Keres

See also: keres, kérés, and kereş

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.riːz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪɹ.iz/
  • Hyphenation: Ke‧res, Ker‧es

Proper noun

Keres

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.
Translations

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Adjective

Keres (comparative more Keres, superlative most Keres)

  1. Alternative form of Keresan.

Noun

Keres (plural Kereses)

  1. Alternative form of Keresan.

Proper noun

Keres

  1. Alternative form of Keresan.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ “Keres”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Keres (genitive Kerese, partitive Kerest)

  1. a surname
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