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Yes. The word ancora is a Scrabble US word. The word ancora is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

ANCORA,

5-letter words (4 found)

ACORN,CARON,NARCO,RACON,

4-letter words (13 found)

ACRO,ANOA,ARCO,ARNA,CARN,CORN,CRAN,CRON,NARC,ORCA,RACA,RANA,ROAN,

3-letter words (14 found)

ANA,ARC,CAA,CAN,CAR,CON,COR,NOR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,RAN,ROC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AN,AR,NA,NO,ON,OR,

You can make 39 words from ancora according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ancora

ancora

Catalan

Verb

ancora

  1. inflection of ancorar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

ancora

  1. inflection of ancorar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

ancora (plural ancoras)

  1. anchor

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *hancōra, probably from Late Latin in hanc hōram (“until this hour”). Compare French encore, Occitan and Catalan encara.

Alternative forms

  • ancor (apocopic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈko.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Hyphenation: an‧có‧ra

Adverb

ancora

  1. still
    Synonym: tuttora
    Lavora ancora come barista. ― She still works as a bartender.
  2. again
    Synonyms: di nuovo, nuovamente, un'altra volta
    Il gatto è scappato ancora. ― The cat has fled again.
  3. more
    Synonyms: ulteriormente, (di) più, altro (adjective), ulteriore (adjective)
    Se possibile, vorrei ancora caffè. ― If it's possible, I'd like some more coffee.
  4. (after the adverb non) yet, not yet
    Synonyms: finora, sinora, fino ad ora, sino ad ora, per ora, a tutt'oggi
    E non è ancora finita! ― We're not done yet!
  5. even
    Synonyms: addirittura, anche, perfino, persino, pure, finanche
    Ancor(a) meglio che sia così! ― It's even better if it is so!
Derived terms
  • ancorché

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ancora, possibly from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ko.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ankora
  • Hyphenation: àn‧co‧ra

Noun

ancora f (plural ancore)

  1. (nautical) anchor (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
    Synonym: ormeggio
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ko.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ankora
  • Hyphenation: àn‧co‧ra

Verb

ancora

  1. inflection of ancorare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • ancora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • ancora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ancora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • ancora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • ancora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Carano, anarco-, arcano, canora, racano

Latin

Etymology

Either cognate with or, more likely, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ko.ra/, [ˈäŋkɔrä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ko.ra/, [ˈäŋkorä]

Noun

ancora f (genitive ancorae); first declension

  1. anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting)
  2. (figuratively) refuge, support, hope

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “ancora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ancora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ancora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “ancora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ancora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈku.rɒ/

Noun

ancora f (plural ancoras)

  1. anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

ancora

  1. inflection of ancorar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Noun

ancora f (plural ancoras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of âncora

Romanian

Etymology

From ancoră +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.koˈra/

Verb

a ancora (third-person singular present ancorează, past participle ancorat) 1st conj.

  1. to anchor

Conjugation

Related terms

  • ancorabil
  • ancorare
  • ancorat

Further reading

  • ancora in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Verb

ancora

  1. inflection of ancorar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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