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Meaning of Mare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
mɛə

Definitions

  1. A neighborhood and favela in Zona Norte district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  2. An adult female horse.
  3. A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
    historical, obsolete
  4. A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
  5. A diminutive of the female given names Mary, Maria, Marianne, or other female names beginning with Mar-, from Hebrew.
  6. A foolish woman.
    Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  7. A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial
  8. On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

Equivalents

العربية حجر عودة فرس
Azərbaycanca madyan
Беларуская кабыла
Български кобила
Bosanski faca jaca jača kobila kobilica kobilji mar meri mora mora sto sto što кобила кобилица кобиљи море
Català egua euga
Čeština hřebice klisna kobyla kobylí můra
Cymraeg caseg
Dansk hoppe mare
Deutsch Alb Drude Kobel Mahr Mähre Mare Nachtalb Pferdeweibchen Stute
Ελληνικά αλογίνα φοράδα
Esperanto ĉevalino
Español jaca yegua
Euskara behor
فارسی مادیان
Suomi ajajainen mara meri painajainen suota tamma tammahevonen
Français jument mare mare
Gaeilge láir
Gàidhlig capall làir
Galego besta bicha brégola egoa egua faca facaneia marzoa
עברית סוסה
हिन्दी घोड़ी
Hrvatski faca jača jaca kobila kobilica kobilji mar meri mora mora sto sto što što кобила кобилица кобиљи море
Magyar kanca
Հայերեն զամբիկ մատակ
Bahasa Indonesia mare Maria
Íslenska hryssa mara meri
Italiano cavalla incubo mare
日本語 牝馬
ქართული ფაშატი
Қазақша бие
한국어 암말
Kurdî biya denîz mar mare mêrî sto
Кыргызча бээ
Latina caballa equa
Latviešu ķēve
Te Reo Māori hōiho uha
Македонски кобила
Монгол гүү
Malti debba
မြန်မာဘာသာ မြင်းမ
Nederlands merrie
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਘੋੜੀ
Polski klacz klępa kobyła mara
پښتو اسپه
Português égua mar mare maré
Română iapă
Русский кобы́ла море
Slovenčina kobyla mora
Slovenščina kobila
Shqip pelë
Српски faca jača jaca kobila kobilica kobilji mar meri mora mora sto što sto кобила кобилица кобиљи море море
Svenska mara märr sto
తెలుగు ఆడగుర్రం బడబ
Türkçe deniz kısrak
Українська кобила
Oʻzbekcha biya
中文 月海 母馬 /母马 騍馬 /骒马

Examples

“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].”
“The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?”
“I'm having a complete mare today.”
“Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

mare clausum Mare Harbour mare liberum mare's fart mare's leg mare's milk

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