lore
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) enPR: lôr, IPA(key): /lɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lô, IPA(key): /lɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: lōr, IPA(key): /lo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /loə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: law (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Homophone: lure (in some accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.
Noun edit
lore (countable and uncountable, plural lores)
- All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
- the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles;
They heare him not, they have forgot his lore
But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.
- The backstory created around a fictional universe.
- 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer[1]:
- You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting.
- (obsolete) Workmanship.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore,
About the which two serpents weren wound;
Entrayled mutually in lovely lore,
And by the tailes together firmely bound […]
Derived terms edit
- beer-lore
- birdlore
- booklore
- catlore
- childlore
- computerlore
- copylore
- deathlore
- doglore
- druglore
- elflore
- fairylore
- faxlore
- fieldlore
- fishlore
- folklore
- fowl-lore
- godlore
- herblore
- lifelore
- loreal
- lovelore
- netlore
- photocopylore
- plantlore
- runelore
- soundlore
- speechlore
- starlore
- timelore
- whalelore
- winelore
- woodlore
- wordlore
- wortlore
- xeroxlore
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).
Noun edit
lore (plural lores)
- (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
- 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 40:
- He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding.
- (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
lore
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 44:
- Neither of them she found where she them lore.
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
lore inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | lore | lorea | loreak |
ergative | lorek | loreak | loreek |
dative | loreri | loreari | loreei |
genitive | loreren | lorearen | loreen |
comitative | lorerekin | lorearekin | loreekin |
causative | lorerengatik | lorearengatik | loreengatik |
benefactive | lorerentzat | lorearentzat | loreentzat |
instrumental | lorez | loreaz | loreez |
inessive | loretan | lorean | loreetan |
locative | loretako | loreko | loreetako |
allative | loretara | lorera | loreetara |
terminative | loretaraino | loreraino | loreetaraino |
directive | loretarantz | lorerantz | loreetarantz |
destinative | loretarako | lorerako | loreetarako |
ablative | loretatik | loretik | loreetatik |
partitive | lorerik | — | — |
prolative | loretzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From lor (“at the time of, at the same time as”) + -e (“adverb”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lore
- (demonstrative adverb) then, at the time
- Ilu forsis la chefa pordo, iris trans la longa vestibulo e lore apertis la pordo dil koqueyo.
- He forced the main door, went through the long hall, and then opened the door of the kitchen.
Related terms edit
- lora (“then, now”)
See also edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō
The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases, while forms with /ɛː/ are influenced by leren (“to teach”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /laːr/, /lɛːr/
Noun edit
lore (plural lores)
- Education or teaching; the provision of knowledge.
- Studying or learning; the absorption of knowledge.
- Knowledge or information, especially:
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
- And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… …taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto… And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Doctrine; a tenet or the tenets of a religion or science.
- A topic or field of research; a discipline.
- (rare) Competence or proficiency; one's skill in a discipline.
- A directive, instruction, or set of them:
- An admonition or exhortation; a fervent plea.
- A conduct or conducts; guidance.
- (rare) Significance, value, or importance.
- (rare) A tale or narrative.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English lor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lore
- Loss; the act of losing something, especially soldiers in battle.
- Ruin, destruction, or injury.
References edit
- “lōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
Moore edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English lorry, compare Farefare loore.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lore (plural loaya)
Synonyms edit
Tarantino edit
Adjective edit
lore m (possessive, plural)