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hora

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hore), and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”). Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire.

Noun

hora (plural horas)

2. (dance) A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour”). Doublet of hour and year.

Noun

hora (uncountable)

1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.

References

Anagrams

• Haro, Hoar, ROAH, haor, haro, hoar, oh ar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Noun

hora m (plural hores)

1. hour
2. time

   ¿Qué hora ye?

   What time is it?

3. o'clock

   les 19.00 hores

   7.00 pm

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan hora, borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour”) (borrowing is indicated by the late attestation and pronunciation with open /ɔ/). First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ɾa]

Noun

hora f (plural hores)

1. hour (sixty minutes)
2. time (the moment as indicated by a clock)

   Quina hora és? ― What time is it?

3. time (the appropriate hour to do something)
4. appointment

   Synonym: cita

   Tinc hora al metge. ― I've got an appointment with the doctor.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “hora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “hora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “hora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Alternative forms

• hůra (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hora, from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦora]

Noun

hora f

1. mountain
2. (colloquial) a lot, tons

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “hora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “hora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish hora.

Noun

hora

1. hour.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːɹa/
• Rhymes: -oːɹa

Noun

hora f (genitive singular horu, plural horur)

1. (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
2. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) slut
3. (nautical, humorous) tusk, cusk

Declension

Synonyms

• (prostitute): skøkja f
• (tusk, cusk): brosma f

Finnish

Etymology

From Romanian horă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhorɑ/, [ˈho̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ho‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): ho‧ra

Noun

hora

1. hora (dance)

Declension

Anagrams

• Arho, arho, haro, ohra

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

hora f (plural hores) (ORB, broad)

1. hour

References

• heure in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• hora in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of ora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾɐ], [ˈoɾɐ]

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

1. hour
2. time of the day

   Que hora é? ― What time is it?

3. regular or designated time for doing something

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “hora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “hora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “hora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Noun

hora (plural horas)

1. hour

Derived terms

• libro de horas Book of hours

Italian

Noun

hora f (plural hore)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of ora

Anagrams

• Raho

Japanese

Romanization

hora

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほら

Ladino

Noun

hora f

1. alternative spelling of ora

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Noun

hōra f (genitive hōrae); first declension

1. hour
   • c. 1050?, Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

2. time
   • c. 2 A.D., Ovid, Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI)

     Dum loquor, hora fugit.

     Even as I speak, time fleeteth way.

3. o'clock
4. season; time of year

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ad hōram
• hāc hōrā
• hanc hōram

Descendants

Borrowings

References

• “hora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "hora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “hora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Determiner

hora

1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) alternative form of here (“their”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• horen

Noun

hora m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hore

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hora f

1. definite singular of hore

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• hóra

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣora/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦora/

Noun

hora f

1. mountain

   spěti z hory ― to rise (sun)

   spěti k hořě ― to set (sun)

2. rock
3. pile
4. mountain mine
5. winery

   vinničná/vinná/vinohradnie/vinohradná hora ― winery

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Czech: hora, hůra (dialectal)

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hora”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.

Noun

hōra f

1. whore, adulteress

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: hora

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). Doublet of ora.

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan hora, Occitan and Italian ora, French heure and Romanian oară.

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/
• Homophone: ora
• Hyphenation: ho‧ra

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

2. hour (period of sixty minutes)

4. time (point in time)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:hora.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Chichewa: ola
• → Guajajára: 'or
• Kabuverdianu: óra
• Macanese: ora
• Papiamentu: ora

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhora]

Noun

hora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of horă

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-póda.

Verb

-hóra (infinitive guhóra, perfective -hóze)

1. to be(come) quiet, be(come) calm
2. to be(come) cold, cool
3. to always or continuously do

Derived terms

• amahoro (“peace”)
• buhoro

Verb

-hōra (infinitive guhōra, perfective -hōye)

1. to avenge

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔra]

Noun

hora f

1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• horár
• horička
• horský
• hôrka
• hôrny

Further reading

• “hora”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/ [ˈo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ho‧ra

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

1. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)

2. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)

3. high time (usually with "ya")

4. (education) hour, period (of class)

5. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)

   Synonym: cita

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “hora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hōra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure. Doublet of kär.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːra/

Noun

hora c

1. (vulgar) a whore (prostitute)

   Synonyms: fnask, gatflicka, glädjeflicka, luder, (man whore) manshora, nattfjäril, prostituerad, sexarbetare, sexsäljare, sköka, slinka

2. (derogatory) a whore (promiscuous person, slut)
3. (derogatory) a whore (person offering themselves in some non-sexual capacity in a way perceived as indicating a lack of self-respect)
4. (derogatory) a whore (contemptible person)

Declension

Verb

hora (present horar, preterite horade, supine horat, imperative hora)

1. to whore
2. (figuratively) to whore (offer oneself in a way perceived as indicating a lack of self-respect)

3. (dated) to engage in adultery or fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex while unmarried)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• horbock
• horkarl
• horklut
• horunge
• svennehora

Related terms

• hor
• horeri
• horig

References

• hora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• hoar

Source: wiktionary.org