dolor
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin dolor (“pain; grief”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌlə(r)
[edit] Noun
dolor (plural dolors)
- (literary) sorrow, grief, misery or anguish
- a unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
- 1986, Rosemarie Tong, Ethics in policy analysis, ISBN 9780132909174:
- Supposedly, utilitarians are able to add and subtract hedons (units of pleasure) and dolors (units of pain) without any signs of cognitive or affective distress […]
- 1986, Rosemarie Tong, Ethics in policy analysis, ISBN 9780132909174:
[edit] Antonyms
- (unit of pain): hedon
[edit] See also
- (unit of pain): util
[edit] Translations
sorrow
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin dolor (“pain, sorrow”).
[edit] Noun
dolor m. and f. (plural dolors)
- pain of a continuing nature, especially that of rheumatism
- sorrow or grief of a continuing nature
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[edit] Ladino
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dolor f. (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דולור)
[edit] Latin
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dolor (genitive dolōris); m, third declension
- pain, ache, hurt
- anguish, grief, sorrow
- indignation, resentment, anger
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dolor | dolōrēs |
| genitive | dolōris | dolōrum |
| dative | dolōrī | dolōribus |
| accusative | dolōrem | dolōrēs |
| ablative | dolōre | dolōribus |
| vocative | dolor | dolōrēs |
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- doulour (Mistralian)
[edit] Etymology
From Latin dolor (“pain, sorrow”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [duˈlu]
[edit] Noun
dolor m. and f. (plural dolors)
[edit] Old French
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Latin dolor.
[edit] Noun
dolor m. (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)
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[edit] Etymology
Latin dolor.
[edit] Noun
dolor m. (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)
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- doloros a
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin dolor (“pain; grief”).
[edit] Noun
dolor m. (plural dolores)
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- Old French terms derived from Latin
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