ware

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɛɹ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈweː/ (New Zealand) (without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈwe̝ə/ (cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈwiə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈweɹ/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ware Homophones: wear; where (wine–whine merger); weir, we're (cheer–chair merger); were, whir (fair–fur merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Were (“an item for exchange, barter, or sale; ware”), Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use; ware”), German Ware (“ware”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk vare (“ware”), Faroese vøra (“ware”), Icelandic and Swedish vara (“ware”). ==== Noun ==== ware (usually uncountable, plural wares) (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. (in the plural) See wares. (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods. damascene ware, tole ware (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact. (Ireland) Crockery. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. ==== Adjective ==== ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware) (poetic) Aware. ===== Usage notes ===== Replaced by intensified form aware. ===== Derived terms ===== aware beware unware === Etymology 3 === From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”). ==== Verb ==== ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared) (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something. 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee. c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true. c. 1470, The Macro Playsː ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly. (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. Ware thee. ― Watch yourself. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware) (obsolete) Wary; cautious. ===== Derived terms ===== wary ===== Related terms ===== ward === Etymology 4 === From Middle English wor (in sewor) from Old English wār (“seaweed”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. Cognate with Scots wair (“seaweed”), Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”). ==== Noun ==== ware (obsolete, UK, dialect) Seaweed; drift seaweed; seawrack. ===== Derived terms ===== ware goose === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared or wore) (nautical) Alternative form of wear (“to veer or bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern”) Coordinate term: tack === Etymology 6 === From Middle English ware, from Old Norse vár (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wazrą. Cognate with Icelandic vor (“spring”), Swedish vår (“spring”), Danish vår (“spring”), Scots ware, wair (“spring”). ==== Noun ==== ware (plural wares) (Northern England, Scotland) Spring, springtime. === Etymology 7 === ==== Verb ==== ware Old eye dialect spelling of were. c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise A larg concors ware standing round === Etymology 8 === ==== Verb ==== ware (obsolete) simple past of wear === References === === Anagrams === Rawe, Wear, -wear, wear, arew, Awre == Afrikaans == === Verb === ware imperfect subjunctive of wees == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋaːrə/ === Adjective === ware inflection of waar: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive === Verb === ware (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of zijn (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of waren == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wáː.ɽèː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.ɽèː] === Verb === wārḕ (grade 4) to separate things, to set things aside to secede == Japanese == === Romanization === ware Rōmaji transcription of われ == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈware/ [ˈwɐɾɛ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *vale “mad, ignorant, unskilled, forgetful” (cognate with Rarotongan vare “duped, deceived, misled”, Tahitian vare “deceived”, Tongan vale “foolish, silly, ignorant” and Samoan vale “idiot”). === Adjective === ware distracted careless ignorant === Derived terms === === References === === Etymology 2 === Cognate with Rarotongan vare “slime”, Tahitian vare “discharge esp. rheum or sleep of the eye” and varea “drowsy (i.e. to have sleep in one's eyes)”; Samoan vavale “snail slime”. Compare with Hawaiian kūkaenalo for similar patterns of semantic development (corresponds to tūtae + ngaro). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === ware excretion, exudation ware rakau: tree gum ware pī: beeswax Synonyms: tae, tūtae saliva Synonym: hāware spume, foam of seawater === Adjective === ware viscous, gummy Synonym: piapia === Derived terms === === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ware”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 563 John C. Moorfield (2011), “ware”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). ==== Noun ==== wāre f merchandise, product ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: waar Limburgish: waar === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wâre first/third-person singular past subjunctive of wēsen === Further reading === “ware (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ware (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== ware alternative form of veir === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ware alternative form of werre (“war”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== ware alternative form of werre (“worse”) ==== Adverb ==== ware alternative form of werre (“worse”) ==== Noun ==== ware alternative form of werre (“worse”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== ware alternative form of wor (“seashore”) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.re/ === Noun === ware inflection of waru: nominative plural accusative singular/plural genitive/dative singular == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wërden, from Old High German werdan. Compare German werden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋaːrə/ === Verb === ware to become ==== Conjugation ==== == Scots == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [wer], [war], [voːr] ==== Noun ==== ware (plural wares) spring, springtime cold weather in springtime ===== Synonyms ===== spring === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ware, from Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [weːr] ==== Noun ==== ware (plural wares) a type of seaweed ===== Derived terms ===== warebrak == Yola == === Verb === ware alternative form of war (“were”) === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84 == Zazaki == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wa.ɾə/ Rhymes: -aɾə Hyphenation: wa‧re === Noun === ware f sister Synonyms: war, wa, waye, wae