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are

See also: Variations of "are"

are - English

Alternative forms

  • ar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Stressed
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: är, IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) enPR: ar, IPA: /ɑɹ/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: är, IPA: /ɐː(ɹ)/
  • (Northern England, Wales) enPR: är, IPA: /aː(ɹ)/
  • (Ireland) IPA: /aɹ/, /äːɹ/
  • (now dialectal) IPA: /ɛə(ɹ)/, /ɛː(ɹ)/
  • (proscribed, rare, due to confusion with "our") IPA: /aʊɚ/, /aʊə/
  • Homophones: argh, r, our
Unstressed
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) enPR: är, IPA: /ɚ/

Verb

are

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

Usage notes

  • The pronunciation /aʊɚ/ arising from confusion of "are" and "our" is rare, however it results as the latter can be elided into /ɑɹ/ in quick speech.

Synonyms

  • (second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)

Translations

  • Bulgarian: си (bg) (si)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
  • Czech: jsi (cs), jste (cs) (formal)
  • Danish: er (da)
  • Dutch: bent (nl), zijt (nl)
  • Faroese: ert
  • Finnish: olet (fi)
  • French: es (fr), êtes (fr) (formal)
  • Galician: es (gl)
  • German: bist (de), sind (de) (formal, singular or plural)
  • Hungarian: vagy (hu), van (hu)
  • Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (polite), だ (ja) (da) (plain), である (ja) (de aru) (formal)
  • Latin: es (la)
  • Lithuanian: esi (lt)
  • Macedonian: си (si)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: er (no)
  • Polish: jesteś (pl), jest (pl) (formal, with Pan, Pani)
  • Portuguese: estás (pt) (with tu), está (pt) (with você), és (pt) (with tu), é (pt) (with você)
  • Romanian: ești (ro)
  • Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), еси́ (ru) (jesí) (archaic)
  • Slovak: si (sk), ste (sk)
  • Spanish: eres (es), estás (es)
  • Swedish: är (sv)
  • Vietnamese: là (vi)
  • Bulgarian: сте (bg) (ste)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
  • Czech: jste (cs)
  • Danish: er (da)
  • Dutch: zijn (nl)
  • Faroese: eru
  • Finnish: olette (fi)
  • French: êtes (fr)
  • German: seid (de), sind (de) (formal, singular or plural)
  • Hungarian: vagytok (hu), vannak (hu)
  • Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (polite), だ (ja) (da) (plain), である (ja) (de aru) (formal)
  • Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)
  • Latin: estis (la)
  • Lithuanian: esate (lt)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: er (no)
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Cyrillic: есте (este), еста (esta) (dual)
  • Polish: jesteście (pl), są (pl) (formal with Państwo, Panowie, etc.)
  • Portuguese: estais (pt) (with vós), estão (pt) (with vocês), sois (pt) (with vós), são (pt) (with vocês)
  • Romanian: sunteți (ro)
  • Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), е́сте (ru) (jéste) (archaic)
  • Slovak: ste (sk)
  • Spanish: sois (es), son (es), estáis (es), están (es)
  • Swedish: är (sv)
  • Vietnamese: là (vi)
  • Bulgarian: сме (bg) (sme)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
  • Czech: jsme (cs)
  • Danish: er (da)
  • Dutch: zijn (nl)
  • Faroese: eru
  • Finnish: olemme (fi)
  • French: sommes (fr)
  • German: sind (de)
  • Hungarian: vagyunk (hu)
  • Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (polite), だ (ja) (da) (plain), である (ja) (de aru) (formal)
  • Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)
  • Latin: sumus (la)
  • Lithuanian: esame (lt)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: er (no)
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Cyrillic: есмъ (esmŭ), есвѣ (esvě) (dual)
  • Polish: jesteśmy (pl)
  • Portuguese: estamos (pt), somos (pt)
  • Romanian: suntem (ro)
  • Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), есмы́ (ru) (jesmý) (archaic)
  • Slovak: sme (sk)
  • Spanish: somos (es), estamos (es)
  • Swedish: är (sv)
  • Vietnamese: là (vi)
  • Bulgarian: са (bg) (sa)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì) (not used with adjectives)
  • Czech: jsou (cs)
  • Danish: er (da)
  • Faroese: eru
  • Finnish: ovat (fi)
  • French: sont (fr)
  • German: sind (de)
  • Hungarian: vannak (hu)
  • Japanese: です (ja) (desu) (polite), だ (ja) (da) (plain), である (ja) (de aru) (formal)
  • Korean: 이다 (ko) (ida)
  • Latin: sunt (la)
  • Lithuanian: yra (lt)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: er (no)
  • Old Church Slavonic:
  • Old English: sind
  • Polish: są (pl)
  • Portuguese: estão (pt), são (pt)
  • Romanian: sunt (ro)
  • Russian: есть (ru) (jestʹ) (seldom used), суть (ru) (sutʹ) (dated)
  • Slovak: sú (sk)
  • Spanish: son (es), están (es)
  • Swedish: är (sv)
  • Vietnamese: là (vi)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɛə/, /ɛː/
  • (General American) enPR: âr, IPA: /ɛəɹ/, /ɛɹ/
  • Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Noun

are (plural 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.

Usage notes

  • Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

  • Armenian: ար (hy) (ar)
  • Bashkir: ар (ar); land area сутый (sutıy)
  • Catalan: àrea (ca) f
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: ar (cs) m
  • Danish: ar (da)
  • Dutch: are (nl) m
  • Estonian: aar (et)
  • Finnish: aari (fi)
  • French: are (fr) m
  • Galician: área (gl) f
  • German: Ar (de) n
  • Greek: άρια (el) n (ária)
  • Hungarian: ár (hu)
  • Irish: ár m
  • Italian: ara (it) f
  • Japanese: アール (ja) (āru)
  • Latvian: ārs m
  • Macedonian: ар m (ar)
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: ar (no) n
    • Nynorsk: ar n
  • Occitan: ara (oc) f
  • Ottoman Turkish: آر‎
  • Polish: ar (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: are (pt) m
  • Romanian: ar (ro) n
  • Russian: ар (ru) m (ar)
  • Slovak: ár m
  • Spanish: área (es) f
  • Swedish: ar (sv) c
  • Tagalog: arya
  • Turkish: ar (tr)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/

Determiner

are

  1. (UK, US) Misspelling of our.

Usage notes

Sometimes used deliberately as a form of classist humour, as a mocking imitation of a person with little education.

Anagrams

are - Basque

Noun

are inan

  1. rake

are - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaː.rə/
  • Hyphenation: are

Noun

are f (plural aren or ares)

  1. are, a unit of surface area

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: are
  • → Papiamentu: are

are - French

Pronunciation

Noun

are m (plural ares)

  1. an are

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: ar

are - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈarə]
  • Hyphenation: arê

Noun

arê (first-person possessive areku, second-person possessive aremu, third-person possessive arenya)

  1. are: an SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent.

are - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.re/
  • Homophone: -are (infinitive verb suffix)
  • Hyphenation: à‧re

Noun

are m (plural ari)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of aere

Noun

are f pl

  1. plural of ara

Anagrams

are - Japanese

Romanization

are

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あれ

are - Latin

Verb

ārē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āreō

are - Lindu

Noun

are

  1. long, large sickle

are - Mapudungun

Noun

are (Raguileo spelling)

  1. warmth, heat

are - Middle English

Article

are

  1. genitive/dative feminine of an

Determiner

are

  1. (chiefly Kent and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Noun

are

  1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Noun

are

  1. (Northern or Early Middle English) Alternative form of ore (“honour”)

Noun

are

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of ore (“oar”)

Verb

are

  1. Alternative form of aren

are - Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

are (present tense arar, past tense ara, past participle ara, passive infinitive arast, present participle arande, imperative are/ar)

  1. (reflexive) to suit, fit

Determiner

are

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of andre

Adjective

are

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of andre

Noun

are

  1. white-tailed eagle

are - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑːre/

Noun

āre

  1. honor, glory, grace

Declension

Noun

āre

  1. dative singular of ār (“messenger, herald; angel; missionary”)

are - Old Frisian

Noun

are n

  1. ear

Inflection

case singular plural
nominative āre āra, ārene, ārne
accusative āre āra, ārene, ārne
genitive āra ārena
dative āra ārum, ārem, ārnum, ārnem

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr: uar
    • Hallig, Mooring: uur
    • Helgoland: Uaar
  • Saterland Frisian: Oor
  • West Frisian: ear

are - Pali

Alternative forms

  • 𑀅𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • अरे (Devanagari script)
  • অরে (Bengali script)
  • අරෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • အရေ or ဢရေ (Burmese script)
  • อเร or อะเร (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອເຣ or ອະເຣ (Lao script)
  • អរេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Interjection

are

  1. wow, woah
  2. yay

Derived terms

are - Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.ɾi/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.ɾ(ɨ)/
  • Hyphenation: a‧re

Noun

are m (plural ares)

  1. (historical) are (unit of area)

Verb

are

  1. inflection of arar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

are - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈare/
  • Hyphenation: a‧re

Verb

are

  1. third-person singular present indicative of avea

are - Scots

Noun

are (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) grace; mercy

are - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaɾe/ [ˈa.ɾe]
  • Syllabification: a‧re

Verb

are

  1. inflection of arar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

are - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧re
  • IPA: /ʔaˈɾe/, [ʔɐˈɾe]

Pronoun

aré

  1. (chiefly Batangas) Alternative form of ari: this one; this
    • Synonyms: (Manila) ito, (Central Luzon) ire, (Central Luzon) ere
    • Ano ga are? ― What is this?

are - Tangam

Noun

are

  1. (anatomy) foot, leg

are - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈa.ɾe]

Verb

are

  1. (transitive) to scratch

Conjugation

Conjugation of are

are - Toraja-Sa'dan

Noun

are

  1. ant

are - Venetian

Noun

are

  1. plural of ara

are - Wolof

Noun

are (definite form are bi)

  1. stop, especially a bus stop

are - Yilan Creole

Pronoun

are

  1. third person singular pronoun
  2. that (person or object)

Synonyms

  • (third person singular pronoun): (Hanhsi) zibun, zin

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • (third person singular pronoun): aretaci, ataci
Meaning and Definition of are
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