hors

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Derived terms 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Serbian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 See also

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin foris.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

hors

1. outside
2. (followed by [de]) out (of)

[edit] Derived terms

• dehors
• hors-jeu
• hors de
• hors de portée
• hors-bord

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hursaz (“‘horse’”) (perhaps from a form *hrussa- ‘runner, racer’), 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 (Old Swedish hors); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin currere ‘run, race’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hoɹs/

[edit] Noun

hors (n, plural hors)

1. a horse

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Noun

hors (m, uncountable)

1. (slang) heroin

[edit] See also

• хорс