dor

See also: dór, dôr, -dor, d'or, dor., D. Or., Dor., and Appendix:Variations of "dor"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (humming insect), from Proto-Germanic *durô (bumblebee, humming insect), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰrēn- (bee, hornet, drone). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (hornet), Middle Low German dorne (bumblebee), Middle Dutch dorne (bumblebee), Dutch dar (drone), Old English drān (drone). More at drone.

Alternative forms

Noun

dor (plural dors)

  1. A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying
  2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee
Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Compare dor (a beetle), and hum, humbug.

Noun

dor (plural dors)

  1. (obsolete) a trick, joke, or deception
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Anagrams


Afrikaans

Adjective

dor (attributive dorre, comparative dorder, superlative dorste)

  1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin doleō. Compare Romanian durea.

Verb

dor (third-person singular present indicative doari or doare, past participle durutã)

  1. I hurt, ache.

Usage notes

Usually used reflexively (e.g. "mi doari"- it hurts/pains (me)), as with the Romanian cognate, which is only conjugated in the 3rd person.

Etymology 2

Probably from Late Latin dolus (pain, grief), a derivative of Latin dolor (pain); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (trickery, deception), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos). Compare Romanian dor.

Noun

dor

  1. longing, desire, want
  2. love
  3. passion
  4. pain, suffering
See also

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dworā (compare Welsh dôr), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwor.

Noun

dor f (plural dorioù)

  1. door

Mutation

Note: it is the last remnant of nasal mutation in Breton, and becomes "an nor".


Cornish

Noun

dor m (plural dorow)

  1. ground, earth
  2. Earth

Usage notes

(Earth): undergoes irregular mutation after definite article when referring to the Earth: an nor

Derived terms

  • aval dor (potato)
  • aval dor brewys (mashed potato)
  • know dor (peanuts)

Mutation


Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thurri, from Proto-Germanic *þursuz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Adjective

dor (comparative dorder, superlative dorst)

  1. dry, wilted (having a relatively low or no liquid content)

Inflection

Inflection of dor
uninflected dor
inflected dorre
comparative dorder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dordorderhet dorst
het dorste
indefinite m./f. sing. dorredorderedorste
n. sing. dordorderdorste
plural dorredorderedorste
definite dorredorderedorste
partitive dorsdorders

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese door, from Latin dolor, dolōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪oɾ]

Noun

dor f (plural dores)

  1. pain

Latin

Verb

dor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of

Middle Dutch

Preposition

dor

  1. Alternative form of dōre

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durą. Cognate with Old Saxon dor, Old High German tor (German German Tor (gate)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old English duru, German Tür). Indo-European cognates include Greek θυρα (thyra), Latin foris, Lithuanian dùrys, Old Church Slavonic двьрь (dvĭrĭ) (Russian дверь (dverʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːr/, [doːrˠ]

Noun

dōr n

  1. a large door, a gate

Declension

Descendants


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durą. Cognate with Old English dor, Old High German tor (German Tor (gate)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 (daur). The Germanic word also existed with the stem *durz (see Old Saxon duru, German Tür).

Noun

dor n

  1. a gate, a large door

Declension



Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese door (pain), from Latin dolor, dolōrem, from Old Latin *dolōs, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (to hew, split).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdoɾ/, /ˈdox/, /ˈdoh/, /ˈdoɻ/, /ˈdo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈd̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

dor f (plural dores)

  1. pain (physical or emotional)

Descendants


Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Noun

dor

  1. price

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin dolus (pain, grief), a derivative of Latin dolor (pain); alternatively, and less likely, from dolus (trickery, deception), from Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos)[1]. Compare Spanish duelo (sorrow, mourning), French deuil (bereavement).

Noun

dor n (plural doruri)

  1. longing

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. dor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Tolai

Pronoun

dor

  1. First-person inclusive dual pronoun: you (singular) and I, you (singular) and me

Declension



Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔr/

Verb

dor

  1. Soft mutation of tor.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tor dor nhor thor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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