mare
An adult female horseAn adult female horse.
» Maria hasn't watched the news yet.
Mira hat noch nicht die Nachrichten gesehen.
Мария ещё не смотрела новости.
Марія ще не бачила новин.
Марія ще не дивилася новини.
Meaning
6 sensesAn adult female horse.
Stute, Mähre, Pferdeweibchen
кобы́лаkobýla
коби́лаkobýla
(Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A foolish woman.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
I'm having a complete mare today.
A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
Mare
мо́реmóre
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)
(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 sentencesMaria hasn't watched the news yet.
Марія ще не бачила новин.
ruМария ещё не смотрела новости.
deMira hat noch nicht die Nachrichten gesehen.
Maria doesn't want to admit it.
Марія не хоче цього визнавати.
deMaria will es nicht zugeben.
Maria is in no condition to make a decision.
Марія не в тому стані, щоб приймати рішення.
"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.“
What's a mare?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“feFrom 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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Forms
plural: mares / mariaAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular