cor

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada)
• (UK)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: caw, corps, core (caw in non-rhotic accents only)

Etymology 1

A minced oath or dialectical variant of God.

Interjection

cor

1. (Cockney Britain) 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

From Hebrew כֹּר‏

Alternative forms

• kor, core

Noun

cor (plural cors)

1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume, particularly:
   1. A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
   2. Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.
   3. A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

Synonyms

• homer, omer

Meronyms

• (liquid volume): log (¹⁄₇₂₀ cor); cab, kab (¹⁄₁₈₀ cor); hin (¹⁄₆₀ cor); bath (¹⁄₁₀ cor)
• (dry volume): See homer

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• CRO, OCR, ORC, ROC, orc, roc

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Provençal cor, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-.

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 (khorós).

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. chorus

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French

Etymology

From Old French cor, corn, from Latin cornu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

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

Derived terms

• à cor et à cri

Related terms

• cornu

Anagrams

• roc

Further reading

• “cor” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Alternative forms

• color

Etymology

From Old Portuguese coor, from Latin color, colōrem.

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

1. color, hue

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting, placing; setting up, etc.; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding; leap, twist; throw (in wrestling); twist, coil; twist, detour, circuit in road, etc.; tune, melody; contract; surety, guarantor; act of overthrowing, defeating; defeat, reverse; state, condition, plight; act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“sets, puts, places; throws, casts; casts down, overthrows; puts forth, emits, sends out; launches; utters, makes; raises (a shout, cry); performs, executes, wages”).

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural cora or coranna)

1. twist, turn, turning movement
2. (fishing) cast; haul from cast
3. (music) lively turn; lively air
4. (dance) reel

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

• Alternative plural: coranna

Derived terms

Terms derived from cor

• ar aon chor (“anyway, at any rate”)
• ar chor ar bith, in aon chor (“at all”)
• ar chor éigin (“somehow”)
• ar gach aon chor (“at every turn; in every respect”)
• as cor (“out of order”)
• cor bealaigh m (“detour”)

• cor beirte m (“two-hand reel”)
• cor ceathrair m (“four-hand reel”)
• cor coraíochta m, cor iomrascála m (“wrestling turn”)
• cor éisc m (“haul of fish”)
• cor i mbia m (“contamination in food”)
• cor lín m (“cast of net”)

• cor na péiste m (“cable-stitch”)
• cor na sióg m (“fairy reel”)
• cor ochtair m (“eight-hand reel”)
• den chor seo (“at this turn of events, this time”)
• líon coir m (“casting-net”)

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural coir)

1. agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge

Declension

Declension of cor

First declension

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

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

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir)

1. verbal noun of coir
2. tiredness, exhaustion

Declension

Declension of cor

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cor Vocative a chor Genitive coir Dative cor

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

Verb

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

1. turn

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	corim	corann tú; corir†	corann sé, sí	corimid	corann sibh	corann siad; corid†	a chorann; a choras / a gcorann*; a gcoras*	cortar
	past	chor mé; choras	chor tú; choris	chor sé, sí	choramar; chor muid	chor sibh; chorabhair	chor siad; choradar	a chor / ar chor*	coradh
	past habitual	chorinn	chortá	choradh sé, sí	chorimis; choradh muid	choradh sibh	choridís; choradh siad	a choradh / ar choradh*	chortí
	future	corfidh mé; corfad	corfidh tú; corfir†	corfidh sé, sí	corfimid; corfidh muid	corfidh sibh	corfidh siad; corfid†	a chorfidh; a chorfas / a gcorfidh*; a gcorfas*	corfar
conditional		chorfinn	chorfá	chorfadh sé, sí	chorfimis; chorfadh muid	chorfadh sibh	chorfidís; chorfadh siad	a chorfadh / ar chorfadh*	chorfí
subjunctive	present	go gcor mé; go gcorad†	go gcor tú; go gcorir†	go gcor sé, sí	go gcorimid; go gcor muid	go gcor sibh	go gcor siad; go gcorid†	—	go gcortar
	past	dá gcorinn	dá gcortá	dá gcoradh sé, sí	dá gcorimis; dá gcoradh muid	dá gcoradh sibh	dá gcoridís; dá gcoradh siad	—	dá gcortí
imperative		corim	cor	coradh sé, sí	corimis	corigí; coridh†	coridís	—	cortar
verbal noun		coradh
past participle		cortha

* Indirect relative
† Dialect form

Synonyms

• cas

Derived terms

• feoil chortha f (“tainted meat”)

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.

References

• "cor" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 cor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Istriot

Alternative forms

• core, cour

Etymology

From Latin cor.

Noun

cor m

1. heart

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Italian

Noun

cor m

1. Apocopic form of cuore

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor/, [kɔr]

Noun

cor n (genitive cordis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension neuter i-stem.

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from cor

• concordō
• corculum

• discordō
• misericors

• pravicors/ prāvicordius
• recordor

Descendants

• Catalan: cor
• Corsican: core
• Dalmatian: cur
• Esperanto: koro
• Franco-Provençal: côr
• Friulian: cûr
• Istriot: core, cor, cour
• Italian: cuore
• Ligurian: cheu
• Occitan: còr
• Old French: cuer
  • Middle French: coeur, cueur, cœur
    • French: cœur
      • Haitian Creole: kè, kœ
    • Norman: tchoeu (Jersey), tchoeur (Guernsey)
  • Walloon: cour
• Old Portuguese: cor
  • Galician: cor, de cor
  • Portuguese: cor, de cor
• Old Provençal: cor
• Old Spanish: cuer
• Piedmontese: cheur
• Romanian: cor, cord
• Romansch: cor
• Sardinian: coru
• Sicilian: cori
• Spanish: cuerdo
• Venetian: cor
• Iberian Vulgar Latin: *coratio (see there for further descendants)

References

• “cor” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• cor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “cor”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    
  • to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)
    

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Lojban

Rafsi

cor

1. rafsi of cortu.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin cornu.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

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

1. horn (instrument used to produce sound)

Synonyms

• buisine
• corne

Descendants

• French: cor

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Old Irish

Noun

cor m (genitive cuir, no plural)

1. verbal noun of fo·ceird

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cor	chor	cor pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From 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

Related terms

• coratge

Descendants

• Catalan: cor
• Occitan: còr

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: cor
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Rhymes: -ɔɾ

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cor.

Related terms

• corar
• colorar
• colorir

Etymology 2

From Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: cor

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. heart

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cor.

Related terms

• de cor
• coração

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowing 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
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cor	corul	(niște) coruri	corurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cor	corului	(unor) coruri	corurilor
vocative	corule		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

Etymology

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting, placing; setting up, etc.; act of throwing, casting; act of letting go, discarding; leap, twist; throw (in wrestling); twist, coil; twist, detour, circuit in road, etc.; tune, melody; contract; surety, guarantor; act of overthrowing, defeating; defeat, reverse; state, condition, plight; act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“sets, puts, places; throws, casts; casts down, overthrows; puts forth, emits, sends out; launches; utters, makes; raises (a shout, cry); performs, executes, wages”).

Noun

cor m (genitive singular 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
4. custom
5. surety
6. term or condition of a treaty
7. progress

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”)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 cor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cor. Compare Italian cuore.

Noun

cor m (plural cori)

1. heart

Related terms

• corexin

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *korros (“stunted, dwarfish”) (compare Old Cornish cor, Middle Breton corr).

Noun

cor m (plural corrod)

1. dwarf, pygmy, little urchin
2. spider; shrew

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• corgi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cor	gor	nghor	chor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “cor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014