Lore

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See also: lore, lóre, lòre, and łore

Dutch

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Etymology

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Short for Eleonore.. See Eleanor.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lore ?

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Eleonore

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Laure.

Proper noun

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Lore f

  1. a female given name, variant of Laure, equivalent to English Laura

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈloːʁə/
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Etymology 1

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19th century, from English lorry.[1]

Noun

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Lore f (genitive Lore, plural Loren)

  1. minecart
  2. a train wagon or locomotive used in the Frisian islands in Germany
    • 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
      Nissen hat uns am Morgen mit der Lore auf einem Betriebshof bei Dagebüll abgeholt.
      Nissen picked us up in the morning with the Lore on an industrial ground near Dagebüll.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Particularly: “Really just this? Not (instead or additionally) Laura? Au > o is common and cf. particularly Lorenz

Proper noun

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Lore f (genitive Lores or (with an article) Lore)

  1. a diminutive of the female given names Eleonore or Hannelore
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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Lore”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Lore” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache