vora

See also: Vora, vorą, -vora, and вора

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ōra. Compare Spanish orilla.

Noun

vora f (plural vores)

1. edge
2. bank, shore
3. hem

Preposition

vora

1. near (close to, in proximity to)

   Synonym: prop de

   a la vora del foc ― next to the fire

Adverb

vora

1. nearly, almost
   • 2019 October 26, Josep Maria Ganyet, “I amb l’emoji, la revolta”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Una cerca ràpida per “Tsunami Democràtic” (cometes incloses) torna vora 1,5 milions de resultats.

     A quick search for "Democratic Tsunami" (including quotation marks) returns nearly 1.5 million results.

Further reading

• “vora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive plural of vor

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Italian

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

Derived from Latin vorō (“I devour, swallow up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.ra/, [ˈvɔːr̺ä]
• Hyphenation: vò‧ra

Noun

vora f (plural vore)

1. (regional, Apulia) A sinkhole formed by the erosion of water or by the collapse of a cave's vault.

Related terms

• voragine
• voraginoso
• vorago

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ra/, [ˈvoːr̺ä]
• Hyphenation: vó‧ra

Verb

vora

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vorā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vorō

References

• vora 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)

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Sardinian

Noun

vora

1. (Campidanese) edge