ore

See also:Appendix:Variations of "ore"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American)enPR:ôr,IPA^(key):/ɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɔː/
• (rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)enPR:ōr,IPA^(key):/o(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)IPA^(key):/oə/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones:oar,o'er;or(horse–hoarsemerger);aw,awe(non-rhotic,horse–hoarsemerger)

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishor,oor,blend ofOld Englishōra(“ore, unwrought metal”)andār(“brass, copper, bronze”),the first a derivate ofear(“earth”),the second fromProto-West Germanic*aiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*aiz,fromProto-Indo-European*áyos, h₂éyos.

CompareOld Norseeir(“brass, copper”),Germanehern(“of metal, of iron”),Gothic𐌰𐌹𐌶(aiz,“ore”);alsoDutchoer(“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”).CompareLatinaes(“bronze, copper”),Avestan𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵(aiiah),Sanskritअयस्(áyas,“copper, iron”).

Noun

ore(countableanduncountable,pluralores)

Manganese ore (psilomelane)

1. Rockor other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containingmetalsorgemsfor which it is typicallyminedandprocessed.

   Hyponyms:copper ore,iron ore,tin ore

   • 2014April 21, “Subtle effects”,inThe Economist,volume411,number8884:

     Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed toorescontaining manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

Derived terms

• bog iron ore
• bog ore
• copper ore
• feather ore
• gold-copper ore
• horseflesh ore
• iron ore
• kidney ore
• morass-ore
• needle ore
• olive ore
• ore belt
• ore body
• ore-bulk-oil carrier
• ore car
• ore dressing
• orefield
• ore hearth
• ore tenus
• peacock ore
• pea ore
• pottern ore
• potter's ore
• sulfur ore
• sulphur ore
• swamp ore
• tile ore
• tin ore
• wheel ore
• white lead ore

Translations

rock that contains materials that can be economically extracted and processed

• Albanian:dhengritësm,xeheror(sq)m
• Arabic:رِكَازm(rikāz),خَامَةf(ḵāma)
• Armenian:հանքաքար(hy)(hankʻakʻar)
• Azerbaijani:filiz(az),külçə
• Basque:mea
• Belarusian:руда́f(rudá)
• Bulgarian:ру́да(bg)f(rúda)
• Burmese:သတ္တုရိုင်း(my)(sattu.ruing:)
• Catalan:mena(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Khoáng thạch/Khoáng thạch(kong³sek⁶)

  Hakka:Khoáng thạch/Khoáng thạch(khóng-sa̍k)

  Hokkien:Khoáng thạch/Khoáng thạch(zh-min-nan)(khòng-chio̍h)

  Mandarin:Khoáng thạch/Khoáng thạch(zh)(kuàngshí)

• Czech:ruda(cs)f
• Danish:malm(da)c
• Dutch:erts(nl)n
• Elfdalian:momm,malm
• Esperanto:erco(eo)
• Estonian:maak(et)
• Faroese:málmurm
• Finnish:malmi(fi)
• French:minerai(fr)m
• Galician:mineral(gl)m
• Georgian:მადანი(ka)(madani)
• German:Erz(de)n

  Alemannic German:Ärzt

• Greek:μετάλλευμα(el)n(metállevma)
• Greenlandic:saviminissaq
• Hebrew:עַפְרָה(he)f(afrá)
• Hindi:अयस्कm(ayask)
• Hungarian:érc(hu)
• Icelandic:málmgrýti(is)
• Ido:erco(io)
• Indonesian:bijih(id)
• Irish:mianachm
• Italian:minerale(it)m
• Japanese:鉱 thạch(ja)(こうせき, kōseki)
• Kazakh:кентас(kentas)
• Khmer:រ៉ែ(rae)
• Korean:광석( khoáng thạch )(ko)(gwangseok)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:maden(ku)

• Kyrgyz:кен таш(ken taş)
• Lao:ສິນແຮ່(sin hǣ),ແຮ່(hǣ)
• Latgalian:rudaf
• Latvian:rūda(lv)f
• Lithuanian:rūdaf
• Luxembourgish:Äerzn
• Macedonian:рудаf(ruda)
• Malay:bijih
• Malayalam:അയിര്(ml)(ayirŭ)
• Manchu:ᠨᡝᠮᡠ(nemu)
• Maori:tokahuke,tokakonganuku
• Marathi:धातुकn(dhātuk)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:хүдэр(mn)(xüder)

  Mongolian:ᠬᠦᠳᠡᠷ(küder)

• Northern Sami:málbma
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:malm(no)m

  Nynorsk:malmm

• Occitan:mena(oc)f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic:роудаf(ruda)

• Old East Slavic:рудаf(ruda)
• Old English:oram
• Ottoman Turkish:معدن(maʿden),جوهر(cevher)
• Pashto:معدنm(ma'dan)
• Persian:معدن(phát)(ma'dan),سنگ معدن(sang-e ma'dan)
• Polish:ruda(pl)f
• Portuguese:minério(pt)m
• Romanian:minereu(ro)n
• Romansch:mineralm
• Russian:руда́(ru)f(rudá)
• Sami:

  Southern Sami:maalme

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ру́даf

  Roman:rúda(sh)f

• Slovak:ruda(sk)f
• Slovene:ruda(sl)f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:rudaf

  Upper Sorbian:rudaf

• Spanish:mena(es)f,mineral(es)m
• Swahili:mtapo
• Swedish:malm(sv)c
• Tagalog:dukalin,dulang
• Tajik:маъдан(maʾdan)
• Telugu:ఖనిజము(te)(khanijamu)
• Thai:แร่(th)(rɛ̂ɛ),สินแร่
• Turkish:maden(tr)
• Turkmen:magdan
• Ukrainian:руда́f(rudá)
• Uzbek:ruda(uz)
• Vietnamese:quặng(vi)
• Volapük:mün(vo)
• Welsh:mwyn(cy)m
• Yiddish:אַרץn(arts),רודעf(rude)

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromLatinora.

Noun

ore(pluralores)

1. A unit ofcurrencyused inEnglandaround the 10th to 12th centuries.

   Synonym:ora

   • 1956,Peter Hunter Blair,An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England,London, New York, N.Y.:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,page295:

     In the time ofÆthelred the Unreadywhen the pound contained 240 pence, theorewas reckoned at 16 pence, but in earlier times there was probably much variation.

Etymology 3

A southern variant ofware(“seaweed”).

Noun

ore(uncountable)

1. (dialectal,archaic)Seaweed,especially that which iswashed upashore.

Alternative forms

• woar(Ireland)

Etymology 4

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

Noun

ore(uncountable)

1. (historical)A type of finewool,especially of the type historically produced in the market town ofLeominster,Herefordshire.
   • a.1638(date written),Ben Jonson,“For the Honour of Wales”,inThe Works of Beniamin Jonson,[…](Third Folio), London:[…]Thomas Hodgkin, forH[enry]Herringman,E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard]Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published1692,→OCLC,page608,column 1:

     But then theoreofLempſter/ By Got is never a Sempſter; / That when he is ſpun,oredid, / Yet match him with hir thrid

Usage notes

• Chiefly used in the form "Lemster ore"; Lemster is a shortened pronunciation of Leominster.

Etymology 5

Preposition

ore

1. Obsoleteform ofover.
   • 1609,William Shakespeare,“Sonnet 12”,inShake-speares Sonnets.[…],London: ByG[eorge] EldforT[homas] T[horpe]and are to be sold byWilliam Aspley,→OCLC,signature B3, recto:

     When I behold the violet paſt prime, / And ſable curls or ſiluer'dorewith white:[…]

Etymology 6

Noun

ore(pluralore)

1. Alternative form oföre

See also

• ore rotundo

Further reading

• oreon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• REO,ROE,roe,eor,Reo,Roe,RoE,o'er,reo,OER,EOR

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[uə̯ɾə]

Noun

ore

1. pluralofoor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• oarã

Etymology

FromLatinhōra.CompareRomanianoară.

Noun

oref(pluralor,definite articulationora)

1. atime,instance

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

oreinan

1. dough

Borôro

Noun

ore

1. child

Galician

Verb

ore

1. inflection oforar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/oˈɾe/

Pronoun

ore

1. we(exclusive)

   Oreroha'ã.―We(excluding the listener, we and not you)try.

   Ñande jaháta okápe haore ropytátako yvyra pýpe.―We(all, everyone)will go outside andwe(not everyone, just me and some other people)will stayby this tree.

Determiner

ore

1. our(possessive determiner of ore)

   Kóvaorembo'ehao.―This isour(and not your)school.

See also

Guaraní personal pronouns

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oref

1. pluralofora

Anagrams

• -erò,Ero,ero,reo,reo-

Japanese

Romanization

ore

1. Rōmajitranscription ofおれ

Latin

Noun

ōren

1. ablativesingularofōs

References

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate withGuaraníore.

Pronoun

ore

1. we(exclusive)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutchōra,fromProto-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 expressionter ore komen.

Noun

ôrenorf

1. ear

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “ore”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “ore (I)”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN,page I

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɔːr(ə)/
• (Early Middle English)IPA^(key):/ˈɑːr(ə)/
• (Northern)IPA^(key):/aːr/

Etymology 1

From the oblique forms ofOld Englishār(“oar”),fromProto-West Germanic*airu,fromProto-Germanic*airō.

Alternative forms

• hore,oore
• are,aurre(Northern)

Noun

ore(pluralores)

1. oar(leverfor propelling aboat)

Descendants

• English:oar
• Scots:air

References

• “ōr(e,n.(1).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 2

From the oblique forms ofOld Englishār(“honour”),fromProto-West Germanic*aiʀu,fromProto-Germanic*aizō.

Alternative forms

• oore,or,ȝore
• aore,are,ære(Early Middle English)
• ar,are(Northern)

Noun

ore(uncountable)

1. honour,respect(recognitionofvalue)
2. grace,favour(positivity towardssomeone)::
   1. permission,approval(to engage in abehaviour)
   2. mercy,clemency(remission ofpunishment)
3. respite,security(safety from harm)

Related terms

• oreles
• oren

References

• “ōr(e,n.(2).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 3

From bothOld Englishōra(“ore, unwrought metal”)andOld Englishār(“brass”).

Alternative forms

• hure,oer,or,oor,oore,oure,ure

Noun

ore(pluralores)

2. ore(rockthat containsmetal)

Descendants

• English:ore
• Scots:ure,uir

Etymology 4

FromOld Englishōra(“shore”).

Alternative forms

• oure,or,oor,nore,noure

Noun

ore(pluralores)

2. edge,shore

References

• “ọ̄r(e,n.(4).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

ore

1. Alternative form ofoure(“aurochs”)

Etymology 6

Determiner

ore

1. Alternative form ofoure(“our”)

Etymology 7

Determiner

ore

1. Alternative form ofyour

Etymology 8

Determiner

ore

1. (chieflyEarly Middle Englishand West Midlands)Alternative form ofhere(“their”)

Etymology 9

Noun

ore

1. Alternative form ofhore(“muck”)

Middle French

Etymology

Old Frenchore.

Adverb

ore

1. now
   • 15th century,Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe),The Travels of Marco Polo,page4, line 2:

     des choses lesquelles nous ne conterons pasore

     of things we will not speak of now

Descendants

• French:or

Middle High German

Etymology

InheritedfromOld High Germanōra,fromProto-Germanic*ausô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(before 13^thCE)/ˈoːrə/

Noun

ōren

1. ear

Declension

Declension ofōre(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

Descendants

• Alemannic German:Oor
• Bavarian:Oar
• Central Franconian:Uhr,Ohr
  • Hunsrik:Oher
  • Luxembourgish:Ouer
• German:Ohr
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German:Ohr

• Vilamovian:ür
• Yiddish:אויער(oyer)

References

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

Middle Low German

Etymology

FromOld Saxonōra,fromProto-Germanic*ausô.

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel:ô²
  • (originally)IPA^(key):/ɔːrə/

Noun

ôren

1. ear

Descendants

• Low German:Ohr
  • Dutch Low Saxon:oor
  • German Low German:Or,Ur

    Plautdietsch:Oa,Ua

Old English

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈo.re/

Noun

oref

1. Amine,place in which ore is dug

Declension

Weak:

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

Derived terms

• īsernōre(“iron mine”)

Related terms

• ōra(“ore”)
• gyldingweċġ(“gold mine”)

Old French

Etymology 1

For earlier*aore,fromLatinhāchōrā(“(in) this hour”).

Alternative forms

• or,ores

Adverb

ore

1. now

Descendants

• French:or(archaic)

Etymology 2

FromLatinhōra,fromAncient Greekὥρα(hṓra).

Alternative forms

• hore,eure,heure,eur,heur

Noun

oreoblique singular,f(oblique pluralores,nominative singularore,nominative pluralores)

2. hour;time,periodof theday(period of time)
   • c.1170,Chrétien de Troyes,Érec et Énide:

     quel haste avez,
     Qui a telorevos levez?

     What haste do you have
     That wakes up at this time of day?

Descendants

• English:hour
• French:heure
• Norman:heure,houre(continental Norman),heuthe(Jersey),haeure(Guernsey)

Olukumi

Etymology

From an Proto-Yoruboid root for "female," compare withIgalaóre(“femaleanimal”),Itsekiriore(“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ō.ɾē/

Noun

ore

1. female

   Synonym:obìnrẹn

   Antonym:akọ(“male”)

Derived terms

• orẹfàn(“cow”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀑𑀭𑁂(Brahmi script)
• ओरे(Devanagari script)
• ওরে(Bengali script)
• ඔරෙ(Sinhalese script)
• ဩရေorဢေႃရေ(Burmese script)
• โอเร(Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᩁᩮ(Tai Tham script)
• ໂອເຣ(Lao script)
• ឲរេ(Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄢𑄬(Chakma script)

Adjective

ore

1. locativesingularmasculine/neuter&vocativesingularfeminine&accusativepluralmasculineofora(“lower”)

Portuguese

Verb

ore

1. inflection oforar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Romanian

Noun

ore

1. inflection oforă:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dativesingular

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

ore(Cyrillic spellingоре)

1. third-personsingularpresentoforati

Spanish

Verb

ore

1. inflection oforar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Tarantino

Noun

ore

1. gold

Tocharian B

Noun

ore

1. dust,dirt

Yoruba

Òré(Cyperus articulatus)

Òré(Cyperus esculentus)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• òé(Ondo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ò.ɾé/

Noun

òré

1. theplantsCyperus articulatusandCyperus esculentus,commonly used in makingstrawsleeping mats
2. (by extension)astrawsleeping mat,made from the òré plant

   Synonym:ẹní òré

Descendants

• Edo:òré
  • Urhobo:eré

Etymology 2

Non-standard spelling ofoore(“kindness, goodness, blessing”),seeire,ure,rere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ōō.ɾē/

Noun

ore

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