por

See also pór, pôr, and Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pɔɹ]

Conjunction

por

1. but; however

Synonyms

• megjithatë, mirëpo

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin prō.

Preposition

por

1. for
2. by

Derived terms

pol pola poles

polo polos

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA: /po/, X-SAMPA: /po/
• (Western) IPA: /po/, X-SAMPA: /po/
• (Valencian) IPA: /pɔɾ/, X-SAMPA: /pO4/

Etymology

From Latin pavor.

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. fear

Derived terms

• poruc

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Cornish

Noun

por f (singulative poren)

1. leeks

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔr

Verb

por

1. first-person singular present indicative of porren
2. imperative of porren

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish por.

Preposition

por

1. for, for the benefit of

   La edzo donis al sia edzino perlan kolĉenon por Kristnasko.

   The husband gave his wife a pearl necklace for Christmas.

See also

• per
• pro

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Latin prō (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-.

Preposition

por

1. by
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric, compare to Finnish puru (“dust, powder”), Sami bulvvar (“powder”), and Estonian puru (“dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpor/
• Hyphenation: por

Noun

por (plural porok)

1. dust

Declension

declension of por singular plural nominative por porok accusative port porokat dative pornak poroknak instrumental porral porokkal causal-final porért porokért translative porrá porokká terminative porig porokig essive-formal porként porokként essive-modal - - inessive porban porokban superessive poron porokon adessive pornál poroknál illative porba porokba sublative porra porokra allative porhoz porokhoz elative porból porokból delative porról porokról ablative portól poroktól

possessives of por possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. porom poraim 2nd person sing. porod poraid 3rd person sing. pora porai 1st person plural porunk poraink 2nd person plural porotok poraitok 3rd person plural poruk poraik

Derived terms

• poros
• porszerű

Compound words

• fűrészpor
• porcica
• porcukor
• porfészek
• porszívó

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Ido

Preposition

por

1. for

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)

1. pig

Synonyms

bête à saie couochon gronneux

moussieu quétot

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Lojban

Rafsi

por

1. rafsi of porsi.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

Latin pro

Preposition

por

1. for (in order to)
2. for (belonging to)

Descendants

• French: pour

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [pɔr]

Noun

por m

1. leek
2. pore

Declension

    declension of por

	singular	plural
nominative	por	pory
genitive	pora	porów
dative	porowi	porom
accusative	por	pory
instrumental	porem	porami
locative	porze	porach
vocative	porze	pory

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /puɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA: /poɹ/, /puɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /poɻ/
• Homophone: pôr

Preposition

por

1. for (on behalf of)

   Faça isso por mim

   Do it for me

2. for (to obtain)

   Espero por uma resposta.

   I wait for an answer.

3. for (over a period of time)

   Esperei por uma semana.

   I waited for one week.

4. by (through the action or presence of)
5. by (indicates the creator of a work)
6. by (using the rules or logic of)
7. by (in the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression)

   Um por um.

   One by one

8. by (indicates an oath)
9. per

   Um por dia

   One per day

10. through, via

    Ainda passariamos por muitos túneis antes de chegarmos.

    We would still pass through many tunnels before we arrived.

    Passar por uma situação difícil

    Go through a difficult situation

Derived terms

• porque
• por que
• porquê

Related terms

• pelo
• pela
• pelos
• pelas

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Romani

Noun

por m

1. feather

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros, “passage”).

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. pore

Etymology 2

From Latin porrus or porrum.

Alternative forms

• pur

Noun

por m (plural pori)

1. (popular) leek (Allium porrum)
2. (popular) sand leek (Allium scordoprasum)
3. (popular) shallot (Allium ascalonicum)

Synonyms

• (leek): praz

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Slovene

Noun

por m inan.

1. leek

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /poɾ/

Etymology

From Latin pro, per.

Preposition

por

1. by
2. for
3. through
4. due to
5. (used with directions) over

   por allí — over there

Derived terms

• porvenir
• por favor
• por mucho que

See also

• para

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Swedish

Noun

por c

1. pore

Declension

Declension of por

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	por	poren	porer	porerna
genitive	pors	porens	porers	porernas

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Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ur, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek πῦρ (pūr), and Hittite 𒉺𒀪𒄯 (paḫḫur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

por

1. fire