mere

UK
/mɪə/
US
/mɪr/

Übersetzungen

meresubstantiv
meres
Pl.
UK
/mɪə/
US
/mɪr/
marePetit plan d’eau, étang ou marécage.
The children spent the afternoon fishing at the mere.
Les enfants ont passé l’après-midi à pêcher dans la mare.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
borneArchaïque : limite, frontière.
mereDans la culture maorie.
mereadjektiv
merer
Komp.
merest
Super.
UK
/mɪə/
US
/mɪr/
seulEmphase : « rien que », « uniquement ».
His mere presence was enough to calm the crowd.
Sa seule présence suffisait à calmer la foule.
The mere thought of the exam made her nervous.
La simple pensée de l’examen la rendait nerveuse.
mereverb
mered
Präteritum
mered
Partizip Perfekt
mering
Gerundium
UK
/mɪə/
US
/mɪr/
Archaic; chiefly in legal or land-surveying contexts.
délimiterArchaïque.
The surveyors mered the estate before the sale.
Les géomètres ont délimité le domaine avant la vente.

Definitionen

meresubstantiv
A small lake, pond, or marsh.
The children spent the afternoon fishing at the mere.
A boundary or border; a limit. (archaic)
The river once served as a mere between the two kingdoms.
(in Māori culture) A short, flat club, traditionally made of greenstone, used as a weapon and ceremonial object.
The warrior carried an ornately carved mere into the meeting house.
mereadjektiv
Being nothing more than what is specified; used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is.
The mere thought of the exam made her nervous.
Used to emphasize that something is only as stated and nothing more, yet is significant or sufficient in itself.
His mere presence was enough to calm the crowd.
mereverb
To mark or define the limits or boundaries of; to delimit. (archaic)
The surveyors mered the estate before the sale.