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ore

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English

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Etymology 1

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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-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos.

Compare Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”); also Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

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ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)

 
Manganese ore (psilomelane)
  1. 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.
    Hyponyms: copper ore, iron ore, tin ore
    • 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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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin ora.[1]

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ore (plural ores)

  1. A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
    Synonym: ora

Etymology 3

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A southern variant of ware (“seaweed”).[2]

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ore (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, archaic) Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore.
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Etymology 4

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Possibly originating as a figurative use of Etymology 1, with Leominster's "ore" representing the wealth of the town.[3]

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ore (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
    • a. 1638 (date written), Ben Jonson, “For the Honour of Wales”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, page 608, column 1:
      But then the ore of Lempſter / By Got is never a Sempſter; / That when he is ſpun, ore did, / Yet match him with hir thrid
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  • Chiefly used in the form "Lemster ore"; Lemster is a shortened pronunciation of Leominster.

Etymology 5

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Preposition

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ore

  1. Obsolete form of over.

Etymology 6

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Noun

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ore (plural ore)

  1. Alternative form of öre

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References

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  1. ^ “ore”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “ore”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ “ore”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Afrikaans

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ore

  1. plural of oor

Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin hōra. Compare Romanian oară.

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ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)

  1. a time, instance

Basque

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ore inan

  1. dough

Borôro

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ore

  1. child

Galician

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Verb

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ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Guaraní

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Pronoun

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ore

  1. we (exclusive)
    Ore roha'ã. ― We (excluding the listener, we and not you) try.
    Ñande jaháta okápe ha ore ropytáta ko yvyra pýpe. ― We (all, everyone) will go outside and we (not everyone, just me and some other people) will stay by this tree.

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ore

  1. our (possessive determiner of ore)
    Kóva ore mbo'ehao. ― This is our (and not your) school.

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Guaraní personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person che ore (exclusive)
ñande (inclusive)
2nd person nde peẽ
3rd person ha'e ha'ekuéra, hikuái

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈo.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: ó‧re

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ore f

  1. plural of ora

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ore

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おれ

Latin

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ōre n

  1. ablative singular of ōs

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  • “ore”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Mbyá Guaraní

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Etymology

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Cognate with Guaraní ore.

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ore

  1. we (exclusive)

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. The original feminine gender was lost during the Middle Dutch period, shifting instead to neuter, but is still visible in the modern Dutch fossilized expression ter ore komen.

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ôre n or f

  1. ear

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  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
    • Jersey Dutch: ôr
    • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  • Limburgish: oear

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“oar”), from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

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Noun

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ore (plural ores)

  1. oar (lever for propelling a boat)
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Etymology 2

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From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

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ore (uncountable)

  1. honour, respect (recognition of value)
  2. grace, favour (positivity towards someone)::
    1. permission, approval (to engage in a behaviour)
    2. mercy, clemency (remission of punishment)
  3. respite, security (safety from harm)
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Etymology 3

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From both Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and Old English ār (“brass”).

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ore (plural ores)

  2. ore (rock that contains metal)
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Etymology 4

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From Old English ōra (“shore”).

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ore (plural ores)

  2. edge, shore
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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ore

  1. Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)

Etymology 6

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Determiner

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ore

  1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

Etymology 7

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ore

  1. Alternative form of your

Etymology 8

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Determiner

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ore

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 9

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ore

  1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French ore.

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ore

  1. 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

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  • French: or

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈoːrə/

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ōre n

  1. ear

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Declension of ōre (neuter, weak)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ ōre diu ōren
genitive eines dës ōren dër ōren
dative eime dëm ōren dën ōren
accusative ein daȥ ōre diu ōren

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  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Ohr
  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ôre”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

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ôre n

  1. ear

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

Old English

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Etymology

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

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ore f

  1. A mine, place in which ore is dug

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative ora oran
accusative oran oran
genitive oran orena
dative oran orum

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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For earlier *aore, from Latin hāc hōrā (“(in) this hour”).

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Adverb

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ore

  1. now
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  • French: or (archaic)

Etymology 2

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From Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).

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ore oblique singular, f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)

  2. hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
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Olukumi

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Etymology

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From an Proto-Yoruboid root for "female," compare with Igala óre (“female animal”), Itsekiri ore (“mother”).

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ore

  1. female
    Synonym: obìnrẹn
    Antonym: akọ (“male”)

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Adjective

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ore

  1. locative singular masculine/neuter & vocative singular feminine & accusative plural masculine of ora (“lower”)

Portuguese

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Verb

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ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

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ore

  1. inflection of oră:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Serbo-Croatian

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ore (Cyrillic spelling оре)

  1. third-person singular present of orati

Spanish

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Verb

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ore

  1. inflection of orar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tarantino

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ore

  1. gold

Tocharian B

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ore

  1. dust, dirt

Yoruba

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Òré (Cyperus articulatus)
 
Òré (Cyperus esculentus)

Etymology 1

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òré

  1. the plants Cyperus articulatus and Cyperus esculentus, commonly used in making straw sleeping mats
  2. (by extension) a straw sleeping mat, made from the òré plant
    Synonym: ẹní òré
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Etymology 2

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Non-standard spelling of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing”), see ire, ure, rere

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ore

  1. Alternative form of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing, favor”)
  2. Alternative form of oore (“obligation”)
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