wear
/wɛ(ə)ɹ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To have on:
Transitive verb
verb
To have on:
Transitive verb
verb
To have on:
Transitive verb
verb
To erode:
verb
To erode:
Example Sentences
- "He's wearing some nice pants today."
- "She wore her medals with pride."
- "Please wear your seatbelt."
- "Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time?"
- "He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet."
- "He ware upon his head a diademe of purple interpaled with white, like as Darius was accustomed."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”). Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-). Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wɛ(ə)ɹ/
- British English: /wɛə/