "meres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "meres",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "mere m (plural meres)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "meres"
},
"expansion": "mere m (plural meres)",
"name": "sc-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Logudorese",
"Sardinian entries with incorrect language header",
"Sardinian lemmas",
"Sardinian masculine nouns",
"Sardinian nouns",
"Sardinian terms derived from Latin",
"Sardinian terms inherited from Latin",
"Sardinian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"owner, master"
],
"links": [
[
"owner",
"owner"
],
[
"master",
"master"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Logudorese) owner, master"
],
"tags": [
"Logudorese",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmere/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Campidanese"
],
"word": "meri"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "мере",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "mere (Cyrillic spelling мере)",
"name": "sh-verb-form"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
"Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms",
"Serbo-Croatian verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "meriti"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural present of meriti"
],
"links": [
[
"meriti",
"meriti#Serbo-Croatian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'mere oblique singular or', originally 'mere oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"mere"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "mere",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'mere oblique singular or', originally 'mere oblique singular or f'",
"path": [
"mere"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "mere",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'mere oblique singular or' in 'mere oblique singular, f (oblique plural meres, nominative singular mere, nominative plural meres)'",
"path": [
"mere"
],
"section": "Old French",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "mere",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.