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lor

English

Alternative forms

• loh, lorh, lo

Etymology

From Hokkien 囉 / 啰 (--lo͘) and Cantonese 囉 / 啰 (lo1).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /lɔː˦/, (sometimes, after /n/) /(n)ɔː˦/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /lɔ˥/

Particle

lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)

1. Tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.

   Next time lor. ― Leave it for next time.

   OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.

   Bo pian lor. ― We don’t have a choice.
2. Used to suggest that there is an obvious answer or straightforward solution to something.

   You lor, or else still got who? ― It’s obviously you then.

   Then tell him lor. ― You go and tell him then.

   Take a cab lor, easier this way. ― Just take a cab, it’s easier this way.
3. Suggests that the reply given is the obvious or expected one.

   At my house lor. ― At my house, where else?
4. Used to reinforce an opinion, sometimes in a sarcastic manner.

   Sorry lor. ― (sarcastic) Oh I’m so sorry! (begrudgingly) OK! I'm sorry!

   Ya lor / Han nor. ― Yeah (agreement)

Derived terms

• win liao lor

See also

• (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, lah, leh, liao, mah, meh, one, sia, what

See also

(etymologically unrelated)

• lor mee
• lor ark
• lor sor

References

• Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎^[6]
• Wee, Lionel (2002) “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎^[7], volume 34, number 6

Anagrams

• LRO, ORL, orl

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• a lor, loru, alor, aloru

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Romanian lor.

Pronoun

lor (genitive form of elj, and eali)

1. their (third-personal plural possessor)

Pronoun

lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)

1. to them

Usage notes

Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".

Related terms

• (a) lui (masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• (a) ljei (feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• lã (masculine/feminine plural dative- short/unstressed form)

Breton

Adjective

lor

1. dirty

Chinese

Pronunciation

Particle

lor

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 囉 / 啰 (particle)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illōrum.

Determiner

lor (plural lors) (ORB, broad)

1. their (third-personal plural possessor)

See also

Pronoun

lor (ORB, broad)

1. them (third-person plural dative or tonic)
2. theirs (third-person plural possessor)

Notes

As a possessive pronoun, has the plural lors.

See also

References

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lor/, /lɔɾ/

Preposition

lor

1. at the time of (an event), at the same time as

Derived terms

• lora (“then, now”)
• lore (“then, at the time”)

See also

• dum (“during, in (a period of time)”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese lor (ꦭꦺꦴꦂ), from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of laut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔr]
• Hyphenation: lor

Noun

lor

1. (Java) north

Further reading

• “lor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian loro and French leur.

Determiner

lor

1. (possessive) their

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: lór

Determiner

lor

1. apocopic form of loro

Javanese

Romanization

lor

1. romanization of ꦭꦺꦴꦂ

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loː/

Etymology 1

From French or.

Noun

lor

1. Gold

Etymology 2

From French là-haut.

Preposition

lor

1. on

   Antonym: anba

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• lur

Etymology

In sense 1, inherited from Latin illōrum. In sense 2, borrowed from Italian loro.

Pronoun

lor

1. them (dative)
2. them (accusative)

References

• “lor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lor/

Noun

lor n

1. loss, destruction

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

• Middle English: lore

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Alternative forms

• leur
• lur

Etymology

From Latin illōrum.

Pronoun

lor

1. to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)

Determiner

lor

1. their (third-person plural possessive)

Descendants

• French: leur

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (“sea”) and lod (“sea”).

Noun

lor

1. north

   Synonyms: uttara, sĕlatan

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦂ (lor, “north”)
• Balinese: ᬮᭀᬃ (lor, “north”)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Italian loro, French leur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lor/

Pronoun

lor (genitive form of ei, and ele)

1. (also possessive determiner) their

Synonyms

• (less frequently used): său (masculine singular), sa (feminine singular), săi (masculine plural), sale (feminine plural)

Pronoun

lor (dative form of ei, and ele)

1. to them

See also

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian لور.

Noun

lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)

1. A whey cheese similar to ricotta.

Declension

Wolof

Noun

lor (definite form lor wi)

1. saliva

   Synonym: tëflit

Source: wiktionary.org