vora

See also: Vora, vorà, vøra, vorą, -vora, and вора

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōra. Compare Spanish orilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈvɔ.ɾa]

Noun

vora f (plural vores)

1. edge
2. bank, shore
3. hem

Derived terms

• vorà
• voral
• vorer
• vorera

Preposition

vora

1. near (close to, in proximity to)

   Synonym: prop de

   a la vora del foc ― next to the fire

Adverb

vora

1. nearly, almost
   • 2019 October 26, Josep Maria Ganyet, “I amb l’emoji, la revolta”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Una cerca ràpida per “Tsunami Democràtic” (cometes incloses) torna vora 1,5 milions de resultats.

     A quick search for "Democratic Tsunami" (including quotation marks) returns nearly 1.5 million results.

Further reading

• “vora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Icelandic

Noun

vora

1. indefinite genitive plural of vor

Italian

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin vorō (“to devour, swallow up”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: vò‧ra

Noun

vora f (plural vore)

1. (regional, Apulia) a sinkhole formed by the erosion of water or by the collapse of a cave's vault

Related terms

• voragine
• voraginoso
• vorago

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ra/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: vó‧ra

Verb

vora

1. inflection of vorare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Varo, avrò, ovra, varo, varò

Latin

Verb

vorā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vorō

References

• vora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Sardinian

Noun

vora

1. (Campidanese) edge