# sor
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of sorority, like frat from fraternity.

### Noun

sor (plural sors)
* (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

* ORS, ORs, Ors, ROS, RSO, Ros, SRO

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̺or/ [s̺or]
* Rhymes: -or
* Hyphenation: sor

### Adjective

sor (comparative sorrago, superlative sorren, excessive sorregi)
* numb
    Synonym: soraio
* discreet, inconspicuous
* (dated) deaf
    Synonym: gor

#### Derived terms

* sor eta gor (“totally numb”)
* sor eta lor (“shocked”)

### Further reading

* “sor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “sor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative form).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

#### Noun

sor f (plural sors)
* (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
* (archaic) sister

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

#### Adjective

sor (feminine sora, masculine plural sors, feminine plural sores)
* (regional) reddish

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsɔr]

#### Noun

sor m (plural sors)
* (Valencia, botany) sorus

#### Further reading

* “sor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Rémois) seur
* (Langrois) so

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French soir, from Late Latin sēra.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /sɔr/

### Noun

sor m (plural sors)
* (Troyen) evening

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* 梳 (so$^1$)

### Etymology

Clipping of English sorry.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/

### Interjection

sor
* (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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jilin | 對不住 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 對不起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 對不起 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 對不住 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xingtai | 對不住 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 對不起 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 對不起 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhumadian | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhoukou | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Nanyang | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linyi | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 對不起, 不好意思 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 對不起, 外氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 對不起, 對不住 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xianyang | 對不起 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 擔持 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 對不起 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 對不起, 對不住, 不好意思, 抱歉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lhasa | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 對不起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 不好意思 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 對沒起, 沒好意思 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 對不起 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 對不住 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 對唔住, sorry, sor informal |
| Cantonese | Macau | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 對冇住 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 對唔住 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不好得的 |
| Gan | Yichun | 對不住 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 難為你 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 對唔住 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 唔好意思 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 失禮, 壞勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 失禮, 敗勢, 歪勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 失禮, 敗勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 失禮, 歹勢, 斯里麻生 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 敗勢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 對不起 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 對伓住 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 對不住 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹勢, 對不住, 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歹勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 失禮, 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 失禮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢, sorry |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對毋住, sorry |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 對不住 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 對唔住 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 對唔住 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 對唔住, 歹勢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿好意思, 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Taicang | 抱歉 |
| Wu | Zhangjiagang | 對弗起 |
| Wu | Haining (Xiashi) | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 對勿起 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 對不起 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 對勿住 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交代勿過, 勿好意思 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 對勿住, 交代勿過 |
| Wu | Cixi | 交代弗過 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Jiaojiang) | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Linhai | 對弗住 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 對否起 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 對否起 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 對弗住, 弗好意思 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 對不住 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 對不住 |

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sor]
* Hyphenation: sor

### Adverb

sor
* (neologism, nonstandard) up, upwards (direction away from the center of the Earth)

#### Synonyms

* supren (“up, upwards”)

#### Antonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* sori
* Soros

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sor (plural sorok)
* row (in the auditorium of a theater etc.)
    Holonym: nézőtér (“auditorium”)
    Meronyms: szék, ülés, hely (all: “seat”)
* row (in a sheet, table, database)
    Coordinate term: oszlop (“column”)
* (of text) line
    Holonyms: bekezdés, oldal, fejezet, szöveg
    Meronyms: szó, betű
* queue (GB) , line (US) (people or things waiting to be served one after the other)
* (mathematics, physics) series
    Synonym: sorozat
* a fairly large quantity (of things)
* (of events) chain, course, succession
    Synonym: sorozat
* 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.
* occurrence, taking place (with the verbs kerít, kerül)
* (after a proper name) a type of street or road with buildings on one side only
    Ajtósi Dürer sor ― Ajtósi Dürer Road
* situation, status
    Synonym: helyzet
* birth, social rank, class (used with adjectives like high or low)
* (archaic) fate, lot
    Synonyms: sors, végzet
* (poker) straight
* (chess) rank
* significance, footing (whether things are on a par with each other)

#### Derived terms

* során
* sornyi
* soros
* sorozat
* soregyen
* sorház
* sorkizárt
* sorköz
* sorminta
* sorrend
* sorszámnév
* sortörés
* alagsor
* árvasor
* elsősorban
* fasor
* fattyúsor
* Fourier-sor
* garázssor
* házsor
* idősor
* kimenetsor
* lépcsősor
* műsor
* névsor
* özvegysor
* kilóg a sorból
* olvas a sorok között
* rajta a sor
* sor kerül
* soron kívül
* sort kerít
* zárja a sorait

#### Descendants

* → Carpathian Rusyn: шор (šor)
* → Pannonian Rusyn: шор (šor)

### Further reading

* 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
### Etymology

From signore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔr/, /ˈsor/
* Rhymes: -ɔr, -or
* Hyphenation: sòr, sór

### Noun

sor m (feminine sora)
* (dialectal, chiefly Roman) mister, sir (before personal names or professions)

## Javanese
### Romanization

sor
* Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦂ

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English sār.

#### Adjective

sor
* Alternative form of sore

#### Noun

sor
* Alternative form of sore

#### Adverb

sor
* Alternative form of sore

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* sore, sowre, sawre, soure, sowyr, soore

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔːr/, /sɔr/

#### Adjective

sor
* sorrel (red-brown; used to describe animals)

##### Derived terms

* sored
* sorel
* sowryng

##### Descendants

* English: sore (obsolete)

##### References

* “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

#### Noun

sor (plural sowres)
* A sorrel horse.
* A four-year-old male deer.

##### Descendants

* English: sore (obsolete)

##### References

* “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.

## Northern Kurdish
### Alternative forms

* سۆر (sor) — Arabic spelling

### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

### Adjective

| Central Kurdish | سوور (sûr) |
| Southern Kurdish | qirmiz, süer |
| Zazaki | sûr |
| Gurani | sur |
sor (comparative sortir, superlative herî sor or sortirîn)
* red

### See also

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
### Preposition

sor
* Alternative form of seur

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔr/
* Rhymes: -sɔr
* Hyphenation: sor

### Adjective

sor
* lower
* inferior
* lose
* down

### Verb

sor
* to lose, to be defeated, to be worsted

### Derived terms

* amiṅsorakĕn
* anorakĕn
* asor
* aṅasori
* kapiṅsor
* kasor
* kasoran
* makasor
* manor
* masor
* paṅasor
* sinor
* sinorakĕn
* sinoran
* sumorakĕn
* umiṅsor
* aṅalap kasor
* aṅalap sor

### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦂ (sor) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "sor" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Etymology

Back-formation of sarna.

### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈsɔr/

### Noun

sor f
* (Kielce) roebuck
    Pán leśnicy złapał w tesie sora. ― The forester caught a roe buck in the forest.

### Further reading

* Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “sor”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 339

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

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

sor n (plural soruri) (rare)
* skin shaved from a pig

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sor f (obsolete or dialectal)
* Alternative form of soră (“sister”)

### References

* sor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Sor

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoɾ/ [ˈsoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: sor

### Noun

sor f (plural sores)
* (religion) sister, female member of a religious community
* (archaic) sister
    Synonym: hermana

#### Related terms

* sororidad

### Further reading

* “sor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

sor
* indefinite plural of so

### Anagrams

* Ros, ors, ros

## Zazaki
### Alternative forms

* sûr

### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

### Adjective

sor
* red