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keri

keri is the alternative form of kere.

Meaning of kere

Noun

kere

  1. (Judaism) A reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text, with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points being inserted in the text (if the text is vocalized).

Proper noun capitalized: Keri

Keri

  1. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.
  2. A male given name.

Forms of keri

pluralkeris

Phrases with keri

Questions about keri

What does keri mean?
Keri means a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.
What is keri the alternative form of?
Keri is the alternative form of kere.
What part of speech is keri?
Keri is a proper noun.

Words near keri in the dictionary

  1. Kerguelen cabbages
  2. Kerguelen Islands
  3. Kerguelens
  4. Kergunyah
  5. Kergunyah South
  6. keri
  7. Keri Keri
  8. keriah
  9. Kerikeri
  10. Kerin
  11. Kerins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keri (page history and authors); Keri (page history and authors); kere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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