# kare
## Catawba
### Adjective

kare
* dark
    witchawa kare ― a dark night

### References

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

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

kare
* quadrat, square.

#### Declension
### References

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

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkare/
* Rhymes: -are
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

kare
* dearly

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑreˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝re̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑre
* Hyphenation: ka‧re

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

kare
* ripple (small waves)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kare (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareeni
kareeni
accusative
nom.
kareeni
kareeni
gen.
kareeni
genitive
kareeni
kareideni kareitteni
partitive
karettani
kareitani
inessive
kareessani
kareissani
elative
kareestani
kareistani
illative
kareeseeni
kareisiini kareihini
adessive
kareellani
kareillani
ablative
kareeltani
kareiltani
allative
kareelleni
kareilleni
essive
kareenani
kareinani
translative
kareekseni
kareikseni
abessive
kareettani
kareittani
instructive
comitative
—kareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareesi
kareesi
accusative
nom.
kareesi
kareesi
gen.
kareesi
genitive
kareesi
kareidesi kareittesi
partitive
karettasi
kareitasi
inessive
kareessasi
kareissasi
elative
kareestasi
kareistasi
illative
kareeseesi
kareisiisi kareihisi
adessive
kareellasi
kareillasi
ablative
kareeltasi
kareiltasi
allative
kareellesi
kareillesi
essive
kareenasi
kareinasi
translative
kareeksesi
kareiksesi
abessive
kareettasi
kareittasi
instructive
comitative
—kareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareemme
kareemme
accusative
nom.
kareemme
kareemme
gen.
kareemme
genitive
kareemme
kareidemme kareittemme
partitive
karettamme
kareitamme
inessive
kareessamme
kareissamme
elative
kareestamme
kareistamme
illative
kareeseemme
kareisiimme kareihimme
adessive
kareellamme
kareillamme
ablative
kareeltamme
kareiltamme
allative
kareellemme
kareillemme
essive
kareenamme
kareinamme
translative
kareeksemme
kareiksemme
abessive
kareettamme
kareittamme
instructive
comitative
—kareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareenne
kareenne
accusative
nom.
kareenne
kareenne
gen.
kareenne
genitive
kareenne
kareidenne kareittenne
partitive
karettanne
kareitanne
inessive
kareessanne
kareissanne
elative
kareestanne
kareistanne
illative
kareeseenne
kareisiinne kareihinne
adessive
kareellanne
kareillanne
ablative
kareeltanne
kareiltanne
allative
kareellenne
kareillenne
essive
kareenanne
kareinanne
translative
kareeksenne
kareiksenne
abessive
kareettanne
kareittanne
instructive
comitative
—kareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareensa
kareensa
accusative
nom.
kareensa
kareensa
gen.
kareensa
genitive
kareensa
kareidensa kareittensa
partitive
karettaan karettansa
kareitaan kareitansa
inessive
kareessaan kareessansa
kareissaan kareissansa
elative
kareestaan kareestansa
kareistaan kareistansa
illative
kareeseensa
kareisiinsa kareihinsa
adessive
kareellaan kareellansa
kareillaan kareillansa
ablative
kareeltaan kareeltansa
kareiltaan kareiltansa
allative
kareelleen kareellensa
kareilleen kareillensa
essive
kareenaan kareenansa
kareinaan kareinansa
translative
kareekseen kareeksensa
kareikseen kareiksensa
abessive
kareettaan kareettansa
kareittaan kareittansa
instructive
comitative
—kareineen kareinensa :

##### Derived terms

* karehtia
* kareilla
* Kareinen
* hymynkare
* Karevaara

#### Further reading

* “1. kare”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French carré.

#### Noun

kare
* Synonym of kyljysrivi

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kare (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareeni
kareeni
accusative
nom.
kareeni
kareeni
gen.
kareeni
genitive
kareeni
kareideni kareitteni
partitive
karettani
kareitani
inessive
kareessani
kareissani
elative
kareestani
kareistani
illative
kareeseeni
kareisiini kareihini
adessive
kareellani
kareillani
ablative
kareeltani
kareiltani
allative
kareelleni
kareilleni
essive
kareenani
kareinani
translative
kareekseni
kareikseni
abessive
kareettani
kareittani
instructive
comitative
—kareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareesi
kareesi
accusative
nom.
kareesi
kareesi
gen.
kareesi
genitive
kareesi
kareidesi kareittesi
partitive
karettasi
kareitasi
inessive
kareessasi
kareissasi
elative
kareestasi
kareistasi
illative
kareeseesi
kareisiisi kareihisi
adessive
kareellasi
kareillasi
ablative
kareeltasi
kareiltasi
allative
kareellesi
kareillesi
essive
kareenasi
kareinasi
translative
kareeksesi
kareiksesi
abessive
kareettasi
kareittasi
instructive
comitative
—kareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareemme
kareemme
accusative
nom.
kareemme
kareemme
gen.
kareemme
genitive
kareemme
kareidemme kareittemme
partitive
karettamme
kareitamme
inessive
kareessamme
kareissamme
elative
kareestamme
kareistamme
illative
kareeseemme
kareisiimme kareihimme
adessive
kareellamme
kareillamme
ablative
kareeltamme
kareiltamme
allative
kareellemme
kareillemme
essive
kareenamme
kareinamme
translative
kareeksemme
kareiksemme
abessive
kareettamme
kareittamme
instructive
comitative
—kareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareenne
kareenne
accusative
nom.
kareenne
kareenne
gen.
kareenne
genitive
kareenne
kareidenne kareittenne
partitive
karettanne
kareitanne
inessive
kareessanne
kareissanne
elative
kareestanne
kareistanne
illative
kareeseenne
kareisiinne kareihinne
adessive
kareellanne
kareillanne
ablative
kareeltanne
kareiltanne
allative
kareellenne
kareillenne
essive
kareenanne
kareinanne
translative
kareeksenne
kareiksenne
abessive
kareettanne
kareittanne
instructive
comitative
—kareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kareensa
kareensa
accusative
nom.
kareensa
kareensa
gen.
kareensa
genitive
kareensa
kareidensa kareittensa
partitive
karettaan karettansa
kareitaan kareitansa
inessive
kareessaan kareessansa
kareissaan kareissansa
elative
kareestaan kareestansa
kareistaan kareistansa
illative
kareeseensa
kareisiinsa kareihinsa
adessive
kareellaan kareellansa
kareillaan kareillansa
ablative
kareeltaan kareeltansa
kareiltaan kareiltansa
allative
kareelleen kareellensa
kareilleen kareillensa
essive
kareenaan kareenansa
kareinaan kareinansa
translative
kareekseen kareeksensa
kareikseen kareiksensa
abessive
kareettaan kareettansa
kareittaan kareittansa
instructive
comitative
—kareineen kareinensa :

##### Derived terms

* lampaankare

#### Further reading

* “2. kare”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Anagrams

* kera

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French carré (“square”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɣe/

### Adjective

kare
* square
* frank, outspoken

### Noun

kare
* square

## Hausa
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kà.ɽéː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [kə̀.ɽéː]

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 2

From French carré (“square”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kàː.rêː/

#### Noun

kā̀r̃ê m (possessed form kā̀r̃ên)
* (Niger) quarter (of a city)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese カレー. Doublet of kari.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

kare (plural kare-kare)
* Japanese curry rice

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

kare
* ripple (small wave)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

kare
* Rōmaji transcription of かれ

## Marshallese
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

kare
* curry.

### References

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

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* करे (Devanagari script)
* করে (Bengali script)
* කරෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ကရေ or ၵရေ (Burmese script)
* กเร or กะเร (Thai script)
* ᨠᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ກເຣ or ກະເຣ (Lao script)
* ករេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Verb

kare
* singular optative active of karoti (“to do”)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.rɛ/
* Rhymes: -arɛ
* Syllabification: ka‧re
* Homophone: karę

### Adjective

kare
* inflection of kary:
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
** nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Rawa
### Noun

kare
* car

### References

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

## Rotokas
### Noun

kare
* animals

### Verb

kare
* to return

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French carré.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǎreː/

### Noun

kare m (Cyrillic spelling каре)
* loin
    svinjski kare ― pork loin

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

kare ?
* worth
* rank

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاره (kare), from French carré.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ɾe/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kare (definite accusative kareyi, plural kareler)
* (geometry) square
* (algebra) square
* "#" symbol on a telephone, hash, octothorpe, pound

#### Declension
## Yoruba

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ká.ɾē/

### Verb

káre
* to deserve or earn appreciation for satisfactory performance

### Interjection

káre!
* well done

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* kúuṣẹ́ (“good job, well done”)