wor

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English

Etymology

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (our) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɔː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Determiner

wor

  1. (Geordie) Our.
    If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

Usage notes

  • Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

wor

  1. stone

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of wor – see (“Cantonese particle”).
(This term is a variant form of ).

Chuukese

Verb

wor

  1. to exist

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu (vo).

Pronunciation

Noun

wor 

  1. (Yao'an) snow

Usage notes

  • Used in compounds, the normal word for "snow" is wor lei a.

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.

Pronunciation

Adverb

wor

  1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
  5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.

Pronunciation

Noun

wor (uncountable)

  1. The seashore, beach; sand (on a seashore).
  2. seaweed (in sewor)

Descendants

  • English: ware
  • Scots: ware
  • Yola: wore

References