hitre

hit +‎ -re

• IPA^(key): [ˈhitrɛ]
• Hyphenation: hit‧re

hitre

1. sublative singular of hit

From Old French oistre, uistre, from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).

hitre f (plural hitres)

1. (Jersey) oyster

• hitre dé rocque (“saddle oyster, horse oyster, crow oyster”)

hitre (Cyrillic spelling хитре)

1. inflection of hitar:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From hit (“hither”) +‎ -re (“-er”).

hitre (not comparable)

1. located closer (compared to something else); nearer, near

   Coordinate term: bortre

   Hon bor i det hitre av de två husen.

   She lives in the nearer of the two houses.

   Månens hitre sida var helt upplyst.

   The near side of the Moon was fully illuminated.

• hitersta

• hitre in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker