See also: Nor, NOR, ñor, Nór, noř, nor-, nor', and Nor.

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

nor

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Norwegian.

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

ConjunctionEdit

nor

  1. (literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
    Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
    They are happy, nor need we worry.
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
    • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
      The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them [] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. [] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate [] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
    I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.
  3. Used to introduce a further negative statement.
    The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
  4. (UK, dialect) Than.
    • 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 131:
      'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'
    • 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 92:
      I wouldn’t like to live here though, not after dark. Sooner you nor me.
    He's no better nor you.
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Etymology 2Edit

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.

NounEdit

 
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nor (plural nors)

  1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR
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AromanianEdit

NounEdit

nor

  1. Alternative form of norã

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Basque *nor, containing the interrogative prefix *no-.[1]

PronounEdit

nor

  1. (interrogative) who
    Nor da?Who is he/she?
    Ez nekien nor zinen.I didn't know who you were.
    Norentzat da opari hau?Who is this present for?
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From the interrogative pronoun.

AdjectiveEdit

nor (indeclinable)

  1. (grammatical term, used as a modifier) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument
    Nor aditzak euskarazko aditzik errezenak dira.In Basque, nor verbs are the easiest to learn.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ no-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further readingEdit

  • "nor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • nor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nor f

  1. genitive plural of nora

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, cf. brommen (to do time).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)

  1. (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment
    Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik

Megleno-RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nubilum. Compare Romanian nor, Aromanian nior.

NounEdit

nor m

  1. cloud

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French norht, north, nort (north), from Old English norþ (north), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (north), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel).

NounEdit

nor m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) north

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /nɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr
  • Syllabification: nor

NounEdit

nor f

  1. genitive plural of nora

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From older nuar, nuăr, from Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (cloudy), from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (to cover). Compare Aromanian nior, Spanish nube, Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nor m (plural nori)

  1. cloud

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Narr.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

nȍr (comparative bȍlj nȍr, superlative nȁjbolj nȍr)

  1. crazy, insane, mad

InflectionEdit

Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. nòr nôra nôro
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nòr ind
nôri def
nôra nôro
genitive nôrega nôre nôrega
dative nôremu nôri nôremu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
nôro nôro
locative nôrem nôri nôrem
instrumental nôrim nôro nôrim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nôra nôri nôri
genitive nôrih nôrih nôrih
dative nôrima nôrima nôrima
accusative nôra nôri nôri
locative nôrih nôrih nôrih
instrumental nôrima nôrima nôrima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative nôri nôre nôra
genitive nôrih nôrih nôrih
dative nôrim nôrim nôrim
accusative nôre nôre nôra
locative nôrih nôrih nôrih
instrumental nôrimi nôrimi nôrimi

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

nor

  1. narrow strait

AnagramsEdit

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish nuora. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

NounEdit

nor

  1. string

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of nor (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. nor
genitive sing. noran
partitive sing. norad
partitive plur. norid
singular plural
nominative nor norad
accusative noran norad
genitive noran noriden
partitive norad norid
essive-instructive noran norin
translative noraks norikš
inessive noras noriš
elative noraspäi norišpäi
illative noraha norihe
adessive noral noril
ablative noralpäi norilpäi
allative norale norile
abessive norata norita
comitative noranke noridenke
prolative noradme noridme
approximative I noranno noridenno
approximative II norannoks noridennoks
egressive norannopäi noridennopäi
terminative I norahasai norihesai
terminative II noralesai norilesai
terminative III norassai
additive I norahapäi norihepäi
additive II noralepäi norilepäi

YolaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

nor

  1. Alternative form of noor
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
      Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.
      May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 100