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ayre

ayre noun: a narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank. Also the archaic spelling of air.

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ayre

Ayre

  1. A sheading in the north of the Isle of Man.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ayre

Ayre (plural Ayres)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

ayre is also the archaic spelling of air.

Forms of ayre

Noun
pluralayres
Proper noun
pluralAyres

Origin of ayre

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

From Old Norse eyrr (“gravel bank”).

English and Scottish surname, variant of Ayer.

Questions about ayre

What does ayre mean?
Ayre means a narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.
What part of speech is ayre?
Ayre can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ayre?
The plural of ayre is ayres.

Words near ayre in the dictionary

  1. Ayrabs
  2. ayrag
  3. ayran
  4. ayrant
  5. Ayrarat
  6. ayre
  7. ayres
  8. Ayrford
  9. ayrie
  10. ayries
  11. Ayrin

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