sor

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of sorority, like frat from fraternity.

Noun[edit]

sor (plural sors)

  1. (US, informal) A sorority (student organization).
    • 2004, The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005, page 327:
      “The Greeks have tons of influence on campus,” says one student. “Frats and sors allow for smaller groups of friends, making it easier to have a social identity.”
    • 2011, Brian Washburn, University of Utah 2012:
      If you are not a part of a Frat/Sor, then it seems at though they are non-existent.

Anagrams[edit]

Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /s̺or/ [s̺or]
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: sor

Adjective[edit]

sor (comparative sorrago, superlative sorren, excessive sorregi)

  1. numb
    Synonym: soraio
  2. discreet, inconspicuous
  3. (dated) deaf
    Synonym: gor

Declension[edit]

Declension of sor (adjective, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive sor sorra sorrak
ergative sorrek sorrak sorrek
dative sorri sorrari sorrei
genitive sorren sorraren sorren
comitative sorrekin sorrarekin sorrekin
causative sorrengatik sorrarengatik sorrengatik
benefactive sorrentzat sorrarentzat sorrentzat
instrumental sorrez sorraz sorrez
inessive anim. sorrengan sorrarengan sorrengan
inanim. sorretan sorrean sorretan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. sorretako sorreko sorretako
allative anim. sorrengana sorrarengana sorrengana
inanim. sorretara sorrera sorretara
terminative anim. sorrenganaino sorrarenganaino sorrenganaino
inanim. sorretaraino sorreraino sorretaraino
directive anim. sorrenganantz sorrarenganantz sorrenganantz
inanim. sorretarantz sorrerantz sorretarantz
destinative anim. sorrenganako sorrarenganako sorrenganako
inanim. sorretarako sorrerako sorretarako
ablative anim. sorrengandik sorrarengandik sorrengandik
inanim. sorretatik sorretik sorretatik
partitive sorrik — —
prolative sortzat — —

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "sor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “sor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative form).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sor f (plural sors)

  1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
  2. (archaic) sister

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sor (feminine sora, masculine plural sors, feminine plural sores)

  1. (regional) reddish

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sor m (plural sors)

  1. (Valencia, botany) sorus

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clipping of English sorry.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

sor

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Used to express apology over trivial matters, where apology is needed but the use of sorry would be considered too formal.

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 對不起 (“sorry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 對不起
Mandarin Beijing 對不起
Taiwan 對不起
Malaysia 對不起
Singapore 對不起
Cantonese Guangzhou 對唔住
Hong Kong 對唔住, sorry, sor informal
Taishan 對唔住
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 對唔住
Singapore (Guangfu) 對唔住
Hakka Meixian 對唔住
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生
Singapore (Dabu) 敗勢
Jin Taiyuan 對不起
Eastern Min Matsu 對不住
Southern Min Xiamen 歹勢, 對不住, 失禮
Quanzhou 歹勢, 對不住
Zhangzhou 䆀勢, 對不住
Taipei 失禮, 歹勢
New Taipei (Sanxia) 失禮
Kaohsiung 失禮, 歹勢
Yilan 失禮
Changhua (Lukang) 失禮, 歹勢
Taichung 失禮
Taichung (Wuqi) 失禮
Tainan 失禮, 歹勢
Taitung 歹勢
Hsinchu 失禮
Kinmen 失禮
Penghu (Magong) 失禮
Penang (Hokkien) 歹勢, sorry
Singapore (Hokkien) 歹勢, 對毋住, sorry
Manila (Hokkien) 歹勢, 對不住
Chaozhou 對唔住
Shantou 對唔住
Singapore (Teochew) 對唔住, 歹勢
Wu Shanghai 勿好意思, 對勿起
Suzhou 對弗起
Haining (Xiashi) 對勿住
Ningbo 交代勿過, 勿好意思
Xiang Changsha 對不住

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [sor]
  • Hyphenation: sor

Adverb[edit]

sor

  1. (neologism, nonstandard) up, upwards (direction away from the center of the Earth)

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

  • malsupren (“down, downwards”)
  • (neologism, nonstandard) sob (“down, downwards”)

Derived terms[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃor]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun[edit]

sor (plural sorok)

  1. row (in the auditorium of a theater etc.)
    Holonym: nézőtér (“auditorium”)
    Meronyms: szék, ülés, hely (all: “seat”)
  2. row (in a sheet, table, database)
    Coordinate term: oszlop (“column”)
  3. (of text) line
    Holonyms: bekezdés, oldal, fejezet, szöveg
    Meronyms: szó, betű
  4. queue (GB) , line (US) (people or things waiting to be served one after the other)
  5. (mathematics, physics) series
    Synonym: sorozat
  6. a fairly large quantity (of things)
  7. (of events) chain, course, succession
    Synonym: sorozat
  8. someone’s turn (used in several phrases with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
    Synonyms: jön (literally “to come”), következik (both: to be one’s turn, literally “to follow”)
    soron következik ― to come next
    Most rajta a sor, hogy bizonyítson. ― Now it’s his turn to prove himself.
    Mindjárt rákerül a sor. ― Soon it will be his/her turn.
    Szerintem ő van most soron. ― I think it's his/her turn right now.
  9. occurrence, taking place (with the verbs kerít, kerül)
  10. (after a proper name) a type of street or road with buildings on one side only
    Ajtósi Dürer sor ― Ajtósi Dürer Road
  11. situation, status
    Synonym: helyzet
  12. birth, social rank, class (used with adjectives like high or low)
  13. (archaic) fate, lot
    Synonyms: sors, végzet
  14. (poker) straight
  15. (chess) rank
  16. significance, footing (whether things are on a par with each other)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sor sorok
accusative sort sorokat
dative sornak soroknak
instrumental sorral sorokkal
causal-final sorért sorokért
translative sorrá sorokká
terminative sorig sorokig
essive-formal sorként sorokként
essive-modal — —
inessive sorban sorokban
superessive soron sorokon
adessive sornál soroknál
illative sorba sorokba
sublative sorra sorokra
allative sorhoz sorokhoz
elative sorból sorokból
delative sorról sorokról
ablative sortól soroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		soré soroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		soréi sorokéi
Possessive forms of sor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sorom soraim
2nd person sing. sorod soraid
3rd person sing. sora sorai
1st person plural sorunk soraink
2nd person plural sorotok soraitok
3rd person plural soruk soraik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

Further reading[edit]

  • sor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From signore.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔr/, /ˈsor/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr, -or
  • Hyphenation: sòr, sór

Noun[edit]

sor m (feminine sora)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Roman) mister, sir (before personal names or professions)

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English sār.

Adjective[edit]

sor

  1. Alternative form of sore

Noun[edit]

sor

  1. Alternative form of sore

Adverb[edit]

sor

  1. Alternative form of sore

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French sor, from Frankish *saur, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. Doublet of sere (“dry”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sor

  2. sorrel (red-brown; used to describe animals)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: sore (obsolete)
References[edit]

Noun[edit]

sor (plural sowres)

  1. A sorrel horse.
  2. A four-year-old male deer.
Descendants[edit]
  • English: sore (obsolete)
References[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • سۆر (sor) — Arabic spelling

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective[edit]

Central Kurdish سوور (sûr)
Southern Kurdish qirmiz, süer
Zazaki sûr
Gurani sur

sor (comparative sortir, superlative herî sor or sortirîn)

  1. red

See also[edit]

Colors in Northern Kurdish · reng (layout · text)
     spî      gewr      reş
             sor; sorê sor              pirteqalî; qehweyî              zer; qîçik
             keskê vekirî              kesk              kevz; keskê tarî
             şînê vekirî; hêşîn              şînê esmanî              şîn
             şîrkî, mor; heş              soravî; binefşî, xemir              pîvazî, pembe

Old French[edit]

Preposition[edit]

sor

  1. Alternative form of seur

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown. Probably ultimately from Latin sus, through a Vulgar Latin variant *suris instead of suis, through analogy with other Latin declensions like mus, whence muris, or os, whence oris.

Noun[edit]

sor n (plural soruri) (rare)

  1. skin shaved from a pig
Declension[edit]
Declension of sor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sor sorul (niște) soruri sorurile
genitive/dative (unui) sor sorului (unor) soruri sorurilor
vocative sorule sorurilor

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sor f (obsolete or dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of soră (“sister”)

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Catalan sor, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoɾ/ [ˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: sor

Noun[edit]

sor f (plural sores)

  1. (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
  2. (archaic) sister
    Synonym: hermana

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sor

  1. indefinite plural of so

Anagrams[edit]

Zazaki[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Adjective[edit]

sor

  1. red
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