hor
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
hor (personal pronoun)
References Edit
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
Etymology 2 Edit
From regional Min Nan 乎 (hôⁿ, mood particle).
Pronunciation Edit
Particle Edit
- Emphasizes the need for the listener to acknowledge something.
- Not my fault hor. ― Look, it isn't my fault.
- 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2[4]:
- […] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
- An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
- Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, don't you think?
- 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:
- Wah, you quite brave hor...
- A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- ....then hor... ― ...and then...
- 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
- Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]
See also Edit
- (Singlish particles): ah, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what
- Appendix:English tag questions
References Edit
- Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
- Lim, Lisa; Wee, Lionel (2004), “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125
Anagrams Edit
Basque Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
hor (not comparable)
- there (near the listener)
See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor anim
Further reading Edit
Breton Edit
Determiner Edit
hor
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor f
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)
Declension Edit
neuter gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hor | horet |
genitive | hors | horets |
Verb Edit
hor
- imperative of hore
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Dutch horde (“braided latticework”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)
- An insect screen.
Icelandic Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).
Noun Edit
hor m or n (genitive singular hors, no plural)
Declension Edit
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”).
Noun Edit
hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)
Declension Edit
Synonyms Edit
- (emaciation): megurð
Derived terms Edit
Lolopo Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor
- (Yao'an) meat
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old English hēr.
Noun Edit
hor
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
hor
- Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
- Having white or gray hair.
- Old, advanced in age.
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Noun Edit
hor
- An elderly person; a senior.
- Old age; elderliness.
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also Edit
whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
Etymology 3 Edit
Pronoun Edit
hor
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 4 Edit
Determiner Edit
hor
- (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 5 Edit
Noun Edit
hor
- Alternative form of hore (“whore”)
Etymology 6 Edit
Noun Edit
hor
- Alternative form of hore (“muck”)
Mòcheno Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.
Noun Edit
hor n
References Edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Old Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.
Noun Edit
hōr n
Declension Edit
Descendants Edit
- Swedish: hor
Romanian Edit
Noun Edit
hor n (plural horuri)
- Obsolete form of cor.
Declension Edit
References Edit
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).
Noun Edit
hor m (Cyrillic spelling хор)
Somali Edit
Noun Edit
hor ?
- in front
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor n (uncountable)
- (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 Edit
Declension of hor | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | hor | horet | — | — |
Genitive | hors | horets | — | — |
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
References Edit
Zazaki Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
hor
- Alternative form of hewr