cor

See also: Cor, Cor., cor-, còr, and côr

English

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɔɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: caw, corps, core (caw in non-rhotic accents only)

Etymology 1

A worn-down form of God.

Interjection

cor

1. (UK) Expression of surprise.
   • Cor blimey!
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

     “I don’t get this,” she said. “How do you mean it’s gone?” “It’s been pinched.” “Things don’t get pinched in country-houses.” “They do if there’s a Wilbert Cream on the premises. He’s a klep-whatever-it-is,” I said, and thrust Jeeves’s letter on her. She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.

Etymology 2

Hebrew

Noun

cor (plural cors)

1. A Hebrew measure of capacity; a core or homer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• CRO
• OCR
• orc, ORC
• roc, ROC

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

Old Provençal cor, from Latin cor.

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. heart

Derived terms

• dir-ho de tot cor (“to say it with all the heart; to be sincere”)

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khoros).

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. chorus

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French

Etymology

From Latin cornu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ/

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. horn (musical instrument)
2. corn (of the foot)

Derived terms

• à cor et à cri

Anagrams

• roc

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Galician

Alternative forms

• color

Etymology

Latin color.

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

1. color, hue

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔɾˠ]

Noun

cor m (genitive coir, nominative plural cora)

1. twist
2. reel (in dancing)

Declension

Declension of cor

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cor cora Vocative a choir a chora Genitive coir cor Dative cor cora

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cor na cora Genitive an choir na gcor Dative leis an gcor don chor leis na cora

Derived terms

• cor bealaigh

Verb

cor (present analytic corann, future analytic corfaidh, verbal noun coradh, past participle cortha)

1. to turn

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	coraim	corann tú; corair†	corann sé, sí	coraimid	corann sibh	corann siad; coraid†	a chorann; a choras	cortar
	past	chor mé; choras	chor tú; chorais	chor sé, sí	choramar; chor muid	chor sibh; chorabhair	chor siad; choradar	a chor	coradh
	past habitual	chorainn	chortá	choradh sé, sí	choraimis; choradh muid	choradh sibh	choraidís; choradh siad	a choradh	chortaí
	future	corfaidh mé; corfad	corfaidh tú; corfair†	corfaidh sé, sí	corfaimid; corfaidh muid	corfaidh sibh	corfaidh siad; corfaid†	a chorfaidh; a chorfas	corfar
conditional		chorfainn	chorfá	chorfadh sé, sí	chorfaimis; chorfadh muid	chorfadh sibh	chorfaidís; chorfadh siad	a chorfadh	chorfaí
subjunctive	present	go gcora mé; go gcorad†	go gcora tú; go gcorair†	go gcora sé, sí	go gcoraimid; go gcora muid	go gcora sibh	go gcora siad; go gcoraid†	—	go gcortar
	past	dá gcorainn	dá gcortá	dá gcoradh sé, sí	dá gcoraimis; dá gcoradh muid	dá gcoradh sibh	dá gcoraidís; dá gcoradh siad	—	dá gcortaí
imperative		coraim	cor	coradh sé, sí	coraimis	coraigí; coraidh†	coraidís	—	cortar
verbal noun		coradh
past participle		cortha

† Dialect form

Synonyms

• cas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cor	chor	gcor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-. Cognate with Ancient Greek καρδία (kardiā), Proto-Germanic *hertô, Sanskrit हृदय (hṛdaya), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

cor n (genitive cordis); third declension

1. (anatomy) heart
2. (figuratively) soul, mind

Inflection

Third declension neuter i-stem.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cor	corda
genitive	cordis	cordium cordum
dative	cordī	cordibus
accusative	cor	corda
ablative	corde	cordibus
vocative	cor	corda

Derived terms

• accordō
• concordō
• corculum
• discordō
• recordor

Descendants

• Aragonese: corazón
• Catalan: cor
• Corsican: core
• Dalmatian: cur
• English: core
• Esperanto: koro
• Franco-Provençal: côr
• French: cœur
• Friulian: cûr
• Galician: corazón
• Haitian Creole kè, kœ
• Ido: kordio
• Italian: cuore

• Jèrriais: tchoeu
• Ladino: korasón
• Occitan: còr
• Old French: cuer
• Old Portuguese: cor, coraçon
• Old Provençal: cor
• Old Spanish: coraçon, cuer
• Portuguese: coração, cor
• Romanian: cor, cord
• Romansch: cor
• Sicilian: cori
• Spanish: corazón, cuerdo
• Venetian: cor

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Lojban

Rafsi

cor

1. rafsi of cortu.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin cornu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

cor m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)

1. horn (instrument used to produce sound)

Synonyms

• buisine
• corne

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin cor

Noun

cor m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)

1. heart (organ which pumps blood)
2. heart (metaphorically, human emotion)
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Tant ai mo cor ple de joya:

     Tant ai mo cor ple de joya

     My heart is so full of joy

Descendants

• Catalan: cor
• Occitan: còr

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Portuguese

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vermelho

laranja

amarelo

verde

azul

violeta

negro

,preto

cinzento

branco

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese coor, from Latin color, from Old Latin colos "covering", from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/
• Hyphenation: cor

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

1. colour (Commonwealth English), color (American English)

Related terms

• colorar
• colorir
• coroa

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”), or borrowed from Latin chorus, Italian coro, German Chor.

Noun

cor n (plural coruri)

1. choir, chorus (group of singers)

Related terms

• coral
• corist

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

cor n (plural coruri)

1. a gathering, circle, society
2. a bunch of hay arranged in squares or circles for making haybales

Declension

declension of cor

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un cor	corul	niște coruri	corurile
genitive/dative	unui cor	corului	unor coruri	corurilor

See also

• horă

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin cor.

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. (anatomy) heart

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cor m (genitive coir or cuir)

1. condition, state
2. condition, eventuality, circumstance

   air chor sam bith - on any condition, on any account

   air chor 's gu - on condition that (cf also derived terms)

3. method, manner

Derived terms

• air chor 's gu - so that/with the result that
• air a h-uile cor - by all means; at all costs
• cor-inntinn - state of mind

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian cuore

Noun

cor m (plural cori)

1. heart

Related terms

• corexin

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Welsh

Noun

cor m (plural corrod)

1. dwarf
2. spider

Synonyms

• (dwarf): corrach
• (spider): cop, copyn, corryn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cor	gor	nghor	chor

Derived terms

• corgi

See also

• côr