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Maire

Maire

See also: Máire and maire

English

Proper noun

Maire

  1. A female given name, anglicisation of Irish Máire (Mary).
  2. A surname.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Maire

  1. A female given name borrowed from Finnish Maire.

Finnish

Etymology

Short form of mairea in its archaic meaning "lovely, sweet".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯re/
  • Hyphenation: Mai‧re

Proper noun

Maire

  1. 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

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maire

maire

See also: Maire and Máire

French

Noun

maire m (plural maires, feminine mairesse)

  1. mayor
  2. (by restriction) male mayor

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Irish

Verb

maire

  1. 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.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French maire, from Latin māior (elder).

Noun

maire m (plural maires)

  1. (Jersey) mayor

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal [Term?], from Latin māter, matrem (mother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmajɾe]

Noun

maire f (plural maires)

  1. mother

Old French

Etymology

From Latin māior, māiōrem.

Adjective

maire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular maire)

  1. primary; principal; most major

Noun

maire m (oblique plural maires, nominative singular maires, nominative plural maire)

  1. a senior public official

Descendants