# ore
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA: /oɹ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɔː/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA: /o(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /oə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
* Homophones: oar, o'er; or (horse–hoarse merger); aw, awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Noun

ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)
* 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.

##### 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
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ora.

#### Noun

ore (plural ores)
* A unit of currency used in England around 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, page 295:In the time of Æthelred the Unready when the pound contained 240 pence, the ore was reckoned at 16 pence, but in earlier times there was probably much variation.

### Etymology 3

A southern variant of ware (“seaweed”).

#### Noun

ore (uncountable)
* (dialectal, archaic) Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore.

##### Alternative forms

* woar (Ireland)

### Etymology 4

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

#### Noun

ore (uncountable)
* (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

##### Usage notes

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

### Etymology 5
#### Preposition

ore
* Obsolete form of over.
** 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 12”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature B3, recto:When I behold the violet paſt prime, / And ſable curls or ſiluer'd ore with white: […]

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

ore (plural ore)
* Alternative form of öre

### See also

* ore rotundo

### References

* ↑ “ore”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ “ore”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ “ore”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uə̯ɾə]

### Noun

ore
* plural of oor

## Albanian
### Noun

ore
* indefinite dative/ablative singular of orë

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* oarã

### Etymology

From Latin hōra. Compare Romanian oară.

### Noun

ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)
* a time, instance

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ore inan
* dough

## Borôro
### Noun

ore
* child

## Galician
### Verb

ore
* inflection of orar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾe/

### Pronoun

ore
* 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.

### Determiner

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

#### See also

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.re/
* Rhymes: -ore
* Hyphenation: ó‧re

### Noun

ore f
* plural of ora

### Anagrams

* -erò, Ero, ero, reo, reo-

## Japanese
### Romanization

ore
* Rōmaji transcription of おれ

## Latin
### Noun

ōre n
* ablative singular of ōs

### References

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

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ore.

### Pronoun

ore
* we (exclusive)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

ôre n or f
* ear

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔːr(ə)/
* (Early Middle English) IPA: /ˈɑːr(ə)/
* (Northern) IPA: /aːr/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* hore, oore
* are, aurre (Northern)

#### Noun

ore (plural ores)
* oar (lever for propelling a boat)

##### Descendants

* English: oar
* Scots: air

##### References

* “ōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Noun

ore (uncountable)
* honour, respect (recognition of value)
* grace, favour (positivity towards someone)::
** permission, approval (to engage in a behaviour)
** mercy, clemency (remission of punishment)
* respite, security (safety from harm)

##### Related terms

* oreles
* oren

##### References

* “ōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* hure, oer, or, oor, oore, oure, ure

#### Noun

ore (plural ores)
* ore (rock that contains metal)

##### Descendants

* English: ore
* Scots: ure, uir

### Etymology 4

From Old English ōra (“shore”).

#### Alternative forms

* oure, or, oor, nore, noure

#### Noun

ore (plural ores)
* edge, shore

##### References

* “ọ̄r(e, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

ore
* Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)

### Etymology 6
#### Determiner

ore
* Alternative form of oure (“our”)

### Etymology 7
#### Determiner

ore
* Alternative form of your

### Etymology 8
#### Determiner

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

### Etymology 9
#### Noun

ore
* Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

## Middle French
### Etymology

Old French ore.

### Adverb

ore
* 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 oreof things we will not speak of now

#### Descendants

* French: or

## Middle High German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈoːrə/

### Noun

ōre n
* ear

#### 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”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Stem vowel: ô²
** (originally) IPA: /ɔːrə/

### Noun

ôre n
* ear

#### Descendants

* Low German: Ohr
** Dutch Low Saxon: oor
** German Low German: Ohr, Åhr, Ahr, Or, Ur
    Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.re/

### Noun

ore f
* A mine, place in which ore is dug

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Derived terms

* īsernōre (“iron mine”)

#### Related terms

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

## Old French
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* or, ores

#### Adverb

ore
* now

##### Descendants

* French: or (archaic)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* hore, eure, heure, eur, heur

#### Noun

ore oblique singular, f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)
* hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:quel haste avez, Qui a tel ore vos 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 with Igala óre (“female animal”), Itsekiri ore (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.ɾē/

### Noun

ore
* female
    Synonym: obìnrẹn
    Antonym: akọ (“male”)

#### Derived terms

* orẹfàn (“cow”)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀑𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* ओरे (Devanagari script)
* ওরে (Bengali script)
* ඔරෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ဩရေ or ဢေႃရေ (Burmese script)
* โอเร (Thai script)
* ᩋᩰᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂອເຣ (Lao script)
* ឲរេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄮𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

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

## Portuguese
### Verb

ore
* inflection of orar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Noun

ore
* inflection of oră:
** plural
** genitive/dative singular

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

ore (Cyrillic spelling оре)
* third-person singular present of orati

## Spanish
### Verb

ore
* inflection of orar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Tarantino
### Noun

ore
* gold

## Tocharian B
### Noun

ore
* dust, dirt

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* òé (Ondo)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.ɾé/

#### Noun

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

##### Descendants

* Edo: òré
** Urhobo: eré

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ōō.ɾē/

#### Noun

ore
* Alternative form of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing, favor”)
* Alternative form of oore (“obligation”)