alvor

See also: älvor

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌʋɒˀ]

Noun

alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form)

1. seriousness (state of being serious)
2. gravity
3. earnestness

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish alvor.

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

1. seriousness

Synonyms

• alvorlighet

Derived terms

• alvorlig
• ta på alvor

References

• “alvor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ålvor, ålvora

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara.

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

1. seriousness

Derived terms

• alvorleg
• ta på alvor

References

• “alvor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus. Doublet of albor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈvoɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈvoɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈvoɾ/ [aɫˈvoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈvoɾ/ [aɫˈvoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈboɾ/ [aɫˈβoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈvo.ɾi/ [aɫˈvo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: al‧vor

Noun

alvor m (plural alvores)

1. the first light of the morning

   Synonyms: alva, alvorada

2. whiteness

   Synonyms: alvura, brancura

   Antonyms: negrume, pretume

Derived terms

• alvorar
• alvorecer

 

Related terms

• alvo
• alvorada

 

Further reading

• “alvor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024