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Yes. The word lor is a Scrabble US word. The word lor is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (1 found)

LOR,

2-letter words (2 found)

LO,OR,

You can make 3 words from lor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of lor

lor olr lro rlo orl rol

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Definitions and meaning of lor

lor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA(key): /lɔː˦/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /lɔ˥/

Particle

lor (Manglish, Singlish, colloquial Hong Kong)

  1. Used to convey a sense of resignation.
    Next time lor. ― Leave it for next time.
    OK lor, go ahead. ― Fine, go ahead.
  2. Asserts that the answer to something is obvious or straightforward.
    You lor. ― It's obviously you then.
    Then tell him lor. ― You go and tell him then.
  3. Used to emphasise one's opinion.
    Sorry lor. ― (sarcastic) Oh I'm so sorry!
    Very dirty lor. ― It's so dirty!
    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

References

  • Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎[1]
  • Wee, Lionel (2002) “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎[2], 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

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)

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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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 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”)

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

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