lor

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English

Etymology

From Hokkien 囉／啰 (--lo͘) and Cantonese 囉／啰 (lo1).

Pronunciation

Particle

lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)

  1. Used to convey a sense of resignation.
    Next time lor. ― Leave it for next time.
    OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.
    • 2003 November 16, Suzanne Sng, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 16:
      [B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Ya lor. He’s right.’
  2. Asserts that the answer to something is obvious or straightforward.
    You lor. ― It's obviously you then.
    Then tell him lor. ― You go and tell him then.
  3. Used to emphasise one's opinion.
    Sorry lor. ― (sarcastic) Oh I'm so sorry!
    Very dirty lor. ― It's so dirty!
    Ya lor / Han nor. ― Yeah (agreement)

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎
  • Wee, Lionel (2002) “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎, volume 34, number 6

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Romanian lor.

Pronoun

lor (genitive form of elj, and eali)

  1. their

Pronoun

lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)

  1. to them

Usage notes

Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".

Related terms

  • (a) lui (masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • (a) ljei (feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • lã (masculine/feminine plural dative- short/unstressed form)

Breton

Adjective

lor

  1. dirty

Chinese

Pronunciation

Particle

lor

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 囉／啰 (particle)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

Pronunciation

Preposition

lor

  1. at the time of (an event), at the same time as

Derived terms

  • lora (“then, now”)
  • lore (“then, at the time”)

See also

  • dum (“during, in (a period of time)”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese lor (ꦭꦺꦴꦂ), from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of laut.

Pronunciation

Noun

lor

  1. (Java) north

Further reading

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian loro and French leur.

Determiner

lor

  1. (possessive) their

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: lór

Determiner

lor

  1. Apocopic form of loro
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 103–105; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Bestemmiavano Dio e’ lor parenti,
      l’umana spezie e ’l loco e ’l tempo e ’l seme
      di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.
      God they blasphemed and their progenitors,
      the human race, the place, the time, the seed
      of their engendering and of their birth!

Javanese

Romanization

lor

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦂ

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

  • or

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French or.

Noun

lor

  1. Gold

Etymology 2

From French là-haut.

Preposition

lor

  1. on
    Antonym: anba

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

In sense 1, inherited from Latin illōrum. In sense 2, borrowed from Italian loro.

Pronoun

lor

  1. them (dative)
  2. them (accusative)

References

  • “lor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illōrum.

Pronoun

lor

  1. to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)

Determiner

lor

  1. their (third-person plural possessive)

Descendants

  • French: leur

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (“sea”) and lod (“sea”).

Noun

lor

  1. north
    Synonyms: uttara, sĕlatan

Derived terms

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Italian loro, French leur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lor/
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Pronoun

lor (genitive form of ei, and ele)

  1. (also possessive determiner) their

Synonyms

  • (less frequently used): său (masculine singular), sa (feminine singular), săi (masculine plural), sale (feminine plural)

Pronoun

lor (dative form of ei, and ele)

  1. to them

See also

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Etymology

From Persian لور.

Noun

lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)

  1. A whey cheese similar to ricotta.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative lor
Definite accusative loru
Singular Plural
Nominative lor lorlar
Definite accusative loru lorları
Dative lora lorlara
Locative lorda lorlarda
Ablative lordan lorlardan
Genitive lorun lorların

Wolof

Noun

lor (definite form lor wi)

  1. saliva
    Synonym: tëflit
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