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English

Etymology

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Noun

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.

Derived terms

• koraist

See also

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• akro-, okra

Esperanto

Etymology

From koro (“heart”) +? -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kora/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kor?]
• Hyphenation: ko?ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -r?

Etymology 1

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

Adjective

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

Derived terms

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

Etymology 2

kor (“age”) +? -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

Declension

Derived terms

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

Further reading

• kora in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

kora

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Noun

kora m

1. genitive singular form of koris

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /?ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²ku?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

Verb

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kor)

1. alternative form of kore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.ra/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kora, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- whence English cortex and decorticate.

Noun

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

Declension

Related terms

• korowy, podkorowy

Etymology 2

Noun

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

Declension

Further reading

• kora in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

Derived terms

• -koresha
• umukozi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko?ra

Noun

k?ra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

Declension

References

• “kora” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Noun

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Vilamovian

Noun

kora f

1. punishment

Synonyms

• ?tröf f

Westrobothnian

Verb

kora

1. Alternative spelling of köra

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew ??????? (hóra), Yiddish ?????? (hore), and Romanian hor?, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek ????? (chorós, “dance”). Doublet of chorus.

Noun

hora (plural horas)

1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (hor?, “hour”). Doublet of hour.

Noun

hora (uncountable)

1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.

References

Anagrams

• Haro, Hoar, ROAH, haor, haro, hoar, oh ar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin h?ra (“hour”).

Noun

hora m (plural hores)

1. hour
2. time

   ¿Qué hora ye?

   What time is it?

3. o'clock

   les 19.00 hores

   7.00 pm

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin h?ra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??.?a/

Noun

hora f (plural hores)

1. hour (sixty minutes)
2. time (the moment as indicated by a clock)

3. time (the appropriate hour to do something)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ora/

Noun

hora f

1. mountain
2. (colloquial) a lot, tons

Declension

Derived terms

• horal m
• horolezec m

Related terms

• horka
• horní
• horník
• horský
• h?ra
• h?rka
• náhorní
• podh??í

Further reading

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

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish hora

Noun

hora

1. hour.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“dear, loved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho??a/
• Rhymes: -o??a

Noun

hora f (genitive singular horu, plural horur)

1. (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
2. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) slut
3. (nautical, humorous) tusk, cusk

Declension

Synonyms

• (prostitute): skøkja f
• (tusk, cusk): brosma f

Finnish

Noun

hora

1. hora (dance)

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From Latin h?ra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????], [?o??]

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

1. hour
2. time of the day

   ¿Que hora é? — "What time is it?

3. regular or designated time for doing something

Interlingua

Noun

hora (plural horas)

1. hour

Derived terms

• libro de horas Book of hours

Italian

Noun

hora f (plural hore)

1. Obsolete form of ora.

Japanese

Romanization

hora

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ho?.ra/, [?ho??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.ra/, [?????]

Noun

h?ra f (genitive h?rae); first declension

1. hour
2. time
   • c. 2 A.D., Ovid, Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI)

     Dum loquor, hora fugit.

     Even as I speak, time fleeteth way.

3. o'clock
4. season; time of year

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Noun

h?r? f

1. ablative singular of h?ra
   • (Can we date this quote by Ave Maria and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

     Et in hora mortis nostrae.

     And in the hour of our death.

2. vocative singular of h?ra

References

• hora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• hora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hora in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Determiner

hora

1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• horen

Noun

hora m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hore

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hora f

1. definite singular of hore

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?.

Noun

h?ra f

1. whore, adulteress

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: hora

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ora, from Latin h?ra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?- (“year, season”).

Cognate with Galician hora, Spanish hora, Catalan hora, Occitan ora, French heure, Italian ora and Romanian oar?.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: ora
• Hyphenation: ho?ra

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

2. hour (period of sixty minutes)

4. time (point in time)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:hora.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hora]

Noun

hora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of hor?

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-hóra (infinitive guhóra, perfective -hóze)

1. to be(come) quiet, be(come) calm
2. to be(come) cold, cool
3. to always or continuously do

Derived terms

• amahoro (“peace”)
• buhoro

Verb

-h?ra (infinitive guh?ra, perfective -h?ye)

1. to avenge

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ora]

Noun

hora f (genitive singular hory, nominative plural hory, genitive plural hôr, declension pattern of žena)

1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• horár
• hori?ka
• horský
• hôrka
• hôrny

Further reading

• hora in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin h?ra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?a/, [?o.?a]

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

1. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)

2. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)

3. high time (usually with "ya")

4. (education) hour, period (of class)

5. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: oras

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish h?ra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure.

Pronunciation

Noun

hora c

1. whore

Declension

Verb

hora (present horar, preterite horade, supine horat, imperative hora)

1. to whore

Conjugation

Related terms

• hor
• horbock
• horeri
• horig
• horkarl
• horklut
• horunge

Anagrams

• hoar