See ere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:49, column 1:",
"text": "Syꝛ, come downe ere my child die.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"before."
],
"links": [
[
"before",
"before"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic, archaic) before."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-air.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-uk-air.ogg/En-uk-air.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-uk-air.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/eː/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/eə/",
"note": "without the cheer–chair merger",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iə/",
"note": "New Zealand, cheer–chair merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/eɹ/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɜː(ɹ)/",
"note": "Lancashire, fair–fur merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "air"
},
{
"homophone": "Ayr"
},
{
"homophone": "eyre"
},
{
"homophone": "heir"
},
{
"homophone": "are (“unit of measurement”)"
},
{
"homophone": "err (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "e'er (US)"
},
{
"homophone": "ear (cheer–chair merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "err (fair–fur merger)"
}
],
"word": "ere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English contractions",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English palindromes",
"Pages with 27 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "eres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ere (plural eres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "ear"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1533, R. Saltwood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of ear."
],
"links": [
[
"ear",
"ear#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪə(ɹ)/"
}
],
"word": "ere"
}
{
"categories": [
"English contractions",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English palindromes",
"Pages with 27 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_text": "Formed from is + there + a/an.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "'ere",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "contraction",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "ere",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "contraction",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Irish English"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions."
],
"links": [
[
"is",
"is"
],
[
"there",
"there"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Ireland, informal) A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"contraction",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eːɹə/"
}
],
"word": "ere"
}
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