ora

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

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Latin.

Noun[edit]

ora

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun[edit]

ora (plural oras)

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

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f

  1. definite singular of orë

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural oras)

  1. hour

References[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Turkish ora.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)

Adverb[edit]

ora

  1. there, thither, to that place
    Ora getmə. ― Don't go there.

Derived terms[edit]

  • ora-bura (“hither and thither”)
  • orada (“there”)
  • oraya (“thither, to that place”)
  • oradan (“thence, from that place”)

Antonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora (definite accusative oranı, plural oralar)

  1. that place

Declension[edit]

    Declension of ora
singular plural
nominative ora
 oralar
definite accusative oranı
 oraları
dative oraya
 oralara
locative orada
 oralarda
ablative oradan
 oralardan
definite genitive oranın
 oraların
    Possessive forms of ora
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) oram oralarım
sənin (“your”) oran oraların
onun (“his/her/its”) orası oraları
bizim (“our”) oramız oralarımız
sizin (“your”) oranız oralarınız
onların (“their”) orası or oraları oraları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) oramı oralarımı
sənin (“your”) oranı oralarını
onun (“his/her/its”) orasını oralarını
bizim (“our”) oramızı oralarımızı
sizin (“your”) oranızı oralarınızı
onların (“their”) orasını or oralarını oralarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) orama oralarıma
sənin (“your”) orana oralarına
onun (“his/her/its”) orasına oralarına
bizim (“our”) oramıza oralarımıza
sizin (“your”) oranıza oralarınıza
onların (“their”) orasına or oralarına oralarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) oramda oralarımda
sənin (“your”) oranda oralarında
onun (“his/her/its”) orasında oralarında
bizim (“our”) oramızda oralarımızda
sizin (“your”) oranızda oralarınızda
onların (“their”) orasında or oralarında oralarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) oramdan oralarımdan
sənin (“your”) orandan oralarından
onun (“his/her/its”) orasından oralarından
bizim (“our”) oramızdan oralarımızdan
sizin (“your”) oranızdan oralarınızdan
onların (“their”) orasından or oralarından oralarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) oramın oralarımın
sənin (“your”) oranın oralarının
onun (“his/her/its”) orasının oralarının
bizim (“our”) oramızın oralarımızın
sizin (“your”) oranızın oralarınızın
onların (“their”) orasının or oralarının oralarının

Blagar[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. tail

References[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin aura (“breeze”). Doublet of aura.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural ores)

  1. breeze
  2. calm weather
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ora

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

Further reading[edit]

Corsican[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin hōra.

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural ori)

  1. hour
  2. time

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oro (“gold”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. golden

Related terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *ora, 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 Inari Sami oari, Erzya уро (uro), Moksha ура (ura) and Hungarian ár.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈorɑ/, [ˈo̞rɑ]
  • Rhymes: -orɑ
  • Syllabification: o‧ra

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. thorn

Declension[edit]

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
Possessive forms of ora (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person orani oramme
2nd person orasi oranne
3rd person oransa

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ora

  1. now
    Synonym: agora

Conjunction[edit]

ora … ora

  1. sometimes … sometimes
    Ora rin, ora choran ― Sometimes they laugh, others they cry

Interjection[edit]

ora!

  1. stop!

Verb[edit]

ora

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

References[edit]

  • “ora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian ora

Adverb[edit]

ora

  1. now
    Synonym: nunc

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural ore)

  1. hour
  2. time (of day); hour
    che ora è? ― what time is it?
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ora

  2. now
    Synonym: adesso
Derived terms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ora

  1. and yet

Conjunction[edit]

ora... ora...

  1. first... then...; one moment... the next..
    ora mi ama ora mi odia ― one moment she loves me, the next she hates me

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural ore)

  1. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze
    Synonyms: aura, brezza, venticello

Etymology 4[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ora

  1. inflection of orare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

  • ora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • ora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • ora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • ora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

Etymology[edit]

From *wola, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Compare Aklanon waea'.

Adverb[edit]

ora

  1. not

Particle[edit]

ora

  1. no

Kapingamarangi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

ora

  1. To live.

Ladin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin hōra.

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural ores)

  1. hour

Synonyms[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ora

  1. except

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown; possibly related to Hittite [script needed] (er-ḫa-aš /erḫaš/, “line, boundary”), Sanskrit आरे (āré, “far”), perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ōra f (genitive ōrae); first declension

  1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
  2. sea coast
  3. region, country
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōra ōrae
Genitive ōrae ōrārum
Dative ōrae ōrīs
Accusative ōram ōrās
Ablative ōrā ōrīs
Vocative ōra ōrae
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • ⇒ Asturian: oriella, oliancu
  • Catalan: vora
  • ⇒ French: orle
  • ⇒ Galician: orela

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ōra

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ōrā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

References[edit]

  • “ora”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
  1. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page erḫ- / araḫ- / arḫ-, erḫa-, arḫa- of 245-247
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 288

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ora

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

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. life
  2. existence

Nias[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. ladder
  2. stairs

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora f (plural oras)

  1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
  2. time (of day), hour
    Quina ora es?
    What time is it?

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun[edit]

ōra n

  1. ear

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “ōra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A derivate of ear (“earth”)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ōra m

  1. ore, unwrought metal; brass
  2. border, bank, shore

Declension[edit]

Declension of ora (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ōra ōran
accusative ōran ōran
genitive ōran ōrena
dative ōran ōrum

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: or, oor (merged with ār)
    • English: ore (partially)
  • → English: ora (learned)

Related terms[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

ōra n

  1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension[edit]

Declension of ōra (neuter n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative ōra ōrun
accusative ōra ōrun
genitive ōren ōrōno
dative ōren ōrōm

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: ore

References[edit]

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

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, 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[edit]

ōra n

  1. ear

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: ôre
    • Low German: Ohr
      • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
      • German Low German: Or, Ur
        Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Papiamentu[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. time
  2. hour

Pronoun[edit]

ora

  1. when

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Syllabification: o‧ra

Verb[edit]

ora

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

Usage notes[edit]

Standard form: orze

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/, [ˈɔ.ɾɐ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Adverb[edit]

ora

  1. now
    Synonyms: agora, já

Conjunction[edit]

ora … ora

  1. sometimes … sometimes
    Ora ele ri, ora chora.
    Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection[edit]

ora!

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

Derived terms[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

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

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb[edit]

ora

  1. live

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of oră

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aura

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aura.

Noun[edit]

ora f

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈoɾa/, [ˈo.ɾa]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)

Verb[edit]

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.

Conjunction[edit]

ora ... ora ...

  1. now (something) now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else. Used to introduce opposing ideas.
    Tomando ora la espada, ora la pluma.
    Taking at times the sword, at times the pen.
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria
      Daba grandes tumbos a babor y estribor, mostrando ora la horrible panza, ora la cubierta en desorden, negra y húmeda, las escotillas, el cajón de la máquina […]
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References[edit]

“ora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour; time”). Doublet of oras.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: o‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔoɾa/, [ˈʔoɾɐ]

Noun[edit]

ora

  1. hour (only in certain expressions)
    Synonym: oras

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb[edit]

ora

  1. live

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish اورا‎, equivalent to o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronoun[edit]

ora

  1. there
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