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3-letter words (3 found)

ORE,REO,ROE,

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ER,OE,OR,RE,

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Definitions and meaning of ore

ore

Translingual

Symbol

ore

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Orejón.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Orejón terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA(key): /oɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔː/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /oə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: oar, o'er; or (horse–hoarse merger); aw, awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos.

Compare Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”); also Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

Noun

ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)

  1. Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
    Hyponyms: copper ore, iron ore, tin ore
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ora.

Noun

ore (plural ores)

  1. A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
    Synonym: ora

Etymology 3

A southern variant of ware (“seaweed”).

Noun

ore (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, archaic) Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore.
Alternative forms
  • woar (Ireland)

Etymology 4

Possibly originating as a figurative use of Etymology 1, with Leominster's "ore" representing the wealth of the town.

Noun

ore (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
Usage notes
  • Chiefly used in the form "Lemster ore"; Lemster is a shortened pronunciation of Leominster.

Etymology 5

Preposition

ore

  1. Obsolete form of over.

Etymology 6

Noun

ore (plural ore)

  1. Alternative form of öre.

See also

References

Further reading

  • ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • REO, ROE, roe, eor, Reo, Roe, RoE, o'er, reo, OER, EOR

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uə̯ɾə]

Noun

ore

  1. plural of oor

Albanian

Noun

ore

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of orë

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • oarã

Etymology

From Latin hōra. Compare Romanian oară.

Noun

ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)

  1. a time, instance

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

ore inan

  1. dough

Borôro

Noun

ore

  1. child

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin aura (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ/
  • Homophones: hors, or, ors, ores

Noun

ore f (plural ores)

  1. (metallurgy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

  • “ore.2” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Galician

Verb

ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾe/

Pronoun

ore

  1. we (exclusive)
    Ore roha'ã. ― We (excluding the listener, we and not you) try.
    Ñande jaháta okápe ha ore ropytáta ko yvyra pýpe. ― We (all, everyone) will go outside and we (not everyone, just me and some other people) will stay by this tree.

Determiner

ore

  1. our (possessive determiner of ore)
    Kóva ore mbo'ehao. ― This is our (and not your) school.

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: ó‧re

Noun

ore f

  1. plural of ora

Anagrams

  • -erò, Ero, ero, reo, reo-

Japanese

Romanization

ore

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おれ

Latin

Noun

ōre n

  1. ablative singular of ōs

References

  • “ore”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ore.

Pronoun

ore

  1. we (exclusive)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. The original feminine gender was lost during the Middle Dutch period, shifting instead to neuter, but is still visible in the modern Dutch fossilized expression ter ore komen.

Noun

ôre n or f

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
    • Jersey Dutch: ôr
    • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  • Limburgish: oear

Further reading

  • “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːr(ə)/
  • (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈɑːr(ə)/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /aːr/

Etymology 1

From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“oar”), from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

Alternative forms

  • hore, oore
  • are, aurre (Northern)

Noun

ore (plural ores)

  1. oar (lever for propelling a boat)
Descendants
  • English: oar
  • Scots: air
References
  • “ōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Alternative forms

  • oore, or, ȝore
  • aore, are, ære (Early Middle English)
  • ar, are (Northern)

Noun

ore (uncountable)

  1. honour, respect (recognition of value)
  2. grace, favour (positivity towards someone)::
    1. permission, approval (to engage in a behaviour)
    2. mercy, clemency (remission of punishment)
  3. respite, security (safety from harm)
Related terms
  • oreles
  • oren
References
  • “ōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From both Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and Old English ār (“brass”).

Alternative forms

  • hure, oer, or, oor, oore, oure, ure

Noun

ore (plural ores)

  2. ore (rock that contains metal)
Descendants
  • English: ore
  • Scots: ure, uir

Etymology 4

From Old English ōra (“shore”).

Alternative forms

  • oure, or, oor, nore, noure

Noun

ore (plural ores)

  2. edge, shore
References
  • “ọ̄r(e, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

ore

  1. alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)

Etymology 6

Determiner

ore

  1. alternative form of oure (“our”)

Etymology 7

Determiner

ore

  1. alternative form of your

Etymology 8

Determiner

ore

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

Etymology 9

Noun

ore

  1. alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French ore.

Adverb

ore

  1. now

Descendants

  • French: or

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈoːrə/

Noun

ōre n

  1. ear

Declension

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    • Hunsrik: Oher
    • Luxembourgish: Ouer
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Ohr
  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ôre”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Pronunciation

  • Stem vowel: ô²
    • (originally) IPA(key): /ɔːrə/

Noun

ôre n

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Low German: Ohr
    • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    • German Low German: Ohr, Åhr, Ahr, Or, Ur
      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Old English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.re/

Noun

ore f

  1. A mine, place in which ore is dug

Declension

Weak:

Derived terms

  • īsernōre (“iron mine”)

Related terms

  • ōra (“ore”)
  • gyldingweċġ (“gold mine”)

Old French

Etymology 1

For earlier *aore, from Latin hāc hōrā (“(in) this hour”).

Alternative forms

  • or, ores

Adverb

ore

  1. now
Descendants
  • Middle French: ore
    • French: or

Etymology 2

Noun

ore oblique singular, f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)

  2. alternative form of houre (“hour”)

Olukumi

Etymology

From an Proto-Yoruboid root for "female," compare with Igala óre (“female animal”), Itsekiri ore (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.ɾē/

Noun

ore

  1. female
    Synonym: obìnrẹn
    Antonym: akọ (“male”)

Derived terms

  • orẹfàn (“cow”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

ore

  1. locative singular masculine/neuter & vocative singular feminine & accusative plural masculine of ora (“lower”)

Portuguese

Verb

ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

ore

  1. inflection of oră:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

ore (Cyrillic spelling оре)

  1. third-person singular present of orati

Spanish

Verb

ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tarantino

Noun

ore

  1. gold

Tocharian B

Noun

ore

  1. dust, dirt

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • òé (Ondo)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.ɾé/

Noun

òré

  1. the plants Cyperus articulatus and Cyperus esculentus, commonly used in making straw sleeping mats
  2. (by extension) a straw sleeping mat, made from the òré plant
    Synonym: ẹní òré
Descendants
  • Edo: òré
    • Urhobo: eré

Etymology 2

Non-standard spelling of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing”), see ire, ure, rere

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ōō.ɾē/

Noun

ore

  1. alternative form of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing, favor”)
  2. alternative form of oore (“obligation”)

Source: wiktionary.org