Kor in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Kor

You can make 5 words from 'kor' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'kor'
• 2 letters words from 'kor'

3 letters words from 'kor'

KOR 7

ROK 7

2 letters words from 'kor'

KO 6	OK 6
OR 2

Definitions and meaning of kor

kor

Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּר‎

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161,

     Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

Anagrams

• OKR, ROK, ork, rok

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian کور‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲor̥]

Adjective

kor (comparative daha kor, superlative ən kor)

1. blind

See also

• kar (“deaf”)

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Cornish

Noun

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥Hnóm.

Noun

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːr/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Declension

Further reading

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/
• Hyphenation: kor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. A trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed.

Derived terms

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

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German

Verb

kor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of kiesen

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkor]
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

kor (plural korok)

1. age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

3. (geology) epoch

Declension

The multiple-possession forms are practically nonexistent; the form korai coincides with another lexeme.

Derived terms

References

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr/
• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor (plural, first-person possessive korku, second-person possessive kormu, third-person possessive kornya)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble.

   Synonym: paduan suara

Further reading

• “kor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Kamta

Verb

kor (kor)

1. do

Conjugation

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Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

kor

1. A chorus.

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Matal

Verb

kor

1. to have, gain

Derived terms

• makoray

References

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Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

Adjective

kor (comparative kortir, superlative herî kor)

1. blind

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus (“chorus”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“catch”).

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent
• korsanger

Etymology 2

Adverb

kor

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvor

References

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊrː/, /kuːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent

References

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kor

1. indefinite plural of ko

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Noun

kor n

1. chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
2. (dated) a choir (group of singing people)

Declension

Related terms

(in church architecture):

(singing):

References

• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ork

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Tocharian B

Noun

kor

1. throat

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قور‎ (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *kōr (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

Declension

See also

• cüruf
• köz

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Volapük

Noun

kor (nominative plural kors)

1. choir

Declension

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian کور‎ (kur).

Adjective

kor

1. blind

Source: wiktionary.org

• a Hebrew unit of measure.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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