dore

See also: doré, dorë, dőre, døre, Dore, and Doré

Albanian

Noun

dore f (plural dore, definite dorja, definite plural dortë)

1. embroidered sleeve cuff
2. handle of a knife or another tool

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Verb

dore

1. inflection of dorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• rode, rodé, rôde, rôdé

Japanese

Romanization

dore

1. Rōmaji transcription of どれ

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

dōre

2. through
3. by, through the action of
4. because of
5. within (a time)

Alternative forms

• duere

Descendants

• Dutch: door
  • Afrikaans: deur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
  • Jersey Dutch: dœr
  • Negerhollands: door
  • Petjo: door
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: door
  • Sranan Tongo: doro
    • Aukan: doo
    • Kwinti: doo, doro
    • Saramaccan: dóu
    • → Kari'na: dorome
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhur, dhur-dhuran
  • → Papiamentu: dor
• Limburgish: doear, doearch, dórch
• West Flemish: deur
• Zealandic: deu, deur, door

Adverb

dōre

2. through
3. very, thoroughly
4. throughout (a space, time)

Alternative forms

• duere

Descendants

• Dutch: door
  • Afrikaans: deur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
  • Jersey Dutch: dœr
  • Negerhollands: door
  • Petjo: door
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: door
  • Sranan Tongo: doro
    • Aukan: doo
    • Kwinti: doo, doro
    • Saramaccan: dóu
    • → Kari'na: dorome
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhur, dhur-dhuran
  • → Papiamentu: dor
• Limburgish: doear, doearch, dórch
• West Flemish: deur

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch duri, from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

Noun

dōre f

2. door

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• duere

Descendants

• Dutch: deur
• Limburgish: däör
• West Flemish: deure
• Zealandic: deur, deure

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *dōro, Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō.

Noun

dôre m or f

2. fool

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: door

Further reading

• “dore (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dore (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dore (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “duere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “door (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page door
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dore (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dore (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

Middle English

Etymology 1

PIE root
*dʰwer-

From Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dor, *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durą, *durz.

Alternative forms

• dor, dorre, doyr, doyre, dur, durre
• dure (Early Middle English or Northern); dyrre (Staffordshire)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːr(ə)/, /ˈdur(ə)/ (from Old English duru)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/, /ˈdɔr(ə)/ (from Old English dor, with the final vowel of duru)

Noun

dore (plural dores or doren)

1. A door or gate (structure barring an entrance)
2. An opening or entrance; a inwards passage:
   1. A doorway (the passage of a door)
   2. (figurative) A way of entering (an abstraction)

Related terms

• chirche dore

Descendants

• English: door (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: dure, dur, duir
  • Scots: duir, dure (obsolete)
• Yola: dher

References

• “dōr(e, dọ̄r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700‎^[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 154, page 680.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”); the Middle English forms seem to indicate a collateral Old English *dorra.

Alternative forms

• dor, dorre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/, /ˈdɔr(ə)/

Noun

dore

1. A dor (flying insect that makes a loud humming noise)

Descendants

• English: dor, dorr

References

• “dō̆re, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.re/

Noun

dore

1. dative singular of dor

Spanish

Verb

dore

1. inflection of dorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese どれ (dore, “which”).

Pronoun

dore

1. which (person or object)

Coordinate terms

• kore, are, dore
• koci, aci, doko
• kono, ano, dono
• konna no, anna no, donna no
• konnasite, annasite, donnasite

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2019), “日本語を上層とする 宜蘭クレオールの指示詞”, in 社会言語科学 [The Japanese Journal of Language in Society]‎^[2], volume 21, number 2, pages 50-65