sire

  • 41sire — sire1 [saıə US saır] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin senior older ] 1.) old use used when speaking to a king ▪ The people await you, sire. 2.) [C usually singular] the father of a four legged animal, especially a horse sire 2 s …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42sire —    The early form of ‘sir’, originally placed before a man’s name to indicate that he was a knight. The word basically means ‘senior’. The knightly prefix developed into ‘sir’: ‘sire’ became a special term from the thirteenth century which was… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 43sire — ► sustantivo masculino Tratamiento propio de los reyes, en algunos países. * * * sire (ant.) m. Señor. ⊚ *Tratamiento equivalente a «señor», dado antiguamente en Francia al *rey, al dirigirse a él …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 44sire — accourcir adoucir amincir chancir choisir circoncire cire cirre dessaisir doucir durcir dégrossir déplaisir désir désire désépaissir endurcir enforcir farcir forcir grossir gésir loisir messire mincir moisir noircir obscurcir occire plaisir… …

    Dictionnaire des rimes

  • 45sire — [[t]sa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] sires, siring, sired 1) VERB When a male animal, especially a horse, sires a young animal, he makes a female pregnant so that she gives birth to it. [TECHNICAL] [V n] Comet also sired the champion foal out of Spinway Harvest.… …

    English dictionary

  • 46sire — [sʌɪə] noun 1》 the male parent of an animal, especially a stallion or bull kept for breeding. 2》 a father or other male forebear. 3》 archaic a respectful form of address to someone of high social status, especially a king. verb be the sire of.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47sire — 1 noun 1 old use a way of addressing a king: The people await you, sire. 2 (countable usually singular) technical the father of a four legged animal, especially a horse 2 verb (T) 1 to be the father of an animal, especially a horse: a stallion… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48sire —   Ke a, ka makua nānā i imi, ka makua nānā ka hua; makua (complimentary beginning of a letter).    ♦ To sire a child, ho ohua kama …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 49sire — {{#}}{{LM S35932}}{{〓}} {{[}}sire{{]}} ‹si·re› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{※}}ant.{{¤}} Tratamiento honorífico que se daba a los reyes de algunos países …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 50sire — reproduktorius statusas Aprobuotas sritis veislininkystė apibrėžtis Kergti arba spermai gauti naudojamas veislinio gyvulio patinas. atitikmenys: angl. sire vok. Vater rus. репродуктор šaltinis Lietuvos Respublikos gyvulių veislininkystės… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)