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Maire
Maire
English
Proper noun
Maire
- A female given name, anglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).
- A surname.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Short form of mairea in its archaic meaning "lovely, sweet".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯re/
- Hyphenation: Mai‧re
Proper noun
Maire
- A female given name
Declension
| Inflection of Maire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maire | Mairet | |
| genitive | Mairen | Mairejen | |
| partitive | Mairea | Maireja | |
| illative | Maireen | Maireihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Maire | Mairet | |
| accusative | nom. | Maire | Mairet |
| gen. | Mairen | ||
| genitive | Mairen | Mairejen Maireinrare |
|
| partitive | Mairea | Maireja | |
| inessive | Mairessa | Maireissa | |
| elative | Mairesta | Maireista | |
| illative | Maireen | Maireihin | |
| adessive | Mairella | Maireilla | |
| ablative | Mairelta | Maireilta | |
| allative | Mairelle | Maireille | |
| essive | Mairena | Maireina | |
| translative | Maireksi | Maireiksi | |
| instructive | — | Mairein | |
| abessive | Mairetta | Maireitta | |
| comitative | — | Maireineen | |
Anagrams
maire
maire
French
Noun
maire m (plural maires, feminine mairesse)
- mayor
- (by restriction) male mayor
Antonyms
- mairesse (female mayor)
Derived terms
- mairesse (female mayor)
Related terms
Anagrams
Irish
Verb
maire
- present subjunctive analytic of mair
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maire | mhaire | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Provençal [Term?], from Latin māter, matrem (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmajɾe]
Noun
maire f (plural maires)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin māior, māiōrem.
Adjective
maire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular maire)
Noun
maire m (oblique plural maires, nominative singular maires, nominative plural maire)