Complete Definition of "mere"

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English

rank|condition|sleep|ex|688|mere|agreement|ship|third

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/mɪ�/
a|GenAm? IPA|/mɪ�/
audio|en-us-mere.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
OE. term|mere|langang, from proto|Germanic|mariz, from proto|Indo-European|mori. Cognate with Dutch term|meer|langnl, German term|Meer|langde, Norwegian term|mar|langno; and (from Indo-European) with Latin term|mare|langla, Breton term|mor|langbr, Russian term|мо�е|lang=ru.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. obsolete The sea.
  2. context|dialectal|or|literary A pool or lake; a marsh.

Etymology 2
OE. term|mære|mǣre|lang=ang.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A boundary; a boundary-marker.

Etymology 3
AF. term|meer|langxno, from OF. term|mier|langfro, from L. term|merus|lang=la.

Adjective
en-adj|-|merest

  1. just|Just, only; the smallest amount.

#:I saved a mere 10 pounds this week.

Etymology 4
Maori. term|mere|lang=mi.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�m�ri/

Noun
en-noun

  1. A Maori war-club.

Italian

Adjective
infl|it|adjective form|g=f

  1. form of|Feminine plural|mero

Old English

Etymology
From Ger.|ang *mari, from IE.|ang *mori- �sea�. Cognate with Old Saxon meri (Dutch meer), Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The IE root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic мо�е (Russian мо�е), Lithuanian mare|mãre.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'mere/

Noun
term|gm|plmeras

  1. The sea, ocean.
  2. A lake or body of water.

Romanian

Noun
ro-pl|m�r|gend=n

  1. apples

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