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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.1.1 Homophones 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Japanese 6.1 Prefix 6.1.1 Usage notes 6.2 Noun 7 Old English 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 8 Romanian 8.1 Verb 8.1.1 See also

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
they	my	were	#36: are	their	one	so

[ Etymology 1

Inflection of Old English am, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“‘to be, exist’”).

[ Pronunciation

• stressed
  • (UK) IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /A:(\r)/
  • (US) IPA: /ɑɹ/, SAMPA: /Ar\/
  •  Audio (US)^{help, file}
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)
• unstressed
  • (UK) IPA: /ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /@(r\)/
  • (US) IPA: /ɚ/, SAMPA: /@`/

[ Verb

are

1. Second-person singular simple present tense of be.

   Mary, where are you going?

2. First-person plural simple present tense of be.

   We are not coming.

3. Second-person plural simple present tense of be.

   Mary and John, are you listening?

4. Third-person plural simple present tense of be.

   They are here somewhere.

[ Synonyms

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

[ Translations

See translations of be

[ See also

am is art be being been

beest was wast were wert

[ Etymology 2

From French are.

[ Noun

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are (plural ares)

1. (rare) A accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI 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

• Template:selse (rare) square decametre

[ Derived terms

• centiare
• decare
• hectare

[ Translations

unit of area

Chinese: 公畝, 公亩 (gōng mǔ) Czech: ar m. Danish: ar Dutch: are m. Finnish: aari French: are

Latvian: ārs m. Polish: ar m. Russian: ар (ar) m. Slovak: ár m. Swedish: ar c.

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[ Basque

[ Noun

are

1. rake

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[ Dutch

[ Noun

are

1. are, a unit of surface area

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

[ Homophones

• art

[ Etymology

From Latin area, a piece of level ground.

[ Noun

are m. (plural ares)

1. An are.

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[ Italian

[ Noun

are f. pl.

1. Plural form of ara.

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[ Japanese

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
ko-	so-	a-	do-
此れ (これ, kore) this one	其れ (それ, sore) that one	彼れ (あれ, are) that one over there	何れ (どれ, dore) which one?
此の (この, kono) (of) this	其の (その, sono) (of) that	彼の (あの, ano) (of) that over there	何の (どの, dono) (of) what?
こんな (konna) like this	そんな (sonna) like that	あんな (anna) like that over there	どんな (donna) how? what sort of?
此処 (ここ, koko) here	其処 (そこ, soko) there	彼処 (あそこ*, asoko*) over there	何処 (どこ, doko) where?
此方 (こちら, kochira) this way	其方 (そちら, sochira) that way	彼方 (あちら, achira) that way over there	何方 (どちら, dochira) which way?
こう (kō) in this manner	そう (sō) in that manner	ああ* (ā*) in that (other) manner	如何 (どう, dō) in what manner?
* irregular formation

[ Prefix

are (kanji 彼れ, hiragana あれ)

1. that one over there

[ Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (あれ) is preferred to thee kanji spelling (彼れ), which is rarely used.

[ Noun

are (hiragana あれ)

1. 荒れ: stormy weather

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[ Old English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /'a:re/

[ Noun

āre (form of ār)

1. Accusative, genitive or dative singular of ār.
2. Nominative or accusative plural of ār.

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[ Romanian

[ Verb

are

1. third-person singular present tense form of avea. he/she has

[ See also

• a