different between nor vs ner

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

Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??/

Interjection

ner

1. (slang, childish) An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.

   You're wrong, so ner!

   I don't care what you think, so ner!

   I've got more sweets than you. Ner ner ner ner ner!

Derived terms

ner ner ner ner ner

Emphatic form of ner — pronounced /n?? n?? n? n?? n??/ and sung or spoken with the rhythm: crotchet, dotted quaver, semiquaver, crotchet, crotchet. Spelling is not canonical; alternatives are "ner ner na ner ner" or "ner ner ne ner ner".

Translations

Anagrams

• -ern, -ren, Ern, NRE, REN, RNE, ern, ren

German

Alternative forms

• 'ner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?/

Article

ner

1. (colloquial) Contraction of einer (“a, an”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

ner

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ned

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

ner

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ned

Old Irish

Etymology

After Witczak, from Proto-Celtic *e?ros (“boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)epros (“boar”), with the n- arising from rebracketing of the demonstrative-final n in accusative *ton e?ron, i.e. overgeneralisation of the nasal mutation. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Latin aper, and (with a prefix) Proto-Slavic *vepr?. Witczak rejects Pokorny's derivation from Proto-Celtic *nero- (“hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?r (“man, male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??er/

Noun

ner m (genitive neir, nominative plural neir)

1. (poetic) boar

Inflection

Synonyms

• cullach
• fithend
• torc

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ner”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r/

Noun

ner f

1. genitive plural of nera

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
• (Surmiran) neir

Etymology

From Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.

Adjective

ner m (feminine singular nera, masculine plural ners, feminine plural neras)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) black

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
• (Vallader) alb

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ned (more formal)
• neder (archaic except in some compounds)

Etymology

A contraction of earlier neder, from Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?r/

Adverb

ner (not comparable)

1. (somewhat informal) down; in a direction downwards
2. (somewhat informal) down; off (with various verbs to denote something which is turned off or shut down)

Usage notes

The forms ned and ner are often, but not always, interchangeable. The form ned is more formal and is especially found in compounds of more formal nature, whereas ner is more common as a word on its own. For instance the formal word nedlägga (“to discontinue, shut down”) vs. its informal equivalent lägga ner. Some compounds can use either form, e.g. nedladdning (“download”) (more formal) or nerladdning (less formal). Some compounds only use ned, e.g. nedlåtande (“condescending”).

In a few compounds, the otherwise archaic form neder is used, e.g. nederbörd (“precipitation”) or nedervåning (“ground floor”).

References

• ner in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• ren

Turkmen

Alternative forms

• ??? (ner) (Arabic)

Etymology

From Persian ??? (nar).

Adjective

ner

1. male

   Synonym: erkek

Noun

ner (definite accusative neri, plural nerler)

1. male camel

Declension

Alternative forms

• iner

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse nær, comparative of ná-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [né??]
  • Rhymes: -é?r

Adjective

ner (comparative nermene or nemmene, superlative nemmäst or nemest or nemst)

1. Close; near.

Derived terms

• nerhänneli
• nerhännäs
• nerkuno
• nerskylt
• närliggjen
• när
• näst
• skôtner