hors

French

Etymology

From Latin forīs, or from dehors.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA: /ɔʁ/, X-SAMPA: /OR/

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Adverb

hors

1. outside

   hors la ville

   outside the city

2. (followed by de) out (of), beyond

Derived terms

• hors-jeu
• hors de
• hors de portée
• hors-bord
• hors ligne, hors-ligne
• hors-norme

Related terms

• dehors

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Gothic

Romanization

hōrs

1. See 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐍃

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Guernésiais

Adverb

hors

1. out

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Middle English

Etymology

Old English hors

Noun

hors (plural horses)

1. a horse

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”). Cognate with Old Frisian hors, Old Saxon hros, Dutch ros, Old High German hros, ros (German Ross), Old Norse hross (whence the Old Swedish hors and Icelandic hross); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin currō (“run, race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hors/

Noun

hors n

1. horse

Declension

    Declension of hors (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hors	hors
accusative	hors	hors
genitive	horses	horsa
dative	horse	horsum

Descendants

• English: horse

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Old French

Adverb

hors

1. (rare or Late Old French) from; out (of)
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Puis errerent tant que il virent
     gent qui hors del chastel issirent.

     They walked until they saw
     People coming out of the castle.

Synonyms

• fors

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• hars
• hers

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hursan, *hrussą.

Noun

hors n

1. horse

Declension

Declension of hors (strong a-stem, neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	hors	hors
accusative	hors	hors
genitive	horses	horsa
dative	horse	horsum, horsem

Descendants

• West Frisian: hoars

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English horse.

Noun

hors m (Cyrillic spelling хорс)

1. (slang) heroin

Declension

    declension of hors

	singular
nominative	hors
genitive	horsa
dative	horsu
accusative	hors
vocative	horse
locative	horsu
instrumental	horsom

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Swedish

Noun

hors

1. indefinite genitive singular of hor