hor

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

hor (not comparable)

  1. there (near the listener)

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation

Noun

hor anim

  1. (Souletin) Alternative form of or

Further reading

  • "or" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "hor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “hor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Breton

Determiner

hor

  1. our

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hor f

  1. genitive plural of hora

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

Verb

hor

  1. imperative of hore

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch horde (“braided latticework”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. An insect screen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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
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
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
declension of hor
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horinn
accusative hor horinn
dative hor hornum
genitive hors horsins
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms

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

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

Adjective

hor

  1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
  2. Having white or gray hair.
  3. Old, advanced in age.
Related terms
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

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hor

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

Etymology 5

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 6

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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  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

Romanian

Noun

hor n (plural horuri)

  1. Obsolete form of cor.

Declension

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

  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 — —

Related terms

See also

References

Zazaki

Pronunciation

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hewr
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