ayre

See also: Ayre

English

Etymology 1

From an unattested Norn word, from Old Norse eyrr. Compare Icelandic eyri, Norwegian øyr.

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.

Etymology 2

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. Archaic spelling of air.
   • 1856, Notes and Queries, page 425:

     It is precisely to this—not destruction, but dissolution—(for dissolve is the poet's word) this melting into thin ayre, of the world itself, that Tooke maintains the word rack, i. e. reek, to be most- appropriate. And I think he was right in so doing.

   • 1870, Michael Drayton, Endimion and Phoebe: Ideas Latmus:

     ... Thus giues his sorrowes passage from his brest ; Sweet leaues (qd. he) which with the ayre doe tremble, Oh how your motions do my thoughts resemble, With that milde breath by which onely moue, Whisper my words in silence to my Loue  ...

Anagrams

• yare, aery, Yare, y'are, Reay, Eary, year, Raye, Ayer, Arey, eyra

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔajɾe/ [ˈʔaɪ̯.ɾe]
• Hyphenation: ay‧re

Noun

áyre (Basahan spelling ᜀᜌ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. air

   Synonyms: duros, paros, hangin

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish ayre, from Latin āer, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Noun

ayre m (Latin spelling)

1. wind

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin āer, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯ɾe/

Noun

ayre m (plural ayres)

1. air
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f:

     Sotil es de cuerpo ca ſe muda aſſi como el ayre que quando es claro es ella clara. ⁊ quando turuio turuia.

     Its light of body, for it changes like the air; it is clear when it is clear, and cloudy when it is cloudy.

Descendants

• Ladino: ayre
• Spanish: aire

Scots

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. Orkney form of air (“beach”)

References

• “ayre, n.⁴”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.