ora

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin.

Noun

ora

1. plural of os (“anatomical opening”)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

ora (plural oras)

1. (historical) A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

See also

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, OAR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾa/

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ora”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ora.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

ora

1. there, thither, to that place

   Ora getmə. ― Don't go there.

Antonyms

• bura

Derived terms

• ora-bura (“hither and thither”)
• orada (“there”)
• oraya (“thither, to that place”)
• oradan (“thence, from that place”)

Noun

ora (definite accusative oranı, plural oralar)

1. that place

Declension

Blagar

Noun

ora

1. tail

References

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 135

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aura (“breeze”). Doublet of aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. breeze
2. calm weather

Derived terms

• oratge
• orejar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

Esperanto

Etymology

oro (“gold”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adjective

ora (accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH (compare Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl). Cognate with Inari Sami oari, Erzya уро (uro), Moksha ура (ura) and Hungarian ár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/,
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ra

Noun

ora

1. thorn
2. pendant, tooth-like or spine-like spore producing projections in the basidiocarps of the hydnoid fungi

Declension

Synonyms

• oka

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “ora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• aro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: agora

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora rin, ora choran ― Sometimes they laugh, others they cry

Interjection

ora!

1. stop!

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “ora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: nunc

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”), from ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. hour
2. time (of day); hour

   che ora è? ― what time is it?

Derived terms

Related terms

• allora

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Etymology 2

From Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Adverb

ora

2. now

   Synonym: adesso

   Sei libero ora? ― Are you free now?

Derived terms

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Conjunction

ora... ora...

1. first... then...; one moment... the next..

   ora mi ama ora mi odia ― one moment she loves me, the next she hates me

Etymology 3

From Latin aura, from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze

   Synonyms: aura, brezza, venticello

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• ora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• ora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -aro, aro, arò

Javanese

Etymology

From *wola, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be, to appear”). This adverb has been originally used for constructions that termed aggressive mood in colloquial Finnish, so it originally means "it is appears that someone is (not) doing something". However, the notion has been lost as it was completely integrated to the standard language and acquired the default current meaning of "not". Cognates include Indonesian ada and Aklanon waea'.

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ora

1. To live.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly related to Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latvian ara, perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/,

Noun

ōra f (genitive ōrae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
2. coast, seacoast, coastline, shoreline
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.538:

     “Hūc paucī vestrīs adnāvimus ōrīs.”

     “Only we few drifted here to your seacoasts.”
     (Ilioneus explains how the Trojan ships came to Carthage.)

3. region, country

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (border, limit, edge): fīnis, labrum, limbus, līmes, margō
• (sea coast): acta, lītus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/,

Noun

ōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.raː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/,

Verb

ōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

References

• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • to land (of ships): appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
• “ora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Macanese

Alternative forms

• óra, hora

Etymology

From Portuguese hora.

Noun

ora (plural ora-ora)

1. hour, o'clock

   Cinco-óra, assí ― Around five o'clock

2. (countable) occasion, time

   têm ora ― there are times; sometimes

3. (uncountable) time

   Desde qui ora? ― Since when? (literally, “Since what time?”)

   unchinho-unchinho ora ― a little time

4. (by extension) it's time to (+ verb)

Usage notes

• têm ora may be a calque of Cantonese 有時／有时 (jau⁵ si⁴).

Derived terms

• chegâ ora (“at the right time”)
• tudo-óra (“always”)

Related terms

• quelóra

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”). Cognate with Malay ada (“to have, to exist, to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

ora

1. ladder
2. stairs

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?

   What time is it?

Derived terms

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ôre
  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
    • Jersey Dutch: ôr
    • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  • Limburgish: oear

Further reading

• “ōra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.rɑ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from ār (“ore, brass, copper”) and influenced by Proto-West Germanic *ōrikalk (“copper ore, brass”) (whence Old High German ōrkalk), borrowed from Latin orichalcum (“copper ore, brass”). Perhaps compare Low German Ur, Uurt, Uhr, Urt (“compact, reddish, iron-bearing soil”), Early Modern Dutch oor, oore (“mine; lead ore; vein bearing lead and silver”).

Noun

ōra m

1. ore, unwrought metal
2. brass

Declension

Related terms

• ore

Descendants

• Middle English: ore (merged with ār)
  • English: ore
  • Scots: ure, uir
• → English: ora (learned)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōra (“shore”).

Noun

ōra m

1. shore, edge
2. hill

Declension

Further reading

• Hawkins, Jillian (2020) “Words and Swords: People and Power along the Solent in the 5th Century”, in Langlands, Alexander James, Lavelle, Ryan, editors, The Land of the English Kin: Studies in Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England in Honour of Professor Barbara Yorke (Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages; 26), →DOI, pages 50–69

References

Old High German

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old Saxon ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Noun

ōra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    • Hunsrik: Oher
    • Luxembourgish: Ouer
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Ohr

  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian āre, Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old High German ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ôre
  • Low German: Ohr
    • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    • German Low German: Or, Ur

      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवर (avara), a comparative formation whose base survives as ava- or o- (“down”).

Adjective

ora

1. lower

Declension

Derived terms

• orima (“on this side”)

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

Pronoun

ora

1. when

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of orać

   Synonym: (standard) orze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Homophone: hora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonyms: agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora ele ri, ora chora.

   Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Alternative forms

• oras

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of oră

Romansch

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) aura (“weather”)

Spanish

Etymology

Apheresis of ahora (“now”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Conjunction

ora ... ora ...

1. now (something), now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else (used to introduce opposing ideas)

   Tomando ora la espada, ora la pluma.

   Taking at times the sword, at times the pen.

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Daba grandes tumbos a babor y estribor, mostrando ora la horrible panza, ora la cubierta en desorden, negra y húmeda, las escotillas, el cajón de la máquina […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour; time”). Doublet of oras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoɾa/,
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Noun

ora (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ)

1. hour (only in certain expressions)

   Synonym: oras

Derived terms

Related terms

• oraryo

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اورا, equivalent to o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ora

1. there

   o durmadan oraya giderdi. ― they would always go there.

   Evi orada. ― Their home is there.

   Evi orası. ― Their home is over there.

   Oranın yemeğine bayılıyorum. ― I can't get enough of the food there.

   Kedimiz oradan gelmiştir. ― Our cat comes from there

   Orayı seviyorum. ― I love that place.

Usage notes

Seldom used in its uninflected form.

Declension

2=d