ore definition

English ore definition

Etymology

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-Germanic *aiz (cognates Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵‎ (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: oar, o'er; or (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger); aw, awe (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)

1. 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.
   • 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

• iron ore
• orefield

Translations

See also

• ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EOR, REO, ROE, Roe, o'er, roe

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Afrikaans ore definition

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uə̯ɾə]

Noun

ore

1. plural of oor

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Aromanian ore definition

Alternative forms

• oarã

Etymology

From Latin hōra. Compare Romanian oară.

Noun

ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)

1. a time, instance

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Basque ore definition

Noun

ore inan

1. dough

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Borôro ore definition

Noun

ore

1. child

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Galician ore definition

Verb

ore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of orar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of orar

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Guaraní ore definition

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾe/

Pronoun

ore

1. 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

1. our (possessive determiner of ore)

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

See also

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Italian ore definition

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ore f

1. plural of ora

Anagrams

• -erò, Ero, ero, reo, reo-

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Japanese ore definition

Romanization

ore

1. Rōmaji transcription of おれ

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Latin ore definition

Noun

ōre n

1. ablative singular of ōs

References

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

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Mbyá Guaraní ore definition

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ore.

Pronoun

ore

1. we (exclusive)

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Middle Dutch ore definition

Etymology

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

Noun

ôre n

1. 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

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Middle English ore definition

Etymology 1

From the oblique forms of Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

Alternative forms

• hore
• are, aurre (Northern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːr(ə)/

Noun

ore (plural ores)

1. oar

Descendants

• English: oar
• Scots: air

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ore

1. Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

ore

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

ore

1. Alternative form of your

Etymology 5

Determiner

ore

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

Etymology 6

Noun

ore

1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

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Middle French ore definition

Etymology

Old French ore.

Adverb

ore

1. 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 ore

     of things we will not speak of now

Descendants

• French: or

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Middle High German ore definition

Etymology

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

Noun

ore n

1. 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)

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Middle Low German ore definition

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ôre n

1. ear

Descendants

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

    Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

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Old English ore definition

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.re/

Noun

ore f

1. A mine, place in which ore is dug

Declension

Derived terms

• īsernōre (“iron mine”)

Related terms

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

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Old French ore definition

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• or, ores

Adverb

ore

1. now

Descendants

• French: or (archaic)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• hore, eure, heure, eur, heur

Noun

ore f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)

1. hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
   • circa 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)

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Portuguese ore definition

Verb

ore

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of orar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of orar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of orar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of orar

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Romanian ore definition

Noun

ore

1. inflection of oră:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

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Serbo-Croatian ore definition

Verb

ore (Cyrillic spelling оре)

1. third-person singular present of orati

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Spanish ore definition

Verb

ore

1. inflection of orar:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

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Tarantino ore definition

Noun

ore

1. gold

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Tocharian B ore definition

Noun

ore

1. dust, dirt

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Yoruba ore definition

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾé/

Noun

òré

1. the plants Cyperus articulatus and Cyperus esculentus, commonly used in making straw sleeping mats

Derived terms

• ẹní òré (“mat made from the òré grass”)

Etymology 2

Non-standard spelling of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ōō.ɾē/

Noun

ore

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