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See also: Hor, hoř, hoor, hór, hör, and hør

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hor (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) her

References

  • Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 5 September 2024.
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho2, interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

Particle

hor (Singlish, Singapore)

  2. Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.
    Synonym: (less assertive) ah (sense 3)
    Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor. ― Don’t sprout nonsense, it wasn’t my fault, OK?
    • 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, pages 3–4, lines 55–56:
      Oh. That’s me. I see you later, hor, Jackson. You got my number right?
    • 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore‎ (Usenet):
      sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
    • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2‎:
      […] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
  4. An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
    Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, isn’t it?
  5. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
    Synonym: (Singlish) ah
    ....then hor... ― ...and then...
    • 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.
    • 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]
More information Discourse particles in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English, ⟵ More assertiveLess assertive ⟶ ...

See also

References

  • Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005), English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
  • Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004), “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

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Basque

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /or/, [o̞r]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hor/, [ɦo̞r]

Adverb

hor (not comparable)

  1. there (near the listener)

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation

Noun

hor anim

  1. (Soule) alternative form of or

Further reading

  • “or”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “hor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “hor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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Breton

Determiner

hor

  1. our

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hor f

  1. genitive plural of hora

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation

Noun

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

  1. (dated) adultery
  2. lechery, whoring, fornication

Declension

More information neuter gender, singular ...

Derived terms

Verb

hor

  1. imperative of hore
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Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation from horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. an insect screen
    Hyponym: klamboe

Derived terms

  • muggenhor

References

Further reading

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural) or
hor n (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. snot, mucus (from the nose)
Declension
More information singular, indefinite ...
More information singular, indefinite ...
Derived terms
  • hordigull
  • hornös

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”). Compare Latin gracilis (“lean”).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. emaciation
    Synonym: megurð
  2. famine
Declension
More information singular, indefinite ...
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • deyja úr hor
  • fara úr hor
  • horast
    horast niður
  • horaður
  • hordálkur
  • hordauði
  • horfalla
  • horfellir
  • horgrind
  • hornál
  • horrengla
  • horrim
    hanga á horriminni
  • horvatn
  • horblaðka/horblaka
  • horbrölt
  • horböng
  • horgemlingur
  • horkóngur
  • horkrangi
  • horkroppur
  • horleggur
    standa ekki á horleggjum/vera ekki á horleggjum
  • horlopi
  • hormosi
  • horugur
  • horpungur
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Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

Pronunciation

Noun

hor 

  1. (Yao'an) meat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēr.

Noun

hor

  1. alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 2

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

hor

  1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
  2. Having white or gray hair.
  3. Old, advanced in age.
Descendants
  • English: hoar
  • Scots: hare, hair
References

Noun

hor

  1. An elderly person; a senior.
  2. Old age; elderliness.
Descendants
References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blew, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hor

  1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hor

  1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

Noun

hor

  1. alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 6

Noun

hor

  1. alternative form of hore (“muck”)
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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

Noun

hor n

  1. hair

References

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

Noun

hōr n

  1. adultery

Declension

Declension of hōr (strong a-stem)
More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

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Romanian

Noun

hor n (plural horuri)

  1. obsolete form of cor

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun

hȏr m inan (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Somali

Noun

hor ?

  1. in front

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.

Pronunciation

Noun

hor n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”
    Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.
    She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

References

Turkish

Adjective

hor

  1. contemptible, low
  2. contemptuous, scornful, douchey

Declension

More information present tense, positive declarative ...

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

  • hor görmek ("to look down on")

Zazaki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: hor

Noun

hor

  1. alternative form of hewr

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