ora

See also: Ora, orà, oră, óra, and öra

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Noun

ora

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

Etymology 2

Anglo-Saxon.

Noun

ora (plural oras)

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

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾa/

Etymology

The Esperanto word oro (“gold”) turned into an adjective by replacing the -o suffix with the -a suffix.

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. Cognates include Hungarian ár, Inari Sami oari, Moksha ура (ura). Possibly originally an Indo-European loanword, compare Old Norse alr, Sanskrit आरा (ārā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ora

1. thorn

Declension

Inflection of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

		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		oralleˣ	orilleˣ
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

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?

3. blow, breeze

Derived terms

• di buon'ora
• ora estiva
• ora legale
• orario
• ora solare
• ora canonica
• oretta
• ormai
• orologio

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Adverb

ora

1. now

Synonyms

• adesso

Derived terms

• or ora
• per ora

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Anagrams

• aro, arò

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Kapingamarangi

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.

Number	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
• English: orle
• French: orle
• 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

• Mallory, Adams: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture

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Maori

Etymology

Compare Hawaiian ola.

Verb

ora

1. To be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy.
2. To survive.

Noun

ora

1. life

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora m, f

1. definite feminine singular of or

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f, m

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).

Noun

ōra n

1. 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)

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • German: Ohr

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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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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

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Adverb

ora

1. now

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)

Alternative forms

• oras

See also

• agora
• já
• ora bolas

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

See here.

Verb

ora

1. live

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Romanian

Noun

ora (feminine, definite singular form of oră)

1. hour

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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): /ˈo.ɾa/

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

Verb

ora

1. live

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Turkish

Etymology

o (that) +‎ -ra

Pronoun

ora

1. there