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are¹

  • /ə/
  • /ɑː/
  • /aː/
  • /ɐː/
  • /ɚ/
  • /ɑɹ/
  • /aɹ/
  • /aɾ/
  • /ɛə(ɹ)/
  • /ɛː(ɹ)/
  • /aʊɚ/
  • /aʊə/

Sounds like argh, r, our · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *arun?

Old English earon

Middle English aren

English are

From Middle English aren, from Old English (Anglian) earun, earon (“are”, plural). Possibly reinforced by the Old Norse plural forms in er-, this displaced the alternative forms Old English sind and bēoþ. In the second person singular it displaced archaic art. Further etymology controversial:

* The English forms, as well as the Old Swedish forms in ær-, could reflect Proto-Germanic preterite-present *ōr ~ *arum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃e-h₃ór-h₂e (“I have risen”, perfect).

* Since they are not the expected outcomes of the Proto-Germanic forms of *wesaną (“to be”) in *iz-, they would have to be irregular alterations. For Seebold this explanation is still preferable as similar variants in other verbs are not uncommon.

verb aren · arn · ar

  1. present, second person, singular second-person singular simple present of be Mary, where are you going?
  2. first person, plural, present first-person plural simple present of be We are not coming.
  3. plural, present, second person second-person plural simple present of be Mary and John, are you listening?
  4. plural, present, third person third-person plural simple present of be They are here somewhere.
  5. East, Midlands, Yorkshire, present present of be

Similar: art

are²

  • /ɛə/ UK
  • /ɛː/ UK
  • /ɛəɹ/ US
  • /ɛɹ/ US
  • /ə/
  • /ɑː/
  • /aː/
  • /ɐː/
  • /ɚ/
  • /ɑɹ/
  • /aɹ/
  • /aɾ/
  • /ɛə(ɹ)/
  • /ɛː(ɹ)/
  • /aʊɚ/
  • /aʊə/

Sounds like air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, err (one pronunciation), e'er, argh, r, our · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ), -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From French are.

noun ares

  1. rare An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

are³

  • /ə/
  • /ɑː/
  • /aː/
  • /ɐː/
  • /ɚ/
  • /ɑɹ/
  • /aɹ/
  • /aɾ/
  • /ɛə(ɹ)/
  • /ɛː(ɹ)/
  • /aʊɚ/
  • /aʊə/

Sounds like argh, r, our · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From the phonetic similarity between our and are in many English dialects (both /ɑː(ɹ)/).

determiner

  1. UK, US, misspelling Misspelling of our.our

Are⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Estonian Are.

proper noun

  1. A village in Saaremaa, Saare County, Estonia.

ARE⁵

noun AREs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of advance reader’s edition.advance reader’s edition

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Arab Republic of Egypt.Arab Republic of Egypt

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