Meaning

6 senses
  1. An adult female horse.

    Stute, Mähre, Pferdeweibchen

    кобы́лаkobýla

    коби́лаkobýla

  2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A foolish woman.

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.

    I'm having a complete mare today.

  4. A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.

    Mare

    мо́реmóre

  5. On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

    Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)

  6. (historical, obsolete)A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.

    Mahr, Alb, Nachtalb

Examples

740 sentences
  1. Maria hasn't watched the news yet.

    Марія ще не бачила новин.

    ruМария ещё не смотрела новости.

    deMira hat noch nicht die Nachrichten gesehen.

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  2. Maria doesn't want to admit it.

    Марія не хоче цього визнавати.

    deMaria will es nicht zugeben.

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  3. Maria is in no condition to make a decision.

    Марія не в тому стані, щоб приймати рішення.

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  4. "Why does Tom call me Mary?" "Isn't your name Mary?" "No, it's Maria."

    ru"Почему Том меня Мэри называет?" - "А ты разве не Мэри?" - "Нет, я Мария".

    de„Warum nennt Tom mich Mary?“ – „Heißt du denn nicht Mary?“ – „Nein, Maria.“

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  5. What's a mare?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
female horse:
Русский
By meaning 2
female horse:
planetology: dark circular plain:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
female horse:
evil spirit:
planetology: dark circular plain:

Origin

From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“fe

From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”).

Inherited from Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara.

Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of maar and mere (“a body of standing water”).

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