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sora
English
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Noun
sora (plural soras)
- A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America.
Translations
Anagrams
- AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, Soar, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, soar
Faroese
Verb
sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)
- to smash
Conjugation
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *?ora, ultimately probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *?er-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sor?/, [?s?o?r?]
- Rhymes: -or?
- Syllabification: so?ra
Noun
sora
- gravel
Declension
Anagrams
- Rosa, oras
Hungarian
Etymology
sor +? -a (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??or?]
- Hyphenation: so?ra
Noun
sora
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of sor
Declension
Japanese
Romanization
sora
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lombard
Etymology
From sopra.
Adverb
sora
- above
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin soror.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?r?/
Noun
sora
- sister
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?so.ra/
Noun
sora f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of sor?
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Puter, Vallader) sour
Etymology
From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swés?r.
Noun
sora f (plural soras)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sister
Coordinate terms
- (in terms of gender):
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frar
- (Puter) frer
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ortolan
English
Etymology
From Middle French hortolan (“gardener”), from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortulan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???.t?l.?n/, /???.t?l.æn/
- (US) IPA(key): /???.t?.læn/, /???.t?.l?n/
Noun
ortolan (plural ortolans)
- A small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
- 2003, Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food, page 73
- […] the last flavor Mitterand wished to savor belonged to the flesh of the endangered ortolan, a songbird the size of a human toe that is a crime to buy or hunt, and is certainly illegal to eat. Mitterand devoured it in the traditional manner, first covering his head with an embroidered cloth, then inserting the entire bird into his mouth. […] Only its head should dangle out from between your lips. Bite off the head and discard.
- 2003, Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food, page 73
- (US) Any of various similar birds, especially the bobolink, sora, or snow bunting.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ortolan.
Hypernyms
- (a small bird eaten as a delicacy): bird, delicacy
Translations
French
Etymology
From occitan, from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Cognate with dialectal French hortelain ("gardener").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?.l??/
Noun
ortolan m (plural ortolans)
- ortolan (small bird)
Related terms
- horticulture
Further reading
- “ortolan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From French ortolan, from Middle French hortolan, from Latin hortul?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?.lan/
Noun
ortolan m anim
- ortolan (small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Declension
Further reading
- ortolan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- ortolan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ortolan.
Noun
ortolan m (plural ortolani)
- ortolan
Declension
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