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3-letter words (1 found)

NOR,

2-letter words (3 found)

NO,ON,OR,

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nor onr nro rno orn ron

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Definitions and meaning of nor

nor

Translingual

Symbol

nor

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Norwegian.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation): enPR: nô, IPA(key): /nɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: nôr, IPA(key): /nɔɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophone: gnaw (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

nor

  1. (literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
  3. (archaic) Neither.
  4. Used to introduce a further negative statement.
  5. (UK, dialect) Than.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • neither

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.

Noun

nor (plural nors)

  1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR
Coordinate terms

Anagrams

  • NRO, RON, Ron, orn, ron

Aromanian

Noun

nor

  1. Alternative form of norã

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nor/ [nor]
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: nor

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *nor, containing the interrogative prefix *no-.

Pronoun

nor (interrogative)

  1. who
    Nor da? ― Who is he/she?
    Ez nekien nor zinen. ― I didn't know who you were.
    Norentzat da opari hau? ― Who is this present for?
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the interrogative pronoun.

Adjective

nor (indeclinable)

  1. (grammatical term) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument
    Nor aditzak euskarazko aditzik errezenak dira. ― In Basque, nor verbs are the easiest to learn.

References

Further reading

  • "nor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “nor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnor]

Noun

nor f

  1. genitive plural of nora

Dutch

Etymology

Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, compare brommen (“to do time”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔr/
  • Hyphenation: nor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)

  1. (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment
    Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nubilum. Compare Romanian nor, Aromanian nior.

Noun

nor m

  1. cloud

Norman

Alternative forms

  • nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nor m (uncountable)

  1. (Sark) north

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr
  • Syllabification: nor

Noun

nor f

  1. genitive plural of nora

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • nour — regional, Moldavia (region)
  • noor — regional, Oltenia
  • nuor, nuvăr — regional, Banat
  • nuar — archaic, obsolete

Etymology

From older nuar, nuăr, from Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (“cloudy”), from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Aromanian nior, Spanish nube, Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nor]

Noun

nor m (plural nori)

  1. cloud

Declension

Derived terms

  • (a se) înnora
  • noros
  • zgârie-nori

Slovene

Etymology

From German Narr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ́r/

Adjective

nȍr (comparative bȍlj nȍr, superlative nȁjbolj nȍr)

  1. crazy, insane, mad

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish nor, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz. Cognate with English narrow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuːr/

Noun

nor n

  1. narrow strait

Declension

Further reading

  • nor in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • nor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • ron

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noora.

Noun

nor

  1. rope

Declension

Yola

Conjunction

nor

  1. Alternative form of noor

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 100

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