Значение

значений: 5
  1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.

    Herr

    госуда́рьgosudárʹ

  2. A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and in biological research).

    Männchen, Rüde, Hengst

    производи́тельproizvodítelʹ

    male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

  3. The vampire who turned another person.

  4. (устаревшее)A father; the head of a family; the husband.

    the founder of a family

  5. (устаревшее)A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

Примеры

предложений: 9
  1. Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis.

  2. "Doth the name / of sire or uncle make his young heart glow / for deeds of valour and ancestral fame?"

  3. Nor lacks my sire his presents; for the rest / steeds, guides and arms he finds, and oarsmen of the best.

  4. Greetings, sire. The desert awaits you.

  5. He, fondly clinging to his fancied sire, / gave all the love that parents' hearts desire, / then seeks the queen.

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 2
lord, master, or person in authority:
male animal:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
lord, master, or person in authority:
male animal:

Происхождение

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from L

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.

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Формы

мн. число: sires
Ед. числоsire
Мн. числоsires

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 2
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 6

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