ancora

See also ancoră, ancorà, àncora, and âncora

Catalan

Verb

ancora

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of ancorar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of ancorar.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *ad (h)anc (h)ora(m) < Latin ad hanc hōram "at this hour".

Alternative forms

• ancor (apocopic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [aŋˈkoː.ra], /anˈkora/
• Hyphenation: an‧có‧ra

Adverb

ancora

1. still
2. again
3. even

Synonyms

• anche

Related terms

• ancorché

Etymology 2

From Latin ancora

Pronunciation

• Noun:
• IPA: [ˈaŋ.ko.ra], /ˈankora/

  Hyphenation: àn‧co‧ra

• Verb forms:
• IPA: [aŋ.ˈko.ra], /anˈkora/

  Hyphenation: an‧co‧ra

Noun

ancora f (plural ancore)

1. anchor

Verb

ancora

1. third-person singular present indicative of ancorare
2. second-person singular imperative of ancorare

Related terms

• ancoraggio
• ancorare
• ancoressa

Anagrams

• arcano
• canora

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Latin

ancora (anchor)

Etymology

Either cognate with or, more likely, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ankyra)

Noun

ancora (genitive ancorae); f, first declension

1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)
2. (figuratively) refuge, support, hope

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ancora	ancorae
genitive	ancorae	ancorārum
dative	ancorae	ancorīs
accusative	ancoram	ancorās
ablative	ancorā	ancorīs
vocative	ancora	ancorae

Derived terms

• iaciō ancōrum

Descendants

• English: anchor
• French: ancre
• Italian: ancora
• Romanian: ancoră
• Portuguese: âncora

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin ancora

Pronunciation

• IPA: [aŋˈkuro]

Noun

ancora f (plural ancoras)

1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)

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Portuguese

Verb

ancora

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of ancorar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of ancorar

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Romanian

Verb

a ancora (third-person singular present ancorează, past participle ancorat) 1st conj.

1. to anchor

Related terms

• ancorabil
• ancorare
• ancorat