cor
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
cor
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔː/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: caw (non-rhotic accents only), corps, core (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Etymology 1Edit
A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.
InterjectionEdit
cor
- (Cockney UK) Expression of surprise.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
- “I don’t get this,” she said. “How do you mean it’s gone?” “It’s been pinched.” “Things don’t get pinched in country-houses.” “They do if there’s a Wilbert Cream on the premises. He’s a klep-whatever-it-is,” I said, and thrust Jeeves’s letter on her. She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.
SynonymsEdit
- See Thesaurus:wow
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
cor (plural cors)
- (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume, particularly:
SynonymsEdit
MeronymsEdit
- (liquid volume): log (1⁄720 cor); cab, kab (1⁄180 cor); hin (1⁄60 cor); bath (1⁄10 cor)
- (dry volume): See homer
Further readingEdit
- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Catalan cor, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-.
NounEdit
cor m (plural cors)
Derived termsEdit
- amb l'ai al cor
- dir-ho de tot cor (“to say it with all the heart; to be sincere”)
- veure's amb cor
See alsoEdit
Suits in Catalan · colls (layout · text) | |||
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cors | diamants | piques | trèvols |
Etymology 2Edit
Probably borrowed from Latin chorus (14th century), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).
NounEdit
cor m (plural cors)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “cor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French cor, corn, from Latin cornu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cors)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese coor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin color, colōrem.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor f (plural cores)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cor.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cores)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cores)
- Alternative form of calor
ReferencesEdit
- “cor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “coor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “coor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish cor (“act of putting”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to put”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural cora or coranna)
- twist, turn, turning movement
- (fishing) cast; haul from cast
- (music) lively turn; lively air
- (dance) reel
DeclensionEdit
- Alternative plural: coranna
Derived termsEdit
- ar aon chor (“anyway, at any rate”)
- ar chor ar bith, in aon chor (“at all”)
- ar chor éigin (“somehow”)
- ar gach aon chor (“at every turn; in every respect”)
- as cor (“out of order”)
- cor bealaigh m (“detour”)
- cor beirte m (“two-hand reel”)
- cor cainte m (“turn of phrase”)
- cor ceathrair m (“four-hand reel”)
- cor coraíochta m, cor iomrascála m (“wrestling turn”)
- cor éisc m (“haul of fish”)
- cor i mbia m (“contamination in food”)
- cor lín m (“cast of net”)
- cor na péiste m (“cable-stitch”)
- cor na sióg m (“fairy reel”)
- cor ochtair m (“eight-hand reel”)
- den chor seo (“at this turn of events, this time”)
- líon coir m (“casting-net”)
NounEdit
cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural coir)
DeclensionEdit
NounEdit
cor m (genitive singular coir)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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VerbEdit
cor (present analytic corann, future analytic corfaidh, verbal noun coradh, past participle cortha)
ConjugationEdit
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- feoil chortha f (“tainted meat”)
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cor | chor | gcor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
IstriotEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cor. Cognate with Catalan cor.
NounEdit
cor m
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
cor m (apocopated)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-. Cognate with Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardíā), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō), Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir), Old Church Slavonic сьрдьце (sĭrdĭce).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor n (genitive cordis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (neuter, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cor | corda |
Genitive | cordis | cordium cordum |
Dative | cordī | cordibus |
Accusative | cor | corda |
Ablative | corde | cordibus |
Vocative | cor | corda |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: côr
- Old French: cuer (see there for further descendants)
- Occitano-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *corāticum (see there for further descendants)
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Romanian: cord
ReferencesEdit
- cor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cor 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)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
- to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)
- I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)
- horn (instrument used to produce sound)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- French: cor
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *koros (“casting, a throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (genitive cuir, no plural)
InflectionEdit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cor | — | — |
Vocative | cuir | — | — |
Accusative | corN | — | — |
Genitive | cuirL | — | — |
Dative | corL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cor | chor | cor pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
cor m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)
- heart (organ which pumps blood)
- heart (metaphorically, human emotion)
- circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Tant ai mo cor ple de joya:
- Tant ai mo cor ple de joya
- My heart is so full of joy
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
Picture dictionary | |
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Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coor f, from Latin colōrem m, from Old Latin colos (“covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal”). Compare Galician cor and Spanish color.
Alternative formsEdit
- côr (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor f (plural cores)
- colour (Commonwealth English), color (American English)
- complexion
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cor.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: kor
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cores)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento |
preto, negro, atro |
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim |
laranja, cor-de-laranja; castanho, marrom |
amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
verde-limão | verde, verde claro | |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo |
azul céu, azul-celeste |
azul, índigo, anil |
violeta, lilás |
magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |
ReferencesEdit
- “cor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cor” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”), or borrowed from Latin chorus, Italian coro, German Chor.
NounEdit
cor n (plural coruri)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).
NounEdit
cor n (plural coruri)
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cors)
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish cor (“act of putting, placing; setting up, etc.; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding; leap, twist; throw (in wrestling); twist, coil; twist, detour, circuit in road, etc.; tune, melody; contract; surety, guarantor; act of overthrowing, defeating; defeat, reverse; state, condition, plight; act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“sets, puts, places; throws, casts; casts down, overthrows; puts forth, emits, sends out; launches; utters, makes; raises (a shout, cry); performs, executes, wages”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (genitive singular coir or cuir)
- condition, state
- Dè do chor? ― How are you? (literally: "what's your condition?")
- condition, eventuality, circumstance
- air chor sam bith ― on any condition, on any account
- air chor 's gu ― on condition that (cf also derived terms)
- method, manner
- custom
- surety
- term or condition of a treaty
- progress
Derived termsEdit
- air chor 's gu (“so that/with the result that”)
- air a h-uile cor (“by all means; at all costs”)
- cor-inntinn (“state of mind”)
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cor | chor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish cor, cuer, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural cores)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cor. Compare Italian cuore.
NounEdit
cor m (plural cori)
Related termsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *korr (compare Old Cornish cor, Middle Breton corr).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cor m (plural corrod)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cor | gor | nghor | chor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
ZazakiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Northern Kurdish jor.
NounEdit
cor
- top (uppermost part)