different between dorr vs dort

English

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

1. A dor, or dorbeetle.
2. (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.

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Anagrams

• Dror, RROD

English

Etymology

From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

dort (plural dorts)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.

Usage notes

• Usually used in the plural, the dorts.

Derived terms

• dorty

Verb

dort (third-person singular simple present dorts, present participle dorting, simple past and past participle dorted)

1. (intransitive) To become pettish; sulk.

Anagrams

• dtor, trod

Cimbrian

Preposition

dort

1. Alternative form of dor

Czech

Etymology

German Torte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dort]
• Rhymes: -ort

Noun

dort m

1. cake

Declension

Derived terms

• ?okoládový dort
• dortík
• dortí?ek
• t?ešni?ka na dortu

Further reading

• dort in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dort in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/

Verb

dort

1. third-person singular present indicative of dormir

Anagrams

• tord

German

Alternative forms

• dorten (dialectal or poetic; overall very rare)

Etymology

From Old High German doret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?rt/, [d??t], [d???t], [d??t]

Adverb

dort

1. there, yonder

Usage notes

• Dort is seldom ever heard in non-formal speech in some regions of Germany, chiefly the west and north. The synonym da is overall more frequent, although dort is quite common in eastern Germany, southern Germany, and Austria.
• In literary German, dort is usual in all regions.

Synonyms

• da

Further reading

• “dort” in Duden online