different between ooer vs oker
ooer
English
Alternative forms
- oo-er
Interjection
ooer
- (Britain) said to acknowledge a double entendre or something that sounds rude
Derived terms
- ooer missus, oo-er missus
Anagrams
- -eroo, Oreo
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oker
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *w?kraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English w?cor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic ???????????????????? (w?krs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.
Alternative forms
- ocker, occur, ockar, okir, okkir
Noun
oker (plural okers)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.
Verb
oker (third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.
Derived terms
- okerer
- okering
Etymology 2
Noun
oker (countable and uncountable, plural okers)
- (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre.
Etymology 3
Noun
oker (plural okers)
- Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”)
- 1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece (volumes 1-2, page 296)
- Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]
- 1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece (volumes 1-2, page 296)
Anagrams
- Kore, kero, kore, roke
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?k?r
Noun
oker m (plural okers)
- ochre (mineral)
Noun
oker n (uncountable)
- ochre (colour)
Anagrams
- roek, roke
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra, “pale yellow”), from ????? (?khrós, “pale, ochre”).
Noun
oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okere or okre or okrer, definite plural okerne or okrene)
- (mineralogy) ochre
Derived terms
- okergul
References
- “oker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “oker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra, “pale yellow”), from ????? (?khrós).
Noun
oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okrar, definite plural okrane)
- (mineralogy) ochre
Derived terms
- okergul
References
- “oker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oker m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- ochre
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