hor
English
Pronunciation
- (Newcastle) IPA(key): /høː/, /hɔː/
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 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho2, interrogative particle).
Pronunciation
Particle
- 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!").
- An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
- Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, don't you think?
- 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:
- Wah, you quite brave hor...
- A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- ....then hor... ― ...and then...
- 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
Breton
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Noun
hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)
- (dated) adultery
- lechery, whoring, fornication
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch horde (“braided latticework”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɔr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hor
- Rhymes: -ɔr
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔːr/
- Rhymes: -ɔːr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).
Declension
Derived terms
- hordigull
- hornös
Etymology 2
From Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”).
Declension
Synonyms
- (emaciation): megurð
Derived terms
- deyja úr hor
- fara úr hor
- horast
- horast niður
- horaður
- hordálkur
- hordauði
- horfalla
- horfellir
- horgrind
- hornál
- horrengla
- horrim
- hanga á horriminni
- horvatn
- horblaðka/horblaka
- horbrölt
- horböng
- horgemlingur
- horkóngur
- horkrangi
- horkroppur
- horleggur
- standa ekki á horleggjum/vera ekki á horleggjum
- horlopi
- hormosi
- horugur
- horpungur
Lolopo
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [xo²¹]
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hēr.
Etymology 2
From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔːr/
Adjective
hor
References
- “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
References
- “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.
Declension
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Descendants
- Swedish: hor
Romanian
Declension
References
- hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Somali
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)
- (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 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | hor | horet | — | — |
Genitive | hors | horets | — | — |