# hor
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Newcastle) IPA: /høː/, /hɔː/

#### Pronoun

hor (personal pronoun)
* (Geordie) her

#### References

* Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-05.
* Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
* Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

### Etymology 2

From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho$^2$, interrogative particle).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore)
** IPA: (Sense 1) /hɔː˨˩/, [hɔˑ˨]
** IPA: (Senses 2, 3) /hɔː˨˦/
** Sometimes nasalized, and the initial /h/ may be elided.

#### Particle

hor (Singlish, Singapore)
* Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.
    Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor. ― Don’t sprout nonsense, it wasn’t my fault, OK?
** 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, pages 3–4, lines 55–56:Oh. That’s me. I see you later, hor, Jackson. You got my number right?
** 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore‎ (Usenet):sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
** 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2‎:[…] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
* An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.
    Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, isn’t it?
** 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:Wah, you quite brave hor...
* A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
    Synonym: (Singlish) ah
    ....then hor... ― ...and then...
** 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.
** 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]

#### See also

* (Singlish particles): ah, know, lah, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what
* Appendix:English tag questions

#### References

* Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
* Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004) “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

### Anagrams

* rho, HRO, ROH, Roh, Rho, orh

## Basque
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Southern) /or/, [o̞r]
* IPA: (Northern) /hor/, [ɦo̞r]

#### Adverb

hor (not comparable)
* there (near the listener)

#### See also

* hemen, han

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhor/

#### Noun

hor anim
* (Souletin) Alternative form of or

### Further reading

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

## Breton
### Determiner

hor
* our

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦor]

### Noun

hor f
* genitive plural of hora

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hór.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
* Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

### Noun

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)
* (dated) adultery
* lechery, whoring, fornication

#### Derived terms

* horkarl

### Verb

hor
* imperative of hore

## Dutch
### Etymology

Back-formation of horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hor
* Rhymes: -ɔr

### Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)
* an insect screen
    Hyponym: klamboe

#### Derived terms

* muggenhor

### References

* van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hor1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Further reading

* hor (gaas) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔːr/
* Rhymes: -ɔːr

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).

#### Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural) or hor n (genitive singular hors, no plural)
* snot, mucus (from the nose)

##### Derived terms

* hordigull
* hornös

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”). Compare Latin gracilis (“lean”).

#### Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)
* emaciation
    Synonym: megurð
* famine

##### Derived terms

* deyja úr hor
* fara úr hor
* horast
    horast niður
* horaður
* hordálkur
* hordauði
* horfalla
* horfellir
* horgrind
* hornál
* horrengla
* horrim
    hanga á horriminni
* horvatn
* horblaðka/horblaka
* horbrölt
* horböng
* horgemlingur
* horkóngur
* horkrangi
* horkroppur
* horleggur
    standa ekki á horleggjum/vera ekki á horleggjum
* horlopi
* hormosi
* horugur
* horpungur

## Lolopo
### Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [xo²¹]

### Noun

hor
* (Yao'an) meat

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hēr.

#### Noun

hor
* Alternative form of her (“hair”)

### Etymology 2

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

#### Alternative forms

* hore, hoare, hoer, hoere, hoor

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔːr/

#### Adjective

hor
* Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
* Having white or gray hair.
* Old, advanced in age.

##### Related terms

* horehoune
* horen
* hornesse
* horynesse

##### Descendants

* English: hoar
* Scots: hare, hair

##### References

* “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

#### Noun

hor
* An elderly person; a senior.
* Old age; elderliness.

##### Descendants

* English: hoar
* Scots: hare, hair

##### References

* “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

#### See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text) :
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
| violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

hor
* Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

### Etymology 4
#### Determiner

hor
* (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

hor
* Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

hor
* Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

### Noun

hor n
* hair

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

### Noun

hōr n
* adultery

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hor

## Romanian
### Noun

hor n (plural horuri)
* Obsolete form of cor.

#### Declension
### References

* hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

### Noun

hȏr m (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)
* chorus
* choir

## Somali
### Noun

hor ?
* in front

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːr/

### Noun

hor n (uncountable)
* (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”
    Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

#### Related terms

* hora
* horbock
* horeri
* horhund
* horhus
* horkarl
* hortuta
* horunge

#### See also

* äktenskapsbrott

### References

* hor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Zazaki
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhoɾ]
* Hyphenation: hor

### Noun

hor
* Alternative form of hewr