meir

See also: méir, -méir, and Meir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse meir, meiri.

Adverb

meir

more

Synonyms

meira

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse meir, meiri.

Adverb

meir

more

Anagrams

Lolopo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [me²¹]

Noun

meir

(Yao'an) mouth
(Yao'an) beak

Manx

Noun

meir f pl

plural of mair

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meir	veir	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari, from Proto-Germanic *mari (“sea, ocean; lake”). Cognate with German Meer, English mere.

Noun

meir m

sea

References

“meir” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri, adverbs meir and meirr. Akin to English more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛɪːr/, [mɛ̝ɪ̯ːr], [mæɪ̯ːr], [ma̝ɪ̯ːr]

Adjective

meir

more
Staden har meir kriminalitet no enn før.
The place has more crime now than earlier.

Adverb

meir

more
Olav jobbar meir enn deg.
Olav works more than you.
(any) longer
Eg vil ikkje vera her meir.
I don't want to stay here any longer.

Derived terms

meir eller mindre

References

“meir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Etymology 1

Noun

meir m (plural meirs)

(Surmiran) Alternative form of mir (“exterior wall”)

Etymology 2

Noun

meir f (plural meirs)

(Surmiran) Alternative form of mieur (“mouse”)

Scots

Alternative forms

mere, mear

Etymology

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mere, miere (“female horse, mare”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [miːr], [meːr]

Noun

meir (plural meirs)

mare (female horse)

Coordinate terms

couser (“stallion”)

Derived terms

mason's meir (“trestle for scaffolding”)
meir's tails (“cirrus clouds”)
Tamson's meir, shank's meir (“using one's own legs in order to travel”)
wild meir (“wild mare”)