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Definition: EYRE |
EYRENoun1. A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). |
Date "EYRE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1882. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | EYRE, Jane, an old maid school teacher, who married a rich husband after the fashion of books. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Eyre Justices in Eyre. A corruption of "Justices in itinere." At first they made the circuit of the kingdom every seven years, but Magna Charta provided that it should be done annually. Eyre (Jane). The heroine of Charlotte Bronte's novel so called. Jane Eyre is a governess, who stoutly copes with adverse circumstances, and ultimately wins the love of a man of fortune. (`Eyre' pronounce air.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Tribunal | Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: EYRE |
| Specialty definitions using "EYRE": Brocklehurst ♦ Gytrash ♦ Jane Eyre, Justices in Eyre. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "EYRE": Iter. (references) |
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Screenplays | Say, how'd that Jane Eyre turn out (Bad Company; writing credit: Robert Benton; David Newman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jane Eyre (1973) | |
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 | Caption: Madeleine Edison and John Eyre Sloan at Their Wedding on the Lawn of Glenmont, Edison and Mina Edison in the Background; West Orange, NJ; June 17, 1914; {14.311/17} (jpg). |  | Eyre Square, Galway, centre of one of Ireland's famous old towns, rich in legends. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "EYRE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.65% of the time. "EYRE" is used about 218 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.65% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.35% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 218 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "EYRE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eyre | Last name | 1,000 | 8,396 |
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "EYRE": Hot-eyre. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "EYRE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Italian | Tribunale Ambulante, Corte (assize, court). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eyreay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | jornada (journey, run, trip), deslocação (dislocation, displacement), correição. (various references) | |
Russian | выездная сессия суда. (various references) | |
Spanish | De Águila, Águila (Aquila). (various references) | |
Turkish | Seyahat (travel), Devir (age, alienation, assignation, assignment, cession, circle, circulation, circumvolution, currency, cycle, disposal, epoch, era, grant, gyration, period, release, Rev, revolution, rotation, rounder, spin, take over, transfer, transference, turnover). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Округа, Об'їзд. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai en tw speirein auton a men epesen para thn odon kai hlqen ta peteina kai katefagen auta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et dum seminat quaedam ceciderunt secus viam et venerunt volucres et comederunt ea |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & þa þa he seow. sume hye feollen wið weig. & fugeles comen & æten þa. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the while he soweth, sum felden byside the weye, and briddis of the eyre camen, and eeten hem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as he sowed some fell by ye wayessyde and the fowlles came and devoured it vp. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nagsabod siya, may mga binhi nga diha mahulog sa daplin sa dalan, ug midugok ang mga langgam ug ilang gituka kini. |
| Croatian | I dok je sijao, nešto zrnja pade uz put, doðoše ptice i pozobaše ga. |
| Danish | Og idet han såede, faldt noget ved Vejen; og Fuglene kom og åde det op. |
| Dutch | En als hij zaaide, viel een deel van het zaad bij den weg; en de vogelen kwamen en aten datzelve op. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen kylväessään putosivat muutamat siemenet tien oheen, ja linnut tulivat ja söivät ne. |
| French | Un semeur sortit pour semer. Comme il semait, une partie de la semence tomba le long du chemin: les oiseaux vinrent, et la mangèrent. |
| German | Und indem er säte, fiel etliches an den Weg; da kamen die Vögel und fraßen's auf. |
| Hungarian | És a mikor õ vet vala, némely mag az útfélre esék; és eljövén a madarak, elkapdosák azt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Ketika sedang menabur, ada benih yang jatuh di jalan. Lalu burung datang dan benih itu dimakan habis. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka sedang ia menabur, ada separuh jatuh di tepi jalan, lalu datanglah burung-burung makan sehingga habis benih itu. |
| Italian | E mentre seminava una parte del seme cadde sulla strada e vennero gli uccelli e la divorarono. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr v'eh cuirr, huitt paart jeh'n rass rish oirr y raad, as haink ny eeanlee, as d'ee ad seose eh. |
| Maori | A, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro etahi o nga purapura ki te taha o te ara, a, ko te rerenga mai o nga manu, kainga ake: |
| Norwegian | og da han sådde, falt noget ved veien; og fuglene kom og åt det op. |
| Portuguese | e quando semeava, uma parte da semente caiu à beira do caminho, e vieram as aves e comeram. |
| Rumanian | Pe cknd sqmqna el, o parte din sqmknyq a cqzut lkngq drum, wi au venit pqsqrile wi au mkncat -o. |
| Russian | Й ЛПЗДБ ПО УЕСМ, ЙОПЕ ХРБМП РТЙ ДПТПЗЕ, Й ОБМЕФЕМЙ РФЙГЩ Й РПЛМЕЧБМЙ ФП; |
| Shuar | Atsaamki wesa arakri jintia Písunmasha iniaarmai. Tura chinki tariar yuawarmai. |
| Swahili | Alipokuwa akipanda, nyingine zilianguka njiani, ndege wakaja wakazila. |
| Swedish | Och när han sådde, föll somt vid vägen, och fåglarna kommo och åto upp det. |
| Uma | Rala mpohawu' -na toe, ria hawua' -na to monawu' hi mata ohea. Rata danci mpotilo' hawua' toe duu' -na oti. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EYRE": eyres. (additional references) | |
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"EYRE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ayra, Eier, Eige, Elyr, Eryi, Eure, Eybe, Eyer, eyore, Eype, Eyraud, Eyri, Neyra, Nyree, Ryrie, yere. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "EYRE" (pronounced e"r) |
| 2 | e" r | affair, air, aware, bare, bear, beware, billionaire, blare, care, chair, compare, concessionaire, dare, debonair, declare, despair, disrepair, doctrinaire, ensnare, err, fair, fare, fer, flair, flare, forswear, glare, hair, hare, heir, impair, lair, Lehr, Mair, mare, midair, millionaire, multimillionaire, pair, pare, pear, prayer, prepare, questionnaire, rare, repair, scare, share, snare, solitaire, spare, Square, stair, stare, swear, tear, their, there, unaware, unfair, ware, wear, where. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: eery, eyer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-r-y" | |
-1 letter: ere, eye, ree, rye. | |
-2 letters: er, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-r-y" | |
+1 letter: beery, emery, every, eyers, eyres, eyrie, feyer, leery, peery, redye, reedy, reefy, reeky, rekey, veery. | |
+2 letters: breezy, celery, cheery, creepy, crepey, eatery, eerily, empery, energy, eyebar, eyries, freely, geyser, greedy, greeny, greyed, greyer, gyrene, hereby, heresy, jersey, kersey, merely, obeyer, preyed, preyer, pyrene, redefy, redeny, redeye, redyed, redyes, reechy, rekeys, remedy, retype, revery, ribeye, tuyere, venery, yeller, yelper, yerked, yester. | |
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