Wiktionary

or

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

or

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Oriya.

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).

ConjunctionEdit

or

  1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
    In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
    He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
  2. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
  3. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
  4. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
    It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
  5. Connects two equivalent names.
    The country Myanmar, or Burma
Usage notesEdit
  • (connecting alternative terms): When not implied by the meaning of the conjoins, it is generally ambiguous whether “or” is intended in an exclusive or inclusive sense. In speech, various means may be used to convey exclusivity, such as stress on the word “or” or a rising intonation before it.[1] In a formal or technical register, and/or may be used to specify inclusivity.
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above).

NounEdit

 
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or (plural ors)

  1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of OR

See alsoEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum.

NounEdit

 
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or (countable and uncountable, plural ors)

  1. (heraldry) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
    • 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
      The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
    • 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry:
      In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots.
    or:  
SynonymsEdit
  • (gold or yellow tincture): o., Or
Related termsEdit
  • Au (chemical symbol for gold)
TranslationsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

or (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere.

AdverbEdit

or

  1. (obsolete) Early (on).
  2. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.

PrepositionEdit

or

  1. (now archaic or dialect) Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ecclesiastes 12:6-7:
      Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
    • 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
      I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;
      But or ever a prayer had gusht,
      A wicked whisper came, and made
      My heart as dry as dust.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Huddleston, Rodney (1988) English Grammar: An Outline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 198–99

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ōrō. Compare Daco-Romanian ura, urez.

VerbEdit

or (past participle uratã)

  1. I pray.

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

BasqueEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

1103; variant of hor, from Proto-Basque *hoŕ. Mostly replaced by zakur.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

or anim

  1. dog

DeclensionEdit

Declension of or (animate, ending in tap -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive or ora orak
ergative orek orak orek
dative ori orari orei
genitive oren oraren oren
comitative orekin orarekin orekin
causative orengatik orarengatik orengatik
benefactive orentzat orarentzat orentzat
instrumental orez oraz orez
inessive orengan orarengan orengan
locative — — —
allative orengana orarengana orengana
terminative orenganaino orarenganaino orenganaino
directive orenganantz orarenganantz orenganantz
destinative orenganako orarenganako orenganako
ablative orengandik orarengandik orengandik
partitive orik — —
prolative ortzat — —

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • "or" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “or” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

CatalanEdit

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platí (Pt)
Next: mercuri (Hg)

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

or m (plural ors)

  1. gold
  2. (heraldry) or

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).

NounEdit

or m (plural ors)

  1. gold
  2. (heraldry) or (yellow in heraldry)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Haitian Creole: lò
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French ore, from Vulgar Latin hā horā, alteration of hāc horā (“(in) this hour”, ablative). Compare Spanish ahora, Portuguese agora.

AdverbEdit

or

  1. (obsolete) now, presently

ConjunctionEdit

or

  1. yet, however, now

Further readingEdit

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French or, Italian ora and Spanish ahora.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

or

  1. now, but (in argument)

Usage notesEdit

Or expresses not only a sequence of two propositions, but induces a new argument, a further premise, explanation, motive. When the premise (motive) follows the conclusion, nam is used instead.

ItalianEdit

AdverbEdit

or (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of ora (“now”), used almost exclusively in the forms or ora (“just now”) and or sono (“ago”).

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

JapaneseEdit

ParticleEdit

or(オア) • (oa) 

  1. Alternative form of オア (“or”)

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old English ōr, from Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, form Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

or

  1. (Early Middle English, hapax) beginning, start

Etymology 2Edit

DeterminerEdit

or

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midland) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of ore (“honour”)

Etymology 4Edit

NounEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of ore (“ore”)

Etymology 5Edit

DeterminerEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of your

Middle FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • aur (alternate Latinized spelling)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French or.

NounEdit

or m (uncountable)

  1. gold (metal)
  2. gold (color)

DescendantsEdit

  • French: or
    • Haitian Creole: lò
  • → English: or

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ǫlr, órir.

NounEdit

or f or m (definite singular ora or oren, indefinite plural orer, definite plural orene)

  1. an alder (tree of genus Alnus)

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ǫlr, órir. Akin to English alder.

NounEdit

or f (definite singular ora, indefinite plural orer, definite plural orene)

or m (definite singular oren, indefinite plural orar, definite plural orane)

  1. an alder (tree of genus Alnus)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse ór.

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

or

  1. out of
  2. from
    • 1956, Olav H. Hauge, "Gjer ein annan mann ei beine":
      Han kom or fjellet, skulde heim, […] .
      He came from the mountain, was heading home […] .

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *ōzô, *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ōr n

  1. origin, beginning

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: or (early, hapax)

ReferencesEdit

Old FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin aurum.

NounEdit

or m (oblique plural ors, nominative singular ors, nominative plural or)

  1. gold (metal)
  2. gold (color)
  3. (by extension) blond(e) color
DescendantsEdit
  • Middle French: or, aur
    • French: or
      • Haitian Creole: lò
    • → English: or
  • Walloon: ôr

Etymology 2Edit

See ore.

AdverbEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of ore

Old FrisianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ōr

  1. Old West Frisian form of ōther

ReferencesEdit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

(ele/ei) or (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (they) might
    fiindcă or avea ceva pe care noi nu-l avem, va trebui să așteptăm puțin
    being that they might have something that we don't, we will need to wait a bit

VerbEdit

or (modal auxiliary, ? form of avea, used with ? to form ? tenses)

  1. (informal, sometimes proscribed) Variation of o in the third person plural.
    Or să vină într-un minut. ― They will come in a minute.

AdverbEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of ori

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aur
  • (Surmiran) ôr

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aurum.

NounEdit

or m

  1. (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) gold

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

A variant of ere, obsolete in modern English.

ConjunctionEdit

or

  1. before or until (only in certain senses)
    It'll nae be lang or A gang ma holiday.- It'll not be long until/ before I go on holiday

Usage notesEdit

Not archaic, but rare amongst young people.

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Old Irish amar (“song, singing”). See òran.

NounEdit

or m (genitive singular ora, plural ora or orthachan or orrachan or orthannan)

  1. hymn, incantation, petition, prayer

SynonymsEdit

VerbEdit

or (past dh’or, future oridh, verbal noun oradh, past participle orte)

  1. chant, sing
    Tha Màiri ag oradh. ― Mary is singing.

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to orna (“moldy, spoiled by mites”), Danish oret, of obscure ultimate origin. Compare oren (“impure, dirty, unclean, rotten”).[1]

NounEdit

or n

  1. a mite

DeclensionEdit

Declension of or 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative or oret or oren
Genitive ors orets ors orens

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “or”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[1] (in Swedish), 1937

AnagramsEdit

Tocharian AEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *dóru, with unexplained loss of initial */d/. Compare Tocharian B or.

NounEdit

or n

  1. wood

Tocharian BEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *dóru, with unexplained loss of initial */d/. Compare Tocharian A or.

NounEdit

or n

  1. wood

Related termsEdit

YolaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

or

  1. Alternative form of ar
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9:
      Na, now or neveare! w' cry't t' Tommeen,
      Nay, now or never! we cry'd to Tommy,

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 88
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