lare

See also: Lare, larë, and lāre

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: lair, layer

Etymology 1

See lore.

Noun

lare

  1. (obsolete) lore; learning

Etymology 2

See lair

Noun

lare (plural lares)

  1. (obsolete) pasture; feed

Verb

lare (third-person singular simple present lares, present participle laring, simple past and past participle lared)

  1. (obsolete) To feed; to fatten

Noun

lare (plural lares)

  1. Obsolete form of lair.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Lar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʁ/

Noun

lare m (plural lares)

  1. (Roman mythology) Lar
    Synonym: pénates

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

lare

  1. Dated spelling of laré. Romanization of ꦭꦫꦺ.

Latin

Noun

lare

  1. vocative singular of larus
  2. ablative singular of lār

Middle English

Noun

lare

  1. Alternative form of lore

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō. Cognates include Old English lār and Old Saxon lēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːre/

Noun

lāre f

  1. teaching, doctrine

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: Lere, Leere
  • West Frisian: leare

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
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