# hore
## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* hoarã

### Noun

hore f (plural hor, definite articulation hora)
* village

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish horæ, horkonæ, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

### Noun

hore c (singular definite horen, plural indefinite horer)
* (historical, archaic) a prostitute (a woman who earns a living by selling herself)
* whore (sexually promiscuous woman)

#### Derived terms

* horehus
* horebuk
* horeunge

### Verb

hore (imperative hor, infinitive at hore, present tense horer, past tense horede, perfect tense har horet)
* to screw (have sexual intercourse)
* to fornicate, to whore

### References

* “hore” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hore
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of horen

### Anagrams

* hoer

## Maori
### Noun

hore
* scrofula

### References

* “hore” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hōre, from Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ. Cognate to Middle Dutch hoere, Middle Low German hôre, Middle High German huore, and Old Swedish hōra.

#### Alternative forms

* hoor, hoore, hor, houre, hure

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhoːr(ə)/

#### Noun

hore (plural hores or horen)
* A whore (female prostitute)
* A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, page 123r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicaciounAnd one of the seven angels (who had seven beakers) came and spoke with me, and said: "Come, I'll show you the damnation of the great whore, who sits by lots of water, and who the Earth's rulers engaged in adultery with."
* (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
* (rare, derogatory) An insult used towards women.

##### Related terms

* hordom
* horesone
* horlynge

##### Descendants

* English: whore
* Scots: hure, hoor
* → Welsh: hŵr

##### References

* “họ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-25.

### Etymology 2

From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.

#### Alternative forms

* heore, hoore, hor, horewe, horowe, horwe, horwȝ, ore

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɔːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔrwə/

#### Noun

hore (uncountable)
* Muck, mud; that which is filthy or dirty.
* Iniquity, evil, sin; that which is morally foul.
* (rare, physiology) Phlegm or rheum.

##### Related terms

* hory
* horyen

##### References

* “hōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

hore
* Alternative form of har (“hoar”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hore
* Alternative form of her (“hair”)

### Etymology 5
#### Determiner

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

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

hore
* Alternative form of ore (“oar”)

### Etymology 7
#### Determiner

hore
* Alternative form of oure (“our”)

### Etymology 8
#### Verb

hore
* Alternative form of horyen

### Etymology 9
#### Verb

hore
* Alternative form of horen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

### Noun

hore f or m (definite singular hora or horen, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)
* a whore

#### Derived terms

* horehus

### References

* “hore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse hóra.

### Noun

hore f (definite singular hora, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)
* a whore

#### Derived terms

* horehus

### References

* “hore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Old High German huora (German Hure), Dutch hoer, Old Norse hóra (Danish hore, Swedish hora); compare also Latin carus (“dear”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxoː.re/, [ˈhoː.re]

### Noun

hōre f
* whore, prostitute
** 996-7, Ælfric, Lives of Saints/Life of Saint Nicholas
    Ða wolde heora fæder læton heo beon horan þæt hi mihton his earme lif huru mid þan forðbringan.Then their father wanted to let her become a whore so that they might thereby sustain his wretched lifestyle.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: hore, hoor, hoore, hor, houre, hure
** English: whore
** Scots: hure, hoor
** → Welsh: hŵr

## Old Irish
### Conjunction

hore
* Alternative spelling of hóre

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Czech hora. Doublet of góra.

### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Goral):
*** (Żywiec) IPA: /ˈxɔ.rɛ/

### Adverb

hore
* (Żywiec) upward
    Synonym: do góry

### Further reading

* Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “hore”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 356

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhore]

### Noun

hore f
* inflection of horă:
** indefinite plural
** indefinite genitive/dative singular

## Slovak
### Noun

hore f
* dative/locative singular of hora