"Keres" meaning in English

See Keres in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Keres2.wav Forms: more Keres [comparative], most Keres [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Keres (comparative more Keres, superlative most Keres)
  1. Alternative form of Keresan Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Keresan
    Sense id: en-Keres-en-adj-1qBkNwMk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɪ.riːz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɪɹ.iz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Keres.wav
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Κῆρες|lit=Death Spirits, Doom, Heart}} Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Keres
  1. (Greek mythology) The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities, Gods
    Sense id: en-Keres-en-name-ZyDCLJ1M Disambiguation of Gods: 14 59 14 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 77 8 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 75 8 8 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Keres2.wav
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Keres
  1. Alternative form of Keresan Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Keresan
    Sense id: en-Keres-en-name-1qBkNwMk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ɹeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Keres2.wav Forms: Kereses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Keres (plural Kereses)
  1. Alternative form of Keresan Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Keresan
    Sense id: en-Keres-en-noun-1qBkNwMk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Keres meaning in English (5.8kB)

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