hora
English
Etymology 1
From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra), Yiddish האָרע (hóre) and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”).[1]
Noun
hora (plural horas)
Translations
Noun
hora (uncountable)
- A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.
References
- “hora”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2008).
Asturian
Catalan
Noun
hora f (plural hores)
Derived terms
- a alta hora
- a hora baixa
- a hora foscant
- bona hora
- d'hora
- fora d'hora
- gran hora de dia
- hora extra
- hora punta
- hora zero
Further reading
- “hora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦora/
audio (file)
Declension
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ros (“dear, loved”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːɹa/
- Rhymes: -oːɹa
Noun
hora f (genitive singular horu, plural horur)
- (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) slut
- (nautical, humorous) tusk, cusk
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔɾɐ], [ˈoɾɐ]
Noun
hora f (plural horas)
- hour
- time of the day
- ¿Que hora é? — "What time is it?
- regular or designated time for doing something
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhoː.ra/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.ra/, [ˈoː.ra]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
hōra f (genitive hōrae); first declension
- hour
- time
- Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI) by Publius Ovidius Naso
- Dum loquor, hora fugit.
- Even as I speak, time fleeteth way.
- Dum loquor, hora fugit.
- Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI) by Publius Ovidius Naso
- o'clock
- season; time of year
- vocative singular of hōra
hōrā f
- ablative singular of hōra
- From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
- Et in hora mortis nostrae.
- And in the hour of our death.
- Et in hora mortis nostrae.
- From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hōra | hōrae |
Genitive | hōrae | hōrārum |
Dative | hōrae | hōrīs |
Accusative | hōram | hōrās |
Ablative | hōrā | hōrīs |
Vocative | hōra | hōrae |
Descendants
References
- hora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- what time is it: quota hora est?
- it is the third hour (= 9 A.M.: tertia hora est
- at the time agreed on: ad horam compositam
- what time is it: quota hora est?
- hora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hora in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
References
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Cognate with Galician hora, Spanish hora, Catalan hora, Occitan ora, French heure, Italian ora and Romanian oară.
Noun
hora f (plural horas)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hora.
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɔra/
Audio (file)
Noun
hora f (genitive singular hory, nominative plural hory, genitive plural hôr, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Spanish
Noun
hora f (plural horas)
Related terms
- a buena hora
- ahora
- altas horas
- a toda hora
- a todas horas
- a última hora
- deshora
- enhorabuena
- enhoramala
- entre horas
- hora de verdad
- hora legal
- hora pico
- hora punta
- horario
- horóscopo
- ya era hora
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hōra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Declension
Declension of hora | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hora | horan | horor | hororna |
Genitive | horas | horans | horors | horornas |