name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wares
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /wɛəz/
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General-American: /wɛɹz/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /weːz/
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New-Zealand: /weəz/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/wiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /weɹz/
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/wɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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homophone: wears
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homophone: warez
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homophone: where's (wine–whine merger)
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homophone: weirs (cheer–chair merger)
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homophone: whirs (wine–whine merger, fair–fur merger)
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)z
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of ware
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Goods or services that are for sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Variant of Ware.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: тауар (tawar) — goods for sale
- Esperanto: komercaĵo — goods for sale
- Ancient Greek: φορτία (phortía) — goods for sale
- Icelandic: vörur — goods for sale
- Icelandic: varningur — goods for sale
- Ido: vari — goods for sale
- Latin: merx — goods for sale
- Latvian: prece — goods for sale
- Plautdietsch: Woa — goods for sale
- Romanian: marfe — goods for sale
- Russian: това́р (továr) — goods for sale
- Scottish Gaelic: bathar — goods for sale
- Spanish: mercancías — goods for sale
- Ukrainian: крам (kram) — goods for sale
- Ukrainian: това́р (továr) — goods for sale
- Yiddish: סחורה (skhoyre) — goods for sale
Real reading context