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Aromanian
Noun
hore f (plural hor, definite articulation hora)
- village
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).
Noun
hore c (singular definite horen, plural indefinite horer)
- whore (sexually promiscuous woman)
Declension
Verb
hore (imperative hor, infinitive at hore, present tense horer, past tense horede, perfect tense har horet)
- to screw (have sexual intercourse)
- to fornicate, to whore
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hore
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of horen
Anagrams
Maori
Noun
hore
- scrofula
References
- “hore” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hōre, from Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ. Cognate to Middle Dutch hoere, Middle Low German hôre, Middle High German huore, and Old Swedish hōra.
Pronunciation
Noun
hore (plural hores or horen)
- A whore (female prostitute)
- A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, page 123r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicacioun- And one of the seven angels (who had seven beakers) came and spoke with me, and said: "Come, I'll show you the damnation of the great whore, who sits by lots of water, and who the Earth's rulers engaged in adultery with."
- (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
- (rare, derogatory) An insult used towards women.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔrwə/
Noun
hore (uncountable)
- Muck, mud; that which is filthy or dirty.
- Iniquity, evil, sin; that which is morally foul.
- (rare, physiology) Phlegm or rheum.
References
Etymology 3
Adjective
hore
- Alternative form of har (“hoar”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hore
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 5
Determiner
hore
- (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 6
Noun
hore
- Alternative form of ore (“oar”)
Etymology 7
Determiner
hore
- Alternative form of oure (“our”)
Etymology 8
Verb
hore
- Alternative form of horyen
Etymology 9
Verb
hore
- Alternative form of horen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).
Noun
hore f or m (definite singular hora or horen, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)
- a whore
Derived terms
References
- “hore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra.
Noun
hore f (definite singular hora, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)
- a whore
Derived terms
References
- “hore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Old High German huora (German Hure), Dutch hoer, Old Norse hóra (Danish hore, Swedish hora); compare also Latin carus (“dear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hōre f
- whore, prostitute
- 996-7, Ælfric, Lives of Saints/Life of Saint Nicholas
Ða wolde heora fæder læton heo beon horan þæt hi mihton his earme lif huru mid þan forðbringan.- Then their father wanted to let her become a whore so that they might thereby sustain his wretched lifestyle.
Declension
Weak:
Descendants
Old Irish
Conjunction
hore
- Alternative spelling of hóre
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech hora. Doublet of góra.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hore
- (Żywiec) upward
- Synonym: do góry
Further reading
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “hore”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 356
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
hore f
- inflection of horă:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular
Slovak
Noun
hore f
- dative/locative singular of hora