dolor

English

Alternative forms

• dolour

Etymology

Anglo-Norman dolour, mainland Old French dolor (modern douleur), from Latin dolor (“pain, grief”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌlə(r)

Noun

dolor (plural dolors)

1. (literary) sorrow, grief, misery or anguish
2. 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 […]

Antonyms

• (unit of pain): hedon

See also

• (unit of pain): util

Translations

sorrow

• Catalan: dolor (ca)
• Danish: smerte (da)
• Dutch: smart (nl) f
• French: douleur (fr) f
• Galician: dor (gl) f

• German: Schmerz (de) m
• Italian: dolore (it)
• Latin: dolor (la)
• Spanish: dolor (es)

Anagrams

• drool

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Asturian

Noun

dolor m (plural dolores)

1. pain

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dolor (“pain, sorrow”).

Noun

dolor m, f (plural dolors)

1. pain of a continuing nature, especially that of rheumatism
2. sorrow or grief of a continuing nature

Derived terms

• dolor reumàtic
• Dolors

Related terms

• doler, doldre (verb)
• dolorós (adjective)

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Ladino

Noun

dolor f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling דולור)

1. pain

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Latin

Noun

dolor (genitive dolōris); m, third declension

1. pain, ache, hurt
2. anguish, grief, sorrow
3. indignation, resentment, anger

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dolor	dolōrēs
genitive	dolōris	dolōrum
dative	dolōrī	dolōribus
accusative	dolōrem	dolōrēs
ablative	dolōre	dolōribus
vocative	dolor	dolōrēs

Related terms

• dolēns
• dolenter
• doleō

Descendants

Catalan: dol, dolor English: dol, dolor, dolour Esperanto: doloro French: douleur Galician: dor Ido: doloro Italian: dolore

Neapolitan: dulore Occitan: dolor Old Portuguese: door Portuguese: dor Romanian: durere Sicilian: duluri Spanish: dolor

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• doulour (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin dolor (“pain, sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [duˈlu]

Noun

dolor m and f (plural dolors)

1. pain

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Old French

Etymology

Latin dolor.

Noun

dolor m (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)

1. pain; suffering

Related terms

• doloir
• dolent

Descendants

• English: dolor, dolour
• French: douleur f

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin dolor.

Noun

dolor m (oblique plural dolors, nominative singular dolors, nominative plural dolor)

1. pain

Related terms

• doloros a

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dolor (“pain; grief”).

Noun

dolor m (plural dolores)

1. pain

Related terms

• adolorido
• doler
• dolido
• doliente
• dolorido
• doloroso
• adolecer

Derived terms

• dolor de cabeza
• dolor de estómago