hor

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See also: Hor, hoř, hoor, hór, hör, and hør

English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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hor (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) her

References

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  • Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group[1], archived from the original on 2024-09-05.
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Etymology 2

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From Hokkien (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese (ho2, interrogative particle).

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Particle

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hor (Singlish, Singapore)

  1. Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.
    Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor.Don’t sprout nonsense, it wasn’t my fault, OK?
    • 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore[3] (Usenet):
      sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
    • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2[4]:
      [] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
  2. An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
    Quite boring, hor?It's quite boring, isn’t it?
  3. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
    ....then hor......and then...
    • 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.
    • 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      Can email me or not?........if can hor.... []

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References

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  • Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
  • Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004) “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

Anagrams

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Basque

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /or/, [o̞r]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hor/, [ɦo̞r]

Adverb

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hor (not comparable)

  1. there (near the listener)

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hor anim

  1. (Souletin) Alternative form of or

Further reading

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  • or”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • hor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • hor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Breton

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Determiner

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hor

  1. our

Czech

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Noun

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hor f

  1. genitive plural of hora

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hór.

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Noun

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hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

  1. (dated) adultery
  2. lechery, whoring, fornication

Declension

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Verb

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hor

  1. imperative of hore

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch horde (braided latticework).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

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hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. an insect screen

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (dirt, mucus).

Noun

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hor m or n (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. snot, mucus (from the nose)
Declension
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    Declension of hor
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horinn
accusative hor horinn
dative hor hornum
genitive hors horsins
    Declension of hor
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horið
accusative hor horið
dative hori horinu
genitive hors horsins
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (lean, thin). Compare Latin gracilis (lean).

Noun

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hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. emaciation, famine
Declension
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    Declension of hor
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hor horinn
accusative hor horinn
dative hor hornum
genitive hors horsins
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Derived terms
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Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

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Noun

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hor 

  1. (Yao'an) meat

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English hēr.

Noun

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hor

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 2

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From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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hor

  1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
  2. Having white or gray hair.
  3. Old, advanced in age.
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Descendants
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  • English: hoar
  • Scots: hare, hair
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Noun

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hor

  1. An elderly person; a senior.
  2. Old age; elderliness.
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Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Etymology 3

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Pronoun

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hor

  1. Alternative form of hire (hers)

Etymology 4

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Determiner

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hor

  1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (their)

Etymology 5

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Noun

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hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (whore)

Etymology 6

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Noun

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hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (muck)

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (hair). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

Noun

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hor n

  1. hair

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

Noun

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hōr n

  1. adultery

Declension

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Descendants

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Romanian

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Noun

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hor n (plural horuri)

  1. Obsolete form of cor.

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References

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  • hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun

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hȏr m (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Somali

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Noun

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hor ?

  1. in front

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (loved). Related to English whore.

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Noun

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hor n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”
    Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.
    She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

Declension

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Zazaki

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: hor

Noun

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hor

  1. Alternative form of hewr