hor

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

English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hor (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) her

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore)
    • IPA(key): (Sense 1) /hɔː˨/, [hɔˑ˨]
    • IPA(key): (Senses 2, 3) /hɔː˨˦/
    • Sometimes nasalized.

Particle

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 (Usenet):
      sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
    • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2:
      [] 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

References

  • 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

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

hor (not comparable)

  1. there (near the listener)

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhor/

Noun

hor anim

  1. (Souletin) Alternative form of or

Further reading

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

Breton

Determiner

hor

  1. our

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦor]

Noun

hor f

  1. genitive plural of hora

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

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

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

Declension

Verb

hor

  1. imperative of hore

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch horde (braided latticework).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. An insect screen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. snot, mucus (from the nose)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. emaciation, famine
Declension
Synonyms
  • (emaciation): megurð
Derived terms

Lolopo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xo²¹]

Noun

hor 

  1. (Yao'an) meat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēr.

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːr/

Adjective

hor

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

Noun

hor

  1. An elderly person; a senior.
  2. Old age; elderliness.
Descendants
References

See also

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

Pronoun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hire (hers)

Determiner

hor

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

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (whore)

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (muck)

Mòcheno

Etymology

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

Noun

hor n

  1. hair

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

hōr n

  1. adultery

Declension

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Descendants

Romanian

Noun

hor n (plural horuri)

  1. Obsolete form of cor.

Declension

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun

hor m (Cyrillic spelling хор)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Somali

Noun

hor ?

  1. in front

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːr/

Noun

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

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

See also

References

Zazaki

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hewr
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