"meagre" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmiːɡɚ/ Audio: en-us-meagre.ogg Forms: meagrer [comparative], meagrest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English megre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), Dutch mager (“lean”), German mager (“lean”), Icelandic magur (“lean”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|megre}} Middle English megre, {{der|en|xno|megre}} Anglo-Norman megre, {{der|en|fro|maigre}} Old French maigre, {{der|en|la|macer|macer, macrum}} Latin macer, macrum, {{der|en|ine-pro|*mh₂ḱrós}} Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, {{cog|ang|mæġer||meagre, lean}} Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), {{cog|nl|mager||lean}} Dutch mager (“lean”), {{cog|de|mager||lean}} German mager (“lean”), {{cog|is|magur||lean}} Icelandic magur (“lean”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} meagre (comparative meagrer, superlative meagrest)
  1. Having little flesh; lean; thin. Tags: Canada, UK, common Translations (Having little flesh; lean; thin.): treut (Breton), слаб (slab) (Bulgarian), мършав (mǎršav) (Bulgarian), maigre [feminine, masculine] (French), magro (Galician), magro [masculine] (Italian), magra [feminine] (Italian), kōhoka (Maori), kōhoi (Maori), худо́й (xudój) (Russian), то́щий (tóščij) (Russian), escuálido (Spanish), enjuto (Spanish), maigue [feminine, masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-meagre-en-adj-hU83CC07 Disambiguation of 'Having little flesh; lean; thin.': 95 5 1 0
  2. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent Tags: Canada, UK, common Synonyms: paltry, scanty, inadequate Translations (Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying): оскъден (oskǎden) (Bulgarian), беден (beden) (Bulgarian), magro (Galician), scarno [masculine] (Italian), esiguo [masculine] (Italian), kōhoka (Maori), скудный (skudnyj) (Russian), бе́дный (bédnyj) (Russian), недоста́точный (nedostátočnyj) (Russian), exiguo (Spanish), мізе́рний (mizérnyj) (Ukrainian), убо́гий (ubóhyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meagre-en-adj-ViCY0R6e Disambiguation of 'Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying': 2 92 3 4
  3. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible. Tags: Canada, UK, common Categories (topical): Set theory
    Sense id: en-meagre-en-adj-9G3QBMi0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 6 11 38 36 5 Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory
  4. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk). Tags: Canada, UK, common Categories (topical): Mineralogy
    Sense id: en-meagre-en-adj-mQ4kYtMd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 12 50 26 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 6 11 38 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 5 14 51 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 11 55 26 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 5 19 11 35 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 12 13 39 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 7 8 12 40 24 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 8 12 40 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 12 13 39 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 9 13 40 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 24 14 31 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 6 12 44 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 6 12 12 39 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 12 12 39 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 6 12 44 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 6 12 12 39 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 9 12 45 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 39 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 6 12 12 39 28 4 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meager [US] Derived forms: meagrely, meagreness
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈmiːɡɚ/ Audio: en-us-meagre.ogg Forms: meagres [plural]
Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French maigre. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|maigre}} Middle French maigre Head templates: {{en-noun}} meagre (plural meagres)
  1. Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae. Categories (lifeform): Croakers Synonyms (Argyrosomus regius): salmon-basse, shade-fish, stone basse Hypernyms (fish of family Sciaenidae): croaker, drum, drumfish, hardhead, sciaenid Derived forms: brown meagre (taxonomic: Sciaena umbra) Translations (Argyrosomus regius): corvina (Asturian), roballiza (Asturian), сребрист горбил (srebrist gorbil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), reig [masculine] (Catalan), almindelig ørnefisk [common-gender] (Danish), ombervis (Dutch), kotkaskala (Estonian), kotkakala (Finnish), maigre [masculine] (French), corvina [feminine] (Galician), Adlerfisch [masculine] (German), bocca d'oro [feminine] (Italian), ørnefisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), corvina [feminine] (Portuguese), обыкнове́нный серебри́стый горбыль (serebrístyj) [masculine] (Russian), хама [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hama [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), corvina [feminine] (Spanish), bocca d'oro [feminine] (Spanish), havsgös [common-gender] (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmiːɡɚ/ Audio: en-us-meagre.ogg Forms: meagres [present, singular, third-person], meagring [participle, present], meagred [participle, past], meagred [past]
Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English megre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), Dutch mager (“lean”), German mager (“lean”), Icelandic magur (“lean”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|megre}} Middle English megre, {{der|en|xno|megre}} Anglo-Norman megre, {{der|en|fro|maigre}} Old French maigre, {{der|en|la|macer|macer, macrum}} Latin macer, macrum, {{der|en|ine-pro|*mh₂ḱrós}} Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, {{cog|ang|mæġer||meagre, lean}} Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), {{cog|nl|mager||lean}} Dutch mager (“lean”), {{cog|de|mager||lean}} German mager (“lean”), {{cog|is|magur||lean}} Icelandic magur (“lean”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} meagre (third-person singular simple present meagres, present participle meagring, simple past and past participle meagred)
  1. (transitive) To make lean. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-meagre-en-verb-nCf~bQI6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meager [US]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "magro"
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      "word": "kōhoka"
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      "sense": "Having little flesh; lean; thin.",
      "word": "худо́й"
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      "sense": "Having little flesh; lean; thin.",
      "word": "то́щий"
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      "sense": "Having little flesh; lean; thin.",
      "word": "escuálido"
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      "sense": "Having little flesh; lean; thin.",
      "word": "enjuto"
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      "word": "оскъден"
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      "word": "мізе́рний"
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        "To make lean."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make lean."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiːɡɚ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-meagre.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-us-meagre.ogg/En-us-meagre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-us-meagre.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːɡə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "meager"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "meagre"
  ],
  "word": "meagre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for meagre meaning in English (20.0kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": gorbylʹ vs. obyknovénnyj",
  "path": [
    "meagre"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "meagre",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": obyknovénnyj vs. serebrístyj",
  "path": [
    "meagre"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "meagre",
  "trace": ""
}

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