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3-letter words (3 found)

DOR,ORD,ROD,

2-letter words (3 found)

DO,OD,OR,

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dor odr dro rdo ord rod

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Definitions and meaning of dor

dor

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophone: door

Etymology 1

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“bee, hornet, drone”).

Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

Alternative forms

  • dorr

Noun

dor (plural dors)

  1. A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying
  2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • dumbledore

Etymology 2

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

Noun

dor (plural dors)

  1. (obsolete) a trick, joke, or deception

Anagrams

  • DRO, ODR, Ord, RDO, Rod, dro, ord, rod

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Adjective

dor (attributive dorre, comparative dorder, superlative dorste)

  1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • doru

Etymology 1

From Latin doleō. Compare Romanian durea.

Verb

dor first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative doari or doare, past participle durutã)

  1. to hurt, ache
Usage notes

Usually used reflexively (e.g. "mi doari"- it hurts/pains (me)), as with the Romanian cognate, which is only conjugated in the 3rd person.

Related terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Romanian dor.

Noun

dor

  1. wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing, desire
  2. love
  3. passion
  4. pain, suffering
See also
  • vreari

Azerbaijani

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

dor (definite accusative doru, plural dorlar)

  1. (nautical) mast
    dorlu qayıq ― a dingy with a mast
    üç dorlu gəmi ― a ship with three masts
  2. (radio, electric) tower

Declension

Further reading

  • “dor” in Obastan.com.

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton dor, from Proto-Brythonic *dor (compare Welsh dôr), from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr.

Noun

dor f (plural dorioù)

  1. door

Mutation

Note: it is the last remnant of nasal mutation in Breton, and becomes "an nor".

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • dort

Etymology

From earlier dort, from Middle High German dort, from Old High German dorot, doret (“there”). Cognate with German dort (“there, yonder”).

Preposition

dor

  1. (Sette Comuni) through, across, along
    de mèrchar dor de biizen ― the boundary markers along the meadow

References

  • “dor” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-.

Noun

dor m (plural dorow)

  1. ground, earth
  2. Earth

Usage notes

(Earth): undergoes irregular mutation after definite article when referring to the Earth: an nor

Derived terms

  • aval dor (“potato”)
  • aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
  • know dor (“peanuts”)

Mutation

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dorre, from Old Dutch *thurri, from Proto-West Germanic *þurʀī, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔr/
  • Hyphenation: dor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Adjective

dor (comparative dorder, superlative dorst)

  1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • dorheid
  • dorren

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dor
  • Negerhollands: dor

Galician

Alternative forms

  • delor, dolor

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese door, from Latin dolor, dolōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪oːɾ]

Noun

dor f (plural dores)

  1. pain
    Synonym: pena
  2. grief
    Synonyms: pena, mágoa

Related terms

References

  • “door” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “door” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “dor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “dor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “dor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Verb

dor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dō

Middle Dutch

Preposition

dor

  1. Alternative form of dōre

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dor.

Cognate with Old Saxon dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old English duru, German Tür). Indo-European cognates include Greek θυρα (thyra), Latin foris, Lithuanian dùrys, Old Church Slavonic двьрь (dvĭrĭ) (Russian дверь (dverʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːr/

Noun

dōr n

  1. a large door, a gate

Declension

Related terms

  • duru

Descendants

  • Middle English: dor, dore
    • English: door

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dor.

Cognate with Old English dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old Saxon duru, German Tür).

Noun

dor n

  1. a gate, a large door

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese door f (“pain”), from Latin dolōrem m, from Old Latin *dolōs, from Proto-Italic *dolōs, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to hew, split”). Compare Galician dor and Spanish dolor.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: dor

Noun

dor f (plural dores)

  1. pain (physical or emotional)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: dór

Rohingya

Alternative forms

  • 𐴊𐴡𐴌 (dor) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Noun

dor (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴡𐴌)

  1. price
    Synonyms: dam, kimot

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Spanish duelo (“sorrow, mourning”), French deuil (“bereavement”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dor/

Noun

dor n (plural doruri)

  1. wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing; a strong feeling of missing someone or something

Declension

Derived terms

  • dori

Related terms

  • durea

References

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish tor.

Archaic in Xunhua because they use vañ, a Chinese borrowing instead.

Pronunciation

  • (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [tʰor]
  • (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [tor]

Noun

dor

  1. (archaic) net
    Synonym: vañ

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893) “тор”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
  • Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477. [1]
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dor”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dor”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 90
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dor (only in Xinjiang)”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 278

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔr/
  • Syllabification: dor

Noun

dor m inan

  1. gift

References

  • Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “dǻr”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎[3] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 170

Tolai

Pronoun

dor

  1. First-person inclusive dual pronoun: you (singular) and I, you (singular) and me

Declension


Turkmen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (“bay”). Cognate with Turkish doru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːr/
  • Hyphenation: dor

Adjective

dor (comparative dorrak, superlative iň dor)

  1. (equestrianism) reddish-brown, bay

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔr/

Verb

dor

  1. Soft mutation of tor.

Mutation


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