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
	inanim.	sorretan	sorrean	sorretan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	sorretako	sorreko	sorretako
allative	anim.	sorrengana	sorrarengana	sorrengana
	inanim.	sorretara	sorrera	sorretara
terminative	anim.	sorrenganaino	sorrarenganaino	sorrenganaino
	inanim.	sorretaraino	sorreraino	sorretaraino
directive	anim.	sorrenganantz	sorrarenganantz	sorrenganantz
	inanim.	sorretarantz	sorrerantz	sorretarantz
destinative	anim.	sorrenganako	sorrarenganako	sorrenganako
	inanim.	sorretarako	sorrerako	sorretarako
ablative	anim.	sorrengandik	sorrarengandik	sorrengandik
	inanim.	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], Euskaltzaindia
• “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

Further reading

• “sor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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]

Adjective

sor m (plural sors)

1. (Valencia, botany) sorus

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
	Malaysia	對不起
	Singapore	對不起
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對唔住
	Hong Kong	對唔住, sorry, sor informal
	Taishan	對唔住
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	對唔住
	Singapore (Guangfu)	對唔住
Hakka	Meixian	對唔住
	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
Eastern Min	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
	Suzhou	對弗起
	Haining (Xiashi)	對勿住
	Ningbo	交代勿過, 勿好意思
Xiang	Changsha	對不住

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sor]
• 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

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

 

Further reading

• sor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: 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)

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

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 articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sor	sorul	(niște) soruri	sorurile
genitive/dative	(unui) sor	sorului	(unor) 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)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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