sor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sor"

English

Etymology

Clipping of sorority, like frat from fraternity.

Noun

sor (plural sors)

1. (US, informal) A sorority (student organization).
   • 2004, The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005, page 327:

     “The Greeks have tons of influence on campus,” says one student. “Frats and sors allow for smaller groups of friends, making it easier to have a social identity.”

   • 2011, Brian Washburn, University of Utah 2012:

     If you are not a part of a Frat/Sor, then it seems at though they are non-existent.

Anagrams

• ORS, ORs, Ors, ROS, RSO, Ros, SRO

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺or/ [s̺or]
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: sor

Adjective

sor (comparative sorrago, superlative sorren, excessive sorregi)

1. numb

   Synonym: soraio

2. discreet, inconspicuous
3. (dated) deaf

   Synonym: gor

Declension

Declension of sor (adjective, ending in -r)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		sor	sorra	sorrak
ergative		sorrek	sorrak	sorrek
dative		sorri	sorrari	sorrei
genitive		sorren	sorraren	sorren
comitative		sorrekin	sorrarekin	sorrekin
causative		sorrengatik	sorrarengatik	sorrengatik
benefactive		sorrentzat	sorrarentzat	sorrentzat
instrumental		sorrez	sorraz	sorrez
inessive	anim	sorrengan	sorrarengan	sorrengan
	inan	sorretan	sorrean	sorretan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	sorretako	sorreko	sorretako
allative	anim	sorrengana	sorrarengana	sorrengana
	inan	sorretara	sorrera	sorretara
terminative	anim	sorrenganaino	sorrarenganaino	sorrenganaino
	inan	sorretaraino	sorreraino	sorretaraino
directive	anim	sorrenganantz	sorrarenganantz	sorrenganantz
	inan	sorretarantz	sorrerantz	sorretarantz
destinative	anim	sorrenganako	sorrarenganako	sorrenganako
	inan	sorretarako	sorrerako	sorretarako
ablative	anim	sorrengandik	sorrarengandik	sorrengandik
	inan	sorretatik	sorretik	sorretatik
partitive		sorrik	—	—
prolative		sortzat	—	—

Derived terms

• sor eta gor (“totally numb”)
• sor eta lor (“shocked”)

Further reading

• “sor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative form).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

Noun

sor f (plural sors)

1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
2. (archaic) sister

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

Adjective

sor (feminine sora, masculine plural sors, feminine plural sores)

1. (regional) reddish

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

Noun

sor m (plural sors)

1. (Valencia, botany) sorus

Further reading

• “sor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “sor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “sor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) seur
• (Langrois) so

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soir, from Late Latin sēra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔr/

Noun

sor m (plural sors)

1. (Troyen) evening

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 梳 (so¹)

Etymology

Clipping of English sorry.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹
    • Yale: sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/

Interjection

sor

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Used to express apology over trivial matters, where apology is needed but the use of sorry would be considered too formal.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對不起
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	對不起
	Taiwan	對不起
	Chengde	對不起
	Harbin	對不起
	Changchun	對不起
	Jilin	對不住
	Shenyang	對不起
	Malaysia	對不起
	Singapore	對不起
Jilu Mandarin	Cangzhou	對不起
	Baoding	對不起
	Shijiazhuang	對不住
	Xingtai	對不住
	Jinan	對不起, 對不住
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	對不起
	Yantai	對不起
	Qingdao	對不起, 對不住
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	對不住
	Zhumadian	對不住
	Zhoukou	對不住
	Nanyang	對不起, 對不住
	Linyi	對不起, 對不住
	Wanrong	對不起, 不好意思
	Zhengzhou	對不起, 外氣
	Kaifeng	對不住
	Xi'an	對不起, 對不住
	Xianyang	對不起
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	擔持
	Lanzhou	對不起
	Ürümqi	對不起
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	對不起
	Chongqing	對不起, 對不住, 不好意思, 抱歉
	Wuhan	對不起
	Lhasa	對不起
	Guiyang	對不起
	Kunming	不好意思
	Liuzhou	對沒起, 沒好意思
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	對不起
	Yangzhou	對不起
	Taizhou	對不起
	Nantong	對不起
	Hefei	對不住
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對唔住
	Hong Kong	對唔住, sorry, sor informal
	Macau	對唔住
	Taishan	對唔住
	Nanning	對冇住
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	對唔住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	對唔住
Gan	Nanchang	不好得的
	Yichun	對不住
	Ji'an	難為你
Hakka	Meixian	對唔住
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	唔好意思
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生
	Singapore (Dabu)	敗勢
Jin	Taiyuan	對不起
Northern Min	Jian'ou	對伓住
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對不住
	Matsu	對不住
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹勢, 對不住, 失禮
	Quanzhou	歹勢, 對不住
	Zhangzhou	䆀勢, 對不住
	Taipei	失禮, 歹勢
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	失禮
	Kaohsiung	失禮, 歹勢
	Yilan	失禮
	Changhua (Lukang)	失禮, 歹勢
	Taichung	失禮
	Taichung (Wuqi)	失禮
	Tainan	失禮, 歹勢
	Taitung	歹勢
	Hsinchu	失禮
	Kinmen	失禮
	Penghu (Magong)	失禮
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹勢, sorry
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹勢, 對毋住, sorry
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹勢, 對不住
	Chaozhou	對唔住
	Shantou	對唔住
	Singapore (Teochew)	對唔住, 歹勢
Wu	Shanghai	勿好意思, 對勿起
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Jiading)	對勿起
	Shanghai (Chongming)	對勿住
	Suzhou	對弗起
	Wuxi	對弗住
	Kunshan	對弗起
	Taicang	抱歉
	Zhangjiagang	對弗起
	Haining (Xiashi)	對勿住
	Changzhou	對勿起
	Hangzhou	對不起
	Tonglu	對勿住
	Shaoxing	對勿住
	Ningbo	交代勿過, 勿好意思
	Yuyao	對勿住, 交代勿過
	Cixi	交代弗過
	Taizhou (Jiaojiang)	對弗住
	Linhai	對弗住
	Wenzhou	對否起
	Rui'an	對否起
	Jinhua	對弗住, 弗好意思
Xiang	Changsha	對不住
	Loudi	對不住

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: sor

Adverb

sor

1. (neologism, nonstandard) up, upwards (direction away from the center of the Earth)

Synonyms

• supren (“up, upwards”)

Antonyms

• malsupren (“down, downwards”)
• (neologism, nonstandard) sob (“down, downwards”)

Derived terms

• sori
• Soros

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃor]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -or

Noun

sor (plural sorok)

1. row (in the auditorium of a theater etc.)

   Holonym: nézőtér (“auditorium”)

   Meronyms: szék, ülés, hely (all: “seat”)

2. row (in a sheet, table, database)

   Coordinate term: oszlop (“column”)

3. (of text) line

   Holonyms: bekezdés, oldal, fejezet, szöveg

   Meronyms: szó, betű

4. queue (GB) , line (US) (people or things waiting to be served one after the other)
5. (mathematics, physics) series

   Synonym: sorozat

6. a fairly large quantity (of things)
7. (of events) chain, course, succession

   Synonym: sorozat

8. someone’s turn (used in several phrases with -n/-on/-en/-ön)

   Synonyms: jön (literally “to come”), következik (both: to be one’s turn, literally “to follow”)

   soron következik ― to come next

   Most rajta a sor, hogy bizonyítson. ― Now it’s his turn to prove himself.

   Mindjárt rákerül a sor. ― Soon it will be his/her turn.

   Szerintem ő van most soron. ― I think it's his/her turn right now.

9. occurrence, taking place (with the verbs kerít, kerül)
10. (after a proper name) a type of street or road with buildings on one side only

    Ajtósi Dürer sor ― Ajtósi Dürer Road

11. situation, status

    Synonym: helyzet

12. birth, social rank, class (used with adjectives like high or low)
13. (archaic) fate, lot

    Synonyms: sors, végzet

14. (poker) straight
15. (chess) rank
16. significance, footing (whether things are on a par with each other)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	sor	sorok
accusative	sort	sorokat
dative	sornak	soroknak
instrumental	sorral	sorokkal
causal-final	sorért	sorokért
translative	sorrá	sorokká
terminative	sorig	sorokig
essive-formal	sorként	sorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sorban	sorokban
superessive	soron	sorokon
adessive	sornál	soroknál
illative	sorba	sorokba
sublative	sorra	sorokra
allative	sorhoz	sorokhoz
elative	sorból	sorokból
delative	sorról	sorokról
ablative	sortól	soroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	soré	soroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	soréi	sorokéi

Possessive forms of sor

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sorom	soraim
2nd person sing.	sorod	soraid
3rd person sing.	sora	sorai
1st person plural	sorunk	soraink
2nd person plural	sorotok	soraitok
3rd person plural	soruk	soraik

Derived terms

• során
• sornyi
• soros
• sorozat

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• soregyen
• sorház
• sorkizárt
• sorköz
• sorminta
• sorrend
• sorszámnév
• sortörés

Compound words with this term at the end

• alagsor
• árvasor
• elsősorban
• fasor
• fattyúsor
• Fourier-sor
• garázssor
• házsor
• idősor
• kimenetsor
• lépcsősor
• műsor
• névsor
• özvegysor

Expressions

• kilóg a sorból
• olvas a sorok között
• rajta a sor
• sor kerül
• soron kívül
• sort kerít
• zárja a sorait

Descendants

• → Carpathian Rusyn: шор (šor)
• → Pannonian Rusyn: шор (šor)

Further reading

• sor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From signore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr/, /ˈsor/
• Rhymes: -ɔr, -or
• Hyphenation: sòr, sór

Noun

sor m (feminine sora)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Roman) mister, sir (before personal names or professions)

Javanese

Romanization

sor

1. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦂ

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sār.

Adjective

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Noun

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Adverb

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Etymology 2

From Old French sor, from Frankish *saur, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. Doublet of sere (“dry”).

Alternative forms

• sore, sowre, sawre, soure, sowyr, soore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːr/, /sɔr/

Adjective

sor

2. sorrel (red-brown; used to describe animals)

Derived terms

• sored
• sorel
• sowryng

Descendants

• English: sore (obsolete)

References

• “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

Noun

sor (plural sowres)

1. A sorrel horse.
2. A four-year-old male deer.

Descendants

• English: sore (obsolete)

References

• “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• سۆر (sor) — Arabic spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

Central Kurdish	سوور (sûr)
Southern Kurdish	qirmiz, süer
Zazaki	sûr
Gurani	sur

sor (comparative sortir, superlative herî sor or sortirîn)

1. red

See also

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)

spî	gewr	reş
sor; sorê sor	pirteqalî; qehweyî	zer; qîçik
keskê vekirî	kesk	kevz; keskê tarî
şînê vekirî; hêşîn	şînê esmanî	şîn
şîrkî, mor; heş	soravî; binefşî, xemir	pîvazî, pembe

Old French

Preposition

sor

1. Alternative form of seur

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔr/
• Rhymes: -sɔr
• Hyphenation: sor

Adjective

sor

1. lower
2. inferior
3. lose
4. down

Verb

sor

1. to lose, to be defeated, to be worsted

Derived terms

• amiṅsorakĕn
• anorakĕn
• asor
• aṅasori
• kapiṅsor
• kasor
• kasoran
• makasor
• manor
• masor
• paṅasor
• sinor
• sinorakĕn
• sinoran
• sumorakĕn
• umiṅsor

• aṅalap kasor
• aṅalap sor

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦂ (sor) (inherited)

Further reading

• "sor" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from sarna.

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr/

Noun

sor f

1. (Kielce) roebuck

   Pán leśnicy złapał w tesie sora. ― The forester caught a roe buck in the forest.

Further reading

• Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “sor”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 339

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably ultimately from Latin sus, through a Vulgar Latin variant *suris instead of suis, through analogy with other Latin declensions like mus, whence muris, or os, whence oris.

Noun

sor n (plural soruri) (rare)

1. skin shaved from a pig

Declension

Declension of sor

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sor	sorul		soruri	sorurile
genitive-dative	sor	sorului		soruri	sorurilor
vocative	sorule			sorurilor

Etymology 2

Noun

sor f (obsolete or dialectal)

1. Alternative form of soră (“sister”)

References

• “sor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Sor

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sor, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ/ [ˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sor

Noun

sor f (plural sores)

1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
2. (archaic) sister

   Synonym: hermana

Related terms

• sororidad

Further reading

• “sor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

sor

1. indefinite plural of so

Anagrams

• Ros, ors, ros

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• sûr

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

sor

1. red