sor

English

Etymology

Clipping of sorority, like frat from fraternity.

Noun

sor (plural sors)

1. (US, informal) A sorority (student organization).
   • 2004, The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005, page 327:

     “The Greeks have tons of influence on campus,” says one student. “Frats and sors allow for smaller groups of friends, making it easier to have a social identity.”

   • 2011, Brian Washburn, University of Utah 2012:

     If you are not a part of a Frat/Sor, then it seems at though they are non-existent.

Anagrams

• ORS, ORs, Ors, ROS, RSO, Ros, SRO

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺or/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: sor

Adjective

sor (comparative sorrago, superlative sorren, excessive sorregi)

1. numb

   Synonym: soraio

2. discreet, inconspicuous
3. (dated) deaf

   Synonym: gor

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• "sor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “sor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative form).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sor f (plural sors)

1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
2. (archaic) sister

Further reading

• “sor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Adjective

sor (feminine sora, masculine plural sors, feminine plural sores)

1. (regional) reddish

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

sor m (plural sors)

1. (Valencia, botany) sorus

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English sorry.

Pronunciation

Interjection

sor

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Used to express apology over trivial matters, where apology is needed but the use of sorry would be considered too formal.

Synonyms

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sor

Adverb

sor

1. (neologism, nonstandard) up, upwards (direction away from the center of the Earth)

Synonyms

• supren (“up, upwards”)

Antonyms

• malsupren (“down, downwards”)
• (neologism, nonstandard) sob (“down, downwards”)

Derived terms

• sori
• Soros

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Rhymes: -or

Noun

sor (plural sorok)

1. row (in the auditorium of a theater etc.)

   Holonym: nézőtér (“auditorium”)

   Meronyms: szék, ülés, hely (all: “seat”)

2. row (in a sheet, table, database)

   Coordinate term: oszlop (“column”)

3. (of text) line

   Holonyms: bekezdés, oldal, fejezet, szöveg

   Meronyms: szó, betű

4. queue (GB) , line (US) (people or things waiting to be served one after the other)
5. (mathematics, physics) series

   Synonym: sorozat

6. a fairly large quantity (of things)
7. (of events) chain, course, succession

   Synonym: sorozat

8. someone’s turn (used in several phrases with -n/-on/-en/-ön)

   Synonyms: jön (literally “to come”), következik (both: to be one’s turn, literally “to follow”)

   soron következik ― to come next

   Most rajta a sor, hogy bizonyítson. ― Now it’s his turn to prove himself.

   Mindjárt rákerül a sor. ― Soon it will be his/her turn.

   Szerintem ő van most soron. ― I think it's his/her turn right now.

9. occurrence, taking place (with the verbs kerít, kerül)
10. (after a proper name) a type of street or road with buildings on one side only

    Ajtósi Dürer sor ― Ajtósi Dürer Road

11. situation, status

    Synonym: helyzet

12. birth, social rank, class (used with adjectives like high or low)
13. (archaic) fate, lot

    Synonyms: sors, végzet

14. (poker) straight
15. (chess) rank
16. significance, footing (whether things are on a par with each other)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• sor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From signore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr/, /ˈsor/
• Rhymes: -ɔr, -or
• Hyphenation: sòr, sór

Noun

sor m (feminine sora)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Roman) mister, sir (before personal names or professions)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sār.

Adjective

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Noun

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Adverb

sor

1. Alternative form of sore

Etymology 2

From Old French sor, from Frankish *saur, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. Doublet of sere (“dry”).

Alternative forms

• sore, sowre, sawre, soure, sowyr, soore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːr/, /sɔr/

Adjective

sor

2. sorrel (red-brown; used to describe animals)

Derived terms

• sored
• sorel
• sowryng

Descendants

• English: sore (obsolete)

References

• “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

Noun

sor (plural sowres)

1. A sorrel horse.
2. A four-year-old male deer.

Descendants

• English: sore (obsolete)

References

• “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• سۆر (sor) — Arabic spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

sor (comparative sortir, superlative herî sor or sortirîn)

1. red

See also

Old French

Preposition

sor

1. Alternative form of seur

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably ultimately from Latin sus, through a Vulgar Latin variant *suris instead of suis, through analogy with other Latin declensions like mus, whence muris, or os, whence oris.

Noun

sor n (plural soruri) (rare)

1. skin shaved from a pig

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

sor f (obsolete or dialectal)

1. Alternative form of soră (“sister”)

References

• sor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Sor

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sor, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sor

Noun

sor f (plural sores)

1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
2. (archaic) sister

   Synonym: hermana

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

sor

1. indefinite plural of so

Anagrams

• Ros, ors, ros

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• sûr

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective

sor

1. red