kare

kare

1. dark

   witchawa kare ― a dark night

• 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)

kare

1. quadrat, square.

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkare/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ka‧re

kare

1. dearly

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑreˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝re̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑre
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧re

From Proto-Finnic [Term?] (compare Ingrian kare, Karelian kare, Ludian kare).

kare

1. ripple (small waves)

• “1. kare”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from French carré.

kare

1. synonym of kyljysrivi

• “2. kare”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• kera

From French carré (“square”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɣe/

kare

1. square
2. frank, outspoken

kare

1. square

An areal word, perhaps from Nilo-Saharan; compare Kanuri kǝ́rì. Cognate with Warji kaɗi (“dog”), Podoko kədá, Zulgo-Gemzek kəra, Mundat gə́rà, Kirya-Konzel kə́ɽí, Bura kilà, Lagwan kɨle, Dangaléat kan̰a.

• IPA^(key): /kà.ɽéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kə̀.ɽéː]

kàrē m (feminine kàryā, plural kar̃nukā̀, possessed form kàren)

1. dog

From French carré (“square”).

• IPA^(key): /kàː.rêː/

kā̀r̃ê m (possessed form kā̀r̃ên)

1. (Niger) quarter (of a city)

Borrowed from Japanese カレー. Doublet of kari.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkare/ [ˈka.re]
• Rhymes: -are
• Syllabification: ka‧re

kare (plural kare-kare)

1. Japanese curry rice

From Proto-Finnic *karëh. Cognates include Finnish kare.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑre/, [ˈkɑre̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑre/, [ˈkɑre̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑre
• Hyphenation: ka‧re

kare

1. ripple (small wave)

Declension of kare (type 6/lähe, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kare	karreet
genitive	karreen	karrein
partitive	karetta	karreita
illative	karreesse	karreisse
inessive	karrees	karreis
elative	karreest	karreist
allative	karreelle	karreille
adessive	karreel	karreil
ablative	karreelt	karreilt
translative	karreeks	karreiks
essive	karreenna, karreen	karreinna, karrein
exessive1)	karreent	karreint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 136

kare

1. Rōmaji transcription of かれ

karè m

1. locative singular of kãras

kãre m

1. vocative singular of kãras

Borrowed from Japanese カレー (karē), from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑrˠe]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kærˠej/
• Bender phonemes: {karȩy}

kare

1. curry.

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
• The Origins of ‘Curry’ (Is it really English?)

kare

1. singular optative active of karoti (“to do”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɛ/
• Rhymes: -arɛ
• Syllabification: ka‧re
• Homophone: karę

kare

1. inflection of kary:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

kare

1. car

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

kare

1. animals

kare

1. to return

Borrowed from French carré.

• IPA^(key): /kǎreː/

kare m inan (Cyrillic spelling каре)

1. loin

   svinjski kare ― pork loin

• “kare”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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kare ?

1. worth
2. rank

From Ottoman Turkish قاره (kare), from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɾe/

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kare (definite accusative kareyi, plural kareler)

1. (geometry) square
2. (algebra) square
3. "#" symbol on a telephone, hash, octothorpe, pound

From kú +‎ àre (“vindication”), literally “greetings on being provided vindicated or justice in one's work or actions”.

• IPA^(key): /ká.ɾē/

káre

1. to deserve or earn appreciation for satisfactory performance

káre!

1. well done

• ìkáre
• Yèyé Káre (“a nickname for orisha Ọ̀ṣun”)

• kúuṣẹ́ (“good job, well done”)