Wiktionary

hor

See also: Hor, hoř, hoor, hór, hör, and hør

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hor (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) her

References edit

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Etymology 2 edit

From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho2, interrogative particle).

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

hor (Singlish, Singapore)

  1. Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.
    Not my fault hor. ― It wasn't my fault, OK?
    • 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore‎[3] (Usenet):
      sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
    • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2‎[4]:
      […] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
  2. An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
    Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, don't you think?
  3. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
    ....then hor... ― ...and then...
    • 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.
    • 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]

See also edit

References edit

  • Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
  • Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004) “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

Anagrams edit

Basque edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /or/, [o̞r]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hor/, [ɦo̞r]

Adverb edit

hor (not comparable)

  1. there (near the listener)

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hor anim

  1. (Souletin) Alternative form of or

Further reading edit

  • “or”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “hor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “hor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Breton edit

Determiner edit

hor

  1. our

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hor f

  1. genitive plural of hora

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

  1. (dated) adultery
  2. lechery, whoring, fornication

Declension edit

Declension of hor
neuter
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horet
genitive hors horets

Verb edit

hor

  1. imperative of hore

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch horde (“braided latticework”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: hor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun edit

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. An insect screen.

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).

Noun edit

hor m or n (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. snot, mucus (from the nose)
Declension edit
declension of hor
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horinn
accusative hor horinn
dative hor hornum
genitive hors horsins
declension of hor
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horið
accusative hor horið
dative hori horinu
genitive hors horsins
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”).

Noun edit

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. emaciation, famine
Declension edit
declension of hor
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horinn
accusative hor horinn
dative hor hornum
genitive hors horsins
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Lolopo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hor 

  1. (Yao'an) meat

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English hēr.

Noun edit

hor

  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hor

  1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
  2. Having white or gray hair.
  3. Old, advanced in age.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • English: hoar
  • Scots: hare, hair
References edit

Noun edit

hor

  1. An elderly person; a senior.
  2. Old age; elderliness.
Descendants edit
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Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Etymology 3 edit

Pronoun edit

hor

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 4 edit

Determiner edit

hor

  1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 6 edit

Noun edit

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Mòcheno edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

Noun edit

hor n

  1. hair

References edit

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

Noun edit

hōr n

  1. adultery

Declension edit

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  Declension of hor (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hōr hōrit hōr hōrin
accusative hōr hōrit hōr hōrin
dative hōri, hōre hōrinu, hōreno hōrum, hōrom hōrumin, hōromen
genitive hōrs hōrsins hōra hōranna

Descendants edit

Romanian edit

Noun edit

hor n (plural horuri)

  1. Obsolete form of cor.

Declension edit

Declension of hor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) hor horul (niște) horuri horurile
genitive/dative (unui) hor horului (unor) horuri horurilor
vocative horule horurilor

References edit

  • hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun edit

hor m (Cyrillic spelling хор)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Somali edit

Noun edit

hor ?

  1. in front

Swedish edit

 
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hor n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”
    Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.
    She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

Declension edit

Declension of hor 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hor horet — —
Genitive hors horets — —

Related terms edit

See also edit

References edit

Zazaki edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: hor

Noun edit

hor

  1. Alternative form of hewr
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