different between nor vs kor

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: nô, IPA^(key): /n??/
• (US) enPR: nôr, IPA^(key): /n???/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophone: gnaw (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

nor

1. (literary) And not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
   • Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.

   • 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman

     And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]

   • 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

     Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.

2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.

3. Used to introduce a further negative statement.

4. (Britain, dialect) Than.

Translations

See also

• neither

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or

Noun

nor (plural nors)

1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR

See also

• and
• nand
• or
• xor

Anagrams

• NRO, RON, Ron, orn, ron

Aromanian

Noun

nor

1. Alternative form of norã

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nor/, [nor], [no?]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

nor

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Etymology 2

From the interrogative pronoun.

Adjective

nor (not comparable)

1. (grammatical term, used as a modifier) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nor]

Noun

nor f

1. genitive plural of nora

Dutch

Etymology

Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, cf. brommen (“to do time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r/
• Hyphenation: nor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)

1. (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment

   Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik

Norman

Alternative forms

• nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþr? (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nor m (uncountable)

1. (Sark) north

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r/

Noun

nor f

1. genitive plural of nora

Romanian

Alternative forms

• nour (regional, Moldova)
• noor (regional, Oltenia),
• nuor, nuv?r (regional, Banat)
• nuar (archaic, obsolete)

Etymology

From older nuar, nu?r, from Latin n?bilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective n?bilus (“cloudy”), from Latin n?b?s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newd?- (“to cover”). Compare Aromanian nior,Spanish nube,Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nor]

Noun

nor m (plural nori)

1. cloud

Declension

Derived terms

• (a se) înnora
• noros

Slovene

Etymology

From German Narr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??r/

Adjective

n?r (comparative b?lj n?r, superlative n?jbolj n?r)

1. crazy, insane, mad

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

nor

1. narrow strait

Anagrams

• ron

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish nuora.

Noun

nor

1. string

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161,

     Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

Anagrams

• OKR, ROK, ork, rok

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?or?]

Adjective

kor (comparative daha kor, superlative ?n kor)

1. blind

See also

• kar (“deaf”)

Cornish

Noun

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurn?, from Proto-Indo-European *?r?Hnóm.

Noun

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?r/, [k?o???]
• Rhymes: -o???

Noun

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Declension

Further reading

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r/
• Hyphenation: kor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. A trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed.

Derived terms

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

German

Verb

kor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of kiesen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

kor (plural korok)

1. age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

3. (geology) epoch

Declension

The multiple-possession forms are practically nonexistent; the form korai coincides with another lexeme.

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r/
• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor (first-person possessive korku, second-person possessive kormu, third-person possessive kornya)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble.

   Synonym: paduan suara

Further reading

• “kor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kamta

Verb

kor (kor)

1. do

Conjugation

Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

kor

1. A chorus.

Matal

Verb

kor

1. to have, gain

Derived terms

• makoray

References

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??/
• Rhymes: -o??

Adjective

kor (comparative kortir, superlative herî kor)

1. blind

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus (“chorus”), from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “dance ring, chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“catch”) or Proto-Indo-European *??oros.

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent
• korsanger

Etymology 2

Adverb

kor

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvor

References

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r?/, /ku?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent

References

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?r/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kor

1. indefinite plural of ko

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós).

Noun

kor n

1. chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
2. (dated) a choir (group of singing people)

Declension

Related terms

(in church architecture):

(singing):

References

• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ork

Tocharian B

Etymology

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Noun

kor

1. throat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

Declension

See also

• cüruf
• köz

Volapük

Noun

kor (nominative plural kors)

1. choir

Declension

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian ???? (kur).

Adjective

kor

1. blind