hor

• (Newcastle) IPA^(key): /høː/, /hɔː/

hor (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) her

• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-05.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

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

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

hor (Singlish, Singapore)

1. Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.

   Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor. ― Don’t sprout nonsense, 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, isn’t it?

   • 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:

     Wah, you quite brave hor...

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.... […]

• (Singlish particles): ah, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what
• Appendix:English tag questions

• 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

• rho, HRO, ROH, Roh, Rho, orh

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /or/,
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hor/,

hor (not comparable)

1. there (near the listener)

• hemen, han

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhor/

hor anim

1. (Souletin) Alternative form of or

• “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

hor

1. our

• IPA^(key):

hor f

1. genitive plural of hora

From Old Norse hór.

• IPA^(key): /hoːr/,
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

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

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

hor

1. imperative of hore

Back-formation from horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

1. an insect screen

   Hyponym: klamboe

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hor1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• hor (gaas) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /hɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

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

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

1. snot, mucus (from the nose)

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

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

1. emaciation, famine

• (emaciation): megurð

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).

• IPA^(key):

hor 

1. (Yao'an) meat

From Old English hēr.

hor

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

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

• hore, hoare, hoer, hoere, hoor

• IPA^(key): /hɔːr/

hor

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

• horehoune
• horen
• hornesse
• horynesse

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

hor

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

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

hor

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

hor

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

hor

1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

hor

1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

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

hor n

1. hair

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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

hōr n

1. adultery

• Swedish: hor

hor n (plural horuri)

1. Obsolete form of cor.

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

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

hȏr m (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)

1. chorus
2. choir

hor ?

1. in front

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

hor

Wikipedia ^sv

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

• IPA^(key): /huːr/

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.

• äktenskapsbrott

• hor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: hor

hor

1. Alternative form of hewr