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mare.

message, report, story

4 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. message, report, story

    Belgium · archaic · feminine
  2. rumor

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch mâre, from Old Dutch māri, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“story”).

noun
  1. a nocturnal monster or spirit that torments its victims while they are sleeping

    feminine
  2. nightmare

    Belgium · feminine
  3. witch

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch māre (“incubus”), from Old Dutch *mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

noun
  1. depression in non-volcanic stone

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Medieval Latin mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of Maar and Meer.

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