nora

See also: Nora, norã, noră, norą, nøra, and Nóra

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noɾa/, [no̞.ɾa]

Pronoun

nora

1. allative indefinite inanimate of nor; to where, whither, whereto

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nora, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, alteration of Latin nurus (by analogy with words such as sŏcrus 'mother-in-law'), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾa/

Noun

nora f (plural nores)

1. daughter-in-law

Synonyms

• jove

See also

• gendre

References

• “nora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “nora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnora]

Noun

nora f

1. burrow

   schovat se do nory ― to hide in a burrow

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	nora	nory
genitive	nory	nor
dative	noře	norám
accusative	noru	nory
vocative	noro	nory
locative	noře	norách
instrumental	norou	norami

Derived terms

• norník

Further reading

• nora in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• nora in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, already attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century; from a Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa̝/

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• xenro

References

• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “nora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: no‧ra

Noun

nora f (diminutive norka)

1. den
2. burrow
3. (colloquial, derogatory) hovel, hole (undesirable place to live or visit)

Declension

Declension of nora

	singular	plural
nominative	nora	nory
genitive	nory	nor
dative	norze	norom
accusative	norę	nory
instrumental	norą	norami
locative	norze	norach
vocative	noro	nory

Related terms

• nornica
• nornik
• norowiec
• ponor

 

Further reading

• nora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/, [ˈnɔ.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Latin nurus (“daughter-in-law”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *nora), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Galician nora, Spanish nuera, Catalan nora, Occitan nòra, Italian nuora and Romanian noră.

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• genro

Etymology 2

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

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Sicilian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *nora, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa/
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

Noun

nora f (plural nori)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• jenniru