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Translingual
Symbol
nor
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Norwegian.
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.
Conjunction
nor
- (literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
They are happy, nor need we worry.
1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman:And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]
- A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:But neither breath of Morn when she ascends / With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun / On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, / Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; / Nor grateful Evening mild; nor silent Night / With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
- (archaic) Neither.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
- Used to introduce a further negative statement.
The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
- (UK, dialect) Than.
He's no better nor you.
1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 131:'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 92:I wouldn’t like to live here though, not after dark. Sooner you nor me.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.
Noun
nor (plural nors)
- (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Aromanian
Noun
nor
- Alternative form of norã
Basque
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Basque *nor, containing the interrogative prefix *no-.
Pronoun
nor (interrogative)
- who
- Nor da? ― Who is he/she?
- Ez nekien nor zinen. ― I didn't know who you were.
- Norentzat da opari hau? ― Who is this present for?
Declension
Declension of Basque interrogative pronouns
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the interrogative pronoun.
Adjective
nor (indeclinable)
- (grammatical term) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument
- Nor aditzak euskarazko aditzik errezenak dira. ― In Basque, nor verbs are the easiest to learn.
References
Further reading
- "nor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
- “nor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
nor f
- genitive plural of nora
Dutch
Etymology
Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, compare brommen (“to do time”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)
- (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment
- Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nubilum. Compare Romanian nor, Aromanian nior.
Noun
nor m
- cloud
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).
Noun
nor m (uncountable)
- (Sark) north
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔr/
- Rhymes: -ɔr
- Syllabification: nor
Noun
nor f
- genitive plural of nora
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older nuar, nuăr, from Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (“cloudy”), from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Aromanian nior, Spanish nube, Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.
Pronunciation
Noun
nor m (plural nori)
- cloud
Declension
Declension of nor
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) nor
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norul
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(niște) nori
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norii
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genitive/dative
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(unui) nor
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norului
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(unor) nori
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norilor
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vocative
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norule
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norilor
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Derived terms
Slovene
Etymology
From German Narr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nȍr (comparative bȍlj nȍr, superlative nȁjbolj nȍr)
- crazy, insane, mad
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish nor, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz. Cognate with English narrow.
Pronunciation
Noun
nor n
- narrow strait
Declension
Further reading
Anagrams
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *noora.
Noun
nor
- rope
Declension
Yola
Conjunction
nor
- Alternative form of noor
1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.- May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.
1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:Mee piggès, mee geearthès, nor nodhing threeve,- My pigs, my goats, nor nothing thrive,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 100