hora
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hore), and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”).[1] Doublet of choir, chorus, and quire.
Noun
[edit]hora (plural horas)
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit होरा (horā, “hour”). Doublet of hour and year.
Noun
[edit]hora (uncountable)
- A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.
References
[edit]- ^ “hora”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2008).
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora m (plural hores)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan hora, borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour”) (borrowing is indicated by the late attestation and pronunciation with open /ɔ/). First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (plural hores)
- hour (sixty minutes)
- time (the moment as indicated by a clock)
- Quina hora és? ― What time is it?
- time (the appropriate hour to do something)
- appointment
- Synonym: cita
- Tinc hora al metge. ― I've got an appointment with the doctor.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “hora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “hora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “hora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech hora, from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora
- hour.
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (genitive singular horu, plural horur)
- (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) slut
- (nautical, humorous) tusk, cusk
Declension
[edit]f1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hora | horan | horur | horurnar |
accusative | horu | horuna | horur | horurnar |
dative | horu | horuni | horum | horunum |
genitive | horu | horunnar | hora | horanna |
Synonyms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora
- hora (dance)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hora | horat | |
genitive | horan | horien | |
partitive | horaa | horia | |
illative | horaan | horiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hora | horat | |
accusative | nom. | hora | horat |
gen. | horan | ||
genitive | horan | horien horain rare | |
partitive | horaa | horia | |
inessive | horassa | horissa | |
elative | horasta | horista | |
illative | horaan | horiin | |
adessive | horalla | horilla | |
ablative | horalta | horilta | |
allative | horalle | horille | |
essive | horana | horina | |
translative | horaksi | horiksi | |
abessive | horatta | horitta | |
instructive | — | horin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
[edit]Franco-Provençal
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (plural hores) (ORB, broad)
References
[edit]- heure in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- hora in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of ora.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (plural horas)
- hour
- time of the day
- Que hora é? ― What time is it?
- regular or designated time for doing something
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “hora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “hora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “hora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Interlingua
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora (plural horas)
Derived terms
[edit]- libro de horas Book of hours
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (plural hore)
Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]hora
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhoː.ra/, [ˈhoːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.ra/, [ˈɔːrä]
Noun
[edit]hōra f (genitive hōrae); first declension
- hour
- c. 1050?, Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
- Et in hora mortis nostrae.
- And in the hour of our death.
- c. 1050?, Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
- time
- c. 2 A.D., Ovid, Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI)
- Dum loquor, hora fugit.
- Even as I speak, time fleeteth way.
- Dum loquor, hora fugit.
- c. 2 A.D., Ovid, Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI)
- o'clock
- season; time of year
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hōra | hōrae |
genitive | hōrae | hōrārum |
dative | hōrae | hōrīs |
accusative | hōram | hōrās |
ablative | hōrā | hōrīs |
vocative | hōra | hōrae |
Descendants
[edit]From ad hōram:
From hanc hōram:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance
- Italian: ancora
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
From hāc hōrā:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings
References
[edit]- “hora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- what time is it: quota hora est?
- it is the third hour (= 9 A.M.: tertia hora est
- at the time agreed on: ad horam compositam
- what time is it: quota hora est?
- “hora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
[edit]Determiner
[edit]hora
- (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f
Old Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f
- mountain
- spěti z hory ― to rise (sun)
- spěti k hořě ― to set (sun)
- rock
- pile
- mountain mine
- winery
- vinničná/vinná/vinohradnie/vinohradná hora ― winery
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hora | hořě | hory |
genitive | hory | horú | hor |
dative | hořě | horama | horám |
accusative | horu | hořě | hory |
vocative | horo | hořě | hory |
locative | hořě | horú | horách |
instrumental | horú | horama | horami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hora”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.
Noun
[edit]hōra f
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Swedish: hora
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan hora, Occitan and Italian ora, French heure and Romanian oară.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/
- Homophone: ora
- Hyphenation: ho‧ra
Noun
[edit]hora f (plural horas)
- hour (period of sixty minutes)
- Há vinte e quatro horas num dia.
- There are twenty-four hours in a day.
- Ele estava aqui há uma hora.
- He was here one hour ago.
- time (point in time)
- A alguma hora, eu passo aí.
- At some time, I’ll hop over there.
- Que horas são?
- What time is it?
- É hora de dar tchau.
- It's time to say goodbye.
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:hora.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f
Rwanda-Rundi
[edit]Verb
[edit]-hóra (infinitive guhóra, perfective -hóze)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]-hōra (infinitive guhōra, perfective -hōye)
- to avenge
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hora”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora f (plural horas)
- hour (a time period of sixty minutes)
- Hay veinticuatro horas por el día.
- There are twenty-four hours in a day.
- time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
- ¿Qué hora es?
- What time is it?
- Ya es hora de ir.
- It's time to go.
- high time (usually with "ya")
- Ya es hora de ser abiertos y honestos entre nosotros.
- It's high time we be open and honest with each other.
- (education) hour, period (of class)
- Tengo un examen a primera hora mañana.
- I have a test during first period tomorrow.
- Tenemos juntos la tercera hora.
- We have third period together.
- (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
- Synonym: cita
Derived terms
[edit]- a buena hora
- a buenas horas
- a la hora
- a la hora de
- a mil por hora
- a primera hora
- a su hora
- a toda hora
- a todas horas
- a última hora
- altas horas
- cada hora
- con la hora pegada al culo
- dar la hora
- de buena hora
- de última hora
- deshora
- en hora mala
- en mal hora
- en mala hora
- enhorabuena
- enhoramala
- entre horas
- hora de dormir, hora de acostarse (“bedtime”)
- hora de la verdad
- hora de los quiubos
- hora de verano
- hora de verdad
- hora legal
- hora muerta
- hora pico
- hora punta
- horas de trabajo (“working hours”)
- horas extraordinarias (“overtime”)
- horas extras
- libro de horas
- media hora
- no se ganó Zamora en una hora
- no ver la hora
- poner en hora
- por hora
- por horas
- qué hora es
- última hora
- ya era hora
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Papiamentu: ora
- Borrowings
Further reading
[edit]- “hora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish hōra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure. Doublet of kär.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hora c
- a whore (prostitute)
- Synonyms: fnask, gatflicka, glädjeflicka, luder, (man whore) manshora, nattfjäril, prostituerad, sexarbetare, sexsäljare, sköka, slinka
- (derogatory) a whore (promiscuous person, slut)
- (derogatory) a whore (person offering themselves in some non-sexual capacity in a way perceived as indicating a lack of self-respect)
- (derogatory) a whore (contemptible person)
Declension
[edit]Verb
[edit]hora (present horar, preterite horade, supine horat, imperative hora)
- to whore
- (figuratively) to whore (offer oneself in a way perceived as indicating a lack of self-respect)
- Han verkar hora ut sig till vilka tveksamma sponsorer som helst
- He seems to whore himself out to any dubious sponsor whatsoever
- (dated) to engage in adultery or fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex while unmarried)
Conjugation
[edit]Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | hora | — | ||
Supine | horat | — | ||
Imperative | hora | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | horen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | horar | horade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | hora | horade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | hore | horade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | horande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- hora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken
Anagrams
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Hebrew
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- en:Dances
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- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
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- Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan
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- ca:Time
- Czech terms inherited from Old Czech
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- cs:Landforms
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- Rhymes:Faroese/oːɹa
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- fo:Nautical
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- Rhymes:Finnish/orɑ
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- Finnish lemmas
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- ORB, broad
- frp:Time
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- zlw-ocs:Landforms
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- pt:Time
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- es:Education
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