ora

See also: Ora, óra, orá, orà, oră, and öra

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Noun

ora

1. plural of os; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.

Etymology 2

Old English [Term?].

Noun

ora (plural oras)

1. A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar

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Albanian

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë
2. hour (period of 60 minutes)

   Sa është ora?

   What time is it?

3. (Albanian mythology) spirit (similar to fairy; spirit of the forest; spirit of a house; good or evil)

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Catalan

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative form of orar
2. second-person singular imperative form of orar

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

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Esperanto

Etymology

From oro (“gold”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈora/
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adjective

ora (accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH (compare Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl). Cognate with Hungarian ár, Inari Sami oari, Moksha ура (ura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Noun

ora

1. thorn

Declension

Inflection of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		ora	orat
genitive		oran	orien
partitive		oraa	oria
illative		oraan	oriin
		singular	plural
nominative		ora	orat
accusative	nom.	ora	orat
	gen.	oran
genitive		oran	orien orainrare
partitive		oraa	oria
inessive		orassa	orissa
elative		orasta	orista
illative		oraan	oriin
adessive		oralla	orilla
ablative		oralta	orilta
allative		oralle	orille
essive		orana	orina
translative		oraksi	oriksi
instructive		—	orin
abessive		oratta	oritta
comitative		—	orineen

Synonyms

• oka
• oras

Anagrams

• aro

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Galician

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular imperative of orar

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Italian

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

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Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Che ora è? ― What time is it?

Derived terms

Terms derived from ora

• di buon'ora
• ora canonica
• ora estiva

• ora legale
• orario
• ora solare

• oretta
• ormai
• orologio

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Adverb

ora

2. now

Synonyms

• adesso

Derived terms

• or ora
• per ora

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Etymology 2

From Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. blow, breeze

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present of orare

Anagrams

• aro, arò

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Javanese

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

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Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. To live.

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₄orh₂-on- (“shore, bank, border”), related to Lithuanian oras (“air, weather”), Latvian ara (“border, country limit, boundary”), and Hittite 𒅈𒄩 (“boundary, rim, line”).

Also compare Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros, “border, boundary mark”). Possibly related to urvo (“to plough round, mark out with a plough”).

Noun

ōra f (genitive ōrae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
2. sea coast
3. region, country

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōra	ōrae
genitive	ōrae	ōrārum
dative	ōrae	ōrīs
accusative	ōram	ōrās
ablative	ōrā	ōrīs
vocative	ōra	ōrae

Synonyms

• (border, limit, edge): fīnis, labrum, limbus, līmes, margō
• (sea coast): acta, lītus

Descendants

• ⇒ Asturian: oriella
• Catalan: vora
• ⇒ French: orle
  • → English: orle
• ⇒ Galician: orela

• ⇒ Italian: orlo
• ⇒ Portuguese: orla
• ⇒ Spanish: orilla
• Venetian: óro

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Noun

ōra

1. nominative plural of ōs
2. accusative plural of ōs
3. vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3

Verb

ōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

References

• ora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • to land (of ships): appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
• ora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Mallory, Adams: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?

   What time is it?

Derived terms

• orari
• oreta

See also

• minuta
• segonda

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare (English ear), Old Norse eyra (“ear”) (Swedish öra), Old Frisian āre, Old Saxon ōra, Old High German ora (German Ohr). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. (anatomy) ear

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ore
  • Dutch: oor

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Old High German

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old Saxon ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Noun

ōra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension

Declension of ōra (neuter n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrun
accusative	ōra	ōrun
genitive	ōren	ōrōno
dative	ōren	ōrōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • German: Ohr

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian āre, Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old High German ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Low German: Or, Ohr, Ur
• Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese hora, from Spanish hora.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

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Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of orać

Usage notes

Standard form: orze

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: hora

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Adverb

ora

1. now

Synonyms

• (now): agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora ele ri, ora chora.

   Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Alternative forms

• oras

Etymology 2

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of orar

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of oră.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aura

Etymology

From Latin aura.

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) weather

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/

Verb

ora

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of orar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of orar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of orar.

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

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Turkish

Etymology

From o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronoun

ora

1. there