Doric

See also: dòric

English

Alternative forms

• Dorick (obsolete)
• Dor. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δωρικός (Dōrikós, “related to Dorians”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dŏrīk
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk

Adjective

Doric (comparative more Doric, superlative most Doric)

1. Relating to the region of Doris in Asia Minor.
2. Relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity.
3. (music) Belonging to a certain mode of Ancient Greek music.

Proper noun

Doric

1. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in ancient times.
2. A dialect of Lowland Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland.

Translations

Greek dialect

• Armenian: դորիական (doriakan)
• Asturian: doricu m
• Catalan: dòric m
• Danish: Dorisk m
• Dutch: Dorisch n
• Finnish: doorilainen murre
• French: dorique (fr) m
• German: Dorisch (de) n, Dorismus m

  Alemannic German: Dorisch n

• Greek: δωρική (el) f (dorikí)

  Ancient Greek: δωρισμός m (dōrismós), Δωρισμός m (Dōrismós)

• Ido: Doriana (io)
• Interlingua: dorico
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: dorico (it) m
• Japanese: ドーリス方言 (dōrisu hōgen)
• Latin: Doricus m, Dorica f
• Norwegian: Dorisk m
• Polish: dorycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: dórico m
• Russian: дори́йский (ru) m (doríjskij) (диале́кт), дори́ческий (ru) m (doríčeskij) (диале́кт)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дорски m

  Roman: dorski (sh) m

• Spanish: dórico (es) m
• Swedish: dorisk
• Tamil: டொரிக் (ṭorik)

dialect of Scots

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See also

• Doric order
• Dorian
• Doris