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hour
English
Alternative forms
- hower, houre, howre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin h?ra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?- (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ??ar (“year”). Doublet of hora.
Displaced native Middle English stunde, stound (“hour, moment, stound”) (from Old English stund (“hour, time, moment”)), Middle English ?etid, tid (“hour, time”) from Old English *?et?d, compare Old Saxon get?d (“hour, time”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ow??r, IPA(key): /?a??(?)/
- (US, Canada) enPR: owr, IPA(key): /?a??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Homophone: our (depending on accent)
- Rhymes: -a?.?(?)
Noun
hour (plural hours)
- A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- A season, moment, or time.
- Now will be a good hour to show you Milly Erne's grave.
- (poetic) The time.
- (military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
- (chiefly US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour.
Synonyms
- (period of sixty minutes, a season or moment): stound (obsolete)
Derived terms
Pages starting with “hour”.
Synonyms
- Singular: h, hr
- Plural: h, hrs
Translations
Anagrams
- rohu
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hour
- Alternative form of houre
Etymology 2
Determiner
hour
- Alternative form of oure
References
- “our(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 3
Determiner
hour
- Alternative form of youre
hour From the web:
yer
English
Etymology 1
Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/j??/) and a non-high vowel (/?/, /??/, /??/, /??/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/j?? ?? n??/)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?(?)/
Pronoun
yer
- (Britain, slang or dialectal, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you.
Derived terms
- yerself, yerselves
Adverb
yer
- (Britain, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
Contraction
yer
- (Britain, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
- 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd
- Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
- ‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
- 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd
Determiner
yer
- (Britain or Southern US, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
- 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group
- 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:
- ‘Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.’
- 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group
See also
- ya
- jer
Etymology 2
Russian ?? (jer).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /j??/, /j?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /j??/
Noun
yer (plural yers)
- Either of the letters ? and ? in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
Anagrams
- -ery, Rey, Rye, e'ry, eyr, rye, yre
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *y?r. Cognate with Old Turkic ????????? (yer), ????????????? (yir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jer?]
Noun
yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerl?r)
- the earth
- ground
- place, location
- space
Declension
Derived terms
- yerli (“local”)
- yerli hal (“locative”)
- yerlibazl?q (“unjustly favoring of one's fellow countrypeople”)
- yersiz (“out of place”)
References
Blagar
Noun
yer
- water
References
- Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?je??/
Noun
yer f pl
- Plural form of yar.
Cornish
Noun
yer f pl
- plural of yar (“chicken, hen”)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *y?r. Cognate with Old Turkic ????????? (yer), ????????????? (yir) and Azebaijani yer.
Noun
yer
- earth.
- place, location.
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French hier.
Adverb
yer
- yesterday
Derived terms
- avantyer
Meroitic
Romanization
yer
- Romanization of ?????????????
Scots
Pronoun
yer
- your
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je?/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ???, from Proto-Turkic *y?r. Compare Old Turkic ????????? (yer), ????????????? (yir).
Noun
yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)
- place, location
- the ground, the earth
Declension
Derived terms
- yer f?st???
See also
- yer yer
Etymology 2
Verb
yer
- third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of yemek
Uzbek
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *y?r (“earth”).
Noun
yer
- earth
- soil, ground
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