dor

See also: dór, dôr, -dor, d'or, dor., D. Or., Dor., and Appendix:Variations of "dor"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

Alternative forms

• dorr

Noun

dor (plural dors)

1. A large European dung beetle, , that makes a droning noise while flying
2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee

Derived terms

• dorbeetle
• dorrfly

 

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: gewone mestkever m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: géotrupe du fumier m

See also

• dumbledore

Etymology 2

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

Noun

dor (plural dors)

1. (obsolete) a trick, joke, or deception

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

Anagrams

• DRO, ODR, Ord, RDO, Rod, dro, ord, rod

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Afrikaans

Adjective

dor (attributive dorre, comparative dorder, superlative dorste)

1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• doru

Etymology 1

From Latin doleō. Compare Romanian durea.

Verb

dor (third-person singular present indicative doari or doare, past participle durutã)

1. I hurt, ache.

Usage notes

Usually used reflexively (e.g. "mi doari"- it hurts/pains (me)), as with the Romanian cognate, which is only conjugated in the 3rd person.

Related terms

• dureari / dureare
• durut

 

Etymology 2

Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Romanian dor.

Noun

dor

1. longing, desire, want
2. love
3. passion
4. pain, suffering

See also

• vreari

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dworā (compare Welsh dôr), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwor.

Noun

dor f (plural dorioù)

1. door

Mutation

  Mutation of dor  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	dor	zor	unchanged	tor
plural	dorioù	zorioù	unchanged	torioù

Note: it is the last remnant of nasal mutation in Breton, and becomes "an nor".

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• dort

Etymology

From earlier dort, from Middle High German dort, from Old High German dorot, darot (“there”). Cognate with German dort (“there, yonder”).

Preposition

dor

1. (Sette Comuni) through, across, along

   de mèrchar dor de biizen ― the boundary markers along the meadow

References

• “dor” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Cornish

Noun

dor m (plural dorow)

1. ground, earth
2. Earth

Usage notes

(Earth): undergoes irregular mutation after definite article when referring to the Earth: an nor

Derived terms

• aval dor (“potato”)
• aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
• know dor (“peanuts”)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thurri, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔr

Adjective

dor (comparative dorder, superlative dorst)

1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

Inflection

Declension of dor
uninflected	dor
inflected	dorre
comparative	dorder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		dor	dorder	het dorst het dorste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	dorre	dordere	dorste
	n. sing.	dor	dorder	dorste
	plural	dorre	dordere	dorste
definite		dorre	dordere	dorste
partitive		dors	dorders	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dor

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese door, from Latin dolor, dolōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪oːɾ]

Noun

dor f (plural dores)

1. pain

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dō

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Middle Dutch

Preposition

dor

1. Alternative form of dōre

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durą. Cognate with Old Saxon dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old English duru, German Tür). Indo-European cognates include Greek θυρα (thyra), Latin foris, Lithuanian dùrys, Old Church Slavonic двьрь (dvĭrĭ) (Russian дверь (dverʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːr/

Noun

dōr n

1. a large door, a gate

Declension

Declension of dor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dōr	dōru
accusative	dōr	dōru
genitive	dōres	dōra
dative	dōre	dōrum

Related terms

• duru

Descendants

• Middle English: dor, dore
  • English: door

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durą. Cognate with Old English dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (“gate”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old Saxon duru, German Tür).

Noun

dor n

1. a gate, a large door

Declension

Declension of dor (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	dor	dor
accusative	dor	dor
genitive	dores	dorō
dative	dore	dorun
instrumental	—	—

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese door (“pain”), from Latin dolor, dolōrem, from Old Latin *dolōs, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to hew, split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/, /ˈdox/, /ˈdoh/, /ˈdoɻ/, /ˈdo/, /ˈdoχ/, /ˈdoɹ/, /ˈdoʁ/, /ˈdor/
• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

dor f (plural es)

1. pain (physical or emotional)

Related terms

• doer
• dolência
• dolente
• dolorido
• doloroso

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: dór

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Noun

dor

1. price

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Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (“trickery, deception”), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Spanish duelo (“sorrow, mourning”), French deuil (“bereavement”).

Noun

dor n (plural doruri)

1. longing

Declension

Declension of dor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dor	dorul	(niște) doruri	dorurile
genitive/dative	(unui) dor	dorului	(unor) doruri	dorurilor
vocative	dorule		dorurilor

Derived terms

• dori

Related terms

• durea

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Tolai

Pronoun

dor

1. First-person inclusive dual pronoun: you (singular) and I, you (singular) and me

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔr/

Verb

dor

1. Soft mutation of tor.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tor	dor	nhor	thor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.