"お前" meaning in Japanese

See お前 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [o̞ma̠e̞] Forms: お前 [canonical] (ruby: (まえ)), omae [romanization], omafe [romanization], おまへ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 御(お) (o, honorific prefix) + 前(まえ) (mae, “front”), literally "honourable presence in front of me". Originally a polite pronoun applied to highly respected persons such as emperors or gods. First attested in the early 900s. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|御|お|前|まえ|pos1=honorific prefix|t2=front}} 御(お) (o, honorific prefix) + 前(まえ) (mae, “front”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|おまえ|hhira=おまへ}} お前(まえ) • (omae) ^(←おまへ (omafe)?)
  1. (informal, men's speech; or dialect) you Tags: dialectal, informal Synonyms: おめえ (omē) [Japanese, informal, standard], おめえ (omē) [dialectal], おめ (ome) [dialectal] Synonyms (Nagoya eye dialect): おみゃあ (omyā) [dialectal] Synonyms (おまえさん (omae-san)): おまいさん (omai-san), おめえさん (omē-san), おめさん (ome-san) Derived forms: お前さん (omaesan) (ruby: (まえ))
    Sense id: en-お前-ja-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [o̞me̞ː] Forms: お前 [canonical] (ruby: (めえ)), お前 [canonical] (ruby: ()), omē [romanization], ome [romanization]
Etymology: /omae/ → /omeː/ Corruption of お前(まえ) (omae). First attested in 1777. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|お前|おまえ}} お前(まえ) (omae) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|おめえ|おめ}} お前(めえ) or お前(め) • (omē or ome)
  1. (dialectal, Edo, Tōhoku) you (standard second-person pronoun) Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-お前-ja-pron-q7PqDL5h Categories (other): Edo Japanese, Tōhoku Japanese, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms prefixed with 御 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for お前 meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

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              "前",
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