ore

See also oré, orë, öre, and øre

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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-Germanic *aiz (compare Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“brassy, bronzen”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyos. Confer Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan ayah, Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ô, IPA: /ɔː/, SAMPA: /O:/
• (US) enPR: ôr, IPA: /oʊr/, /ɔːr/, SAMPA: /O:r/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: oar, or, o'er, aw (in non-rhotic accents), awe (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

ore (countable and uncountable; plural ores)

1. Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which -- at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction -- are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

Translations

rock that contains materials that can be economically extracted and processed

Arabic: ركاز (ar) (rikaaz) m. Bulgarian: руда (bg) (ruda) f. Catalan: mena (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 礦石 (cmn), 矿石 (cmn) (kuàngshí) Croatian: ruda (hr) f. Czech: ruda (cs) f. Danish: malm (da) c. Dutch: erts (nl) n. Estonian: maak (et) Finnish: malmi (fi) French: minerai (fr) m. German: Erz (de) n. Greek: μετάλλευμα (el) (metállevma) n. Hebrew: עַפְרָה (he) (afrá) f. Hungarian: érc (hu) Icelandic: málmgrýti (is) Italian: minerale (it) m. Japanese: 鉱石 (ja) (こうせき, kōseki)

Korean: 광석 (ko) (gwangseok) Latin: ruda (la) f. Latvian: rūda (lv) Lithuanian: rūda (lt) Norwegian: malm (no) Polish: ruda (pl) Portuguese: minério (pt) m. Romanian: minereu (ro) n. Russian: руда (ru) (rudá) f. Slovak: ruda (sk) Slovene: ruda (sl) f. Spanish: mena (es) f., mineral (es) m. Swedish: malm (sv) c. Telugu: ముడి ఖనిజం (te) (muDi khanijaM) Ukrainian: руда (uk) Vietnamese: quặng (vi) Welsh: mwyn (cy) m.

See also

• Ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• o'er
• roe, Roe, ROE

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Afrikaans

Noun

ore

1. Plural form of oor.

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Anglo-Norman

Adverb

ore

1. now

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Basque

Noun

ore

1. dough

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Galician

Verb

ore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of orar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of orar

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Guaraní

Pronoun

ore

1. us
2. our

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Italian

Noun

ore

1. Plural form of ora. (hours)

Anagrams

• ero, Ero
• reo

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Latin

Noun

ōre (n)

1. ablative singular of ōs

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Old French

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• or

Adverb

ore

1. now

Descendants

• French: or (archaic)

Etymology 2

Ancient Greek ὥρα (hora), Latin hōra

Alternative forms

hore eure heure

eur heur

Noun

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

1. time, period of the day (period of time)

   circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

   quel haste avez,
   Qui a tel ore vos levez?

   What haste do you have

   That wakes up at this time of day?

Descendants

• English: hour
• French: heure

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Portuguese

Verb

ore

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb orar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb orar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb orar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb orar.

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Romanian

Noun

ore f. pl.

1. Plural form of oră.

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Spanish

Verb

ore (infinitive orar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of orar.

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Tarantino

Noun

ore

1. gold