ore
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-Germanic *aiz (cognates Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA(key): /ɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /oə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: oar, o'er; or (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger); aw, awe (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun[edit]
ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)
- Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
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Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore
Basque[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore inan
Borôro[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
ore
Guaraní[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ore
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ore
Noun[edit]
ore f
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ore
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
ōre n
References[edit]
- ore in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Noun[edit]
ôre n
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ore (I)”, in Middelniederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English ūr.
Noun[edit]
ore
- Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English ūre.
Determiner[edit]
ore
- Alternative form of oure
References[edit]
- “our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old English ēower.
Determiner[edit]
ore
- Alternative form of youre
References[edit]
- “your (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.
Etymology 4[edit]
From Old English heora.
Determiner[edit]
ore
- (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)
References[edit]
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 5[edit]
From Old English horu, horh.
Noun[edit]
ore
- Alternative form of hore (“muck”)
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ore
- now
- 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 4, line 2:
- des choses lesquelles nous ne conterons pas ore
- of things we will not speak of now
Descendants[edit]
- French: or
Middle High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Noun[edit]
ore n
Descendants[edit]
- Alemannic German: Oor
- Bavarian: Oar
- Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
- German: Ohr
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Ohr
- Vilamovian: ür
- Yiddish: אויער (oyer)
Middle Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Stem vowel: ô²
Noun[edit]
ôre n
Descendants[edit]
Novial[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore (plural ores)
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore f
- A mine, place in which ore is dug
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- īsernōre (“iron mine”)
Related terms[edit]
- ōra (“ore”)
- gyldenweċġ (“gold mine”)
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ore
Descendants[edit]
- French: or (archaic)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)
- hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?- What haste do you have
- That wakes up at this time of day?
- quel haste avez,
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants[edit]
- English: hour
- French: heure
- Norman: heure, houre (continental Norman), heuthe (Jersey), haeure (Guernsey)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
ore
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of orar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of orar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of orar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of orar
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore f pl
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
ore
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of orar.
Tarantino[edit]
Noun[edit]
ore
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- en:Mining
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- Basque inanimate nouns
- Borôro lemmas
- Borôro nouns
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- Guaraní pronouns
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- Italian noun plural forms
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- Japanese romanizations
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- Latin noun forms
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle Dutch nouns
- Middle Dutch neuter nouns
- dum:Body
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English determiners
- West Midland Middle English
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adverbs
- Middle French terms with quotations
- Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German
- Middle High German terms derived from Old High German
- Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- gmh:Anatomy
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- Middle Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
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- Middle Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Middle Low German nouns
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- gml:Anatomy
- Novial lemmas
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- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- fro:Time
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