hore

See also: hóre, ĥore, höre, horë, and høre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (dear, loved).

Noun

hore c (singular definite horen, plural indefinite horer)

  1. whore (sexually promiscuous woman)

Declension

Verb

hore (imperative hor, infinitive at hore, present tense horer, past tense horede, perfect tense har horet)

  1. to screw (have sexual intercourse)
  2. to fornicate, to whore

References


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

hore

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of horen

Anagrams


Maori

Noun

hore

  1. scrofula

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ. Cognate to Middle Dutch hoere, Middle Low German hôre, Middle High German huore, and Old Swedish hōra.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːr(ə)/

Noun

hore (plural hores or horen)

  1. A whore (female prostitute)
  2. A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
  3. (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
  4. (rare, derogatory) A insult used towards women.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔːrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔːriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔːrwə/

Noun

hore (uncountable)

  1. Muck, mud; that which is filthy or dirty.
  2. Iniquity, evil, sin; that which is morally foul.
  3. (rare, physiology) Phlegm or rheum.
References

Etymology 3

From Old English ure.

Determiner

hore

  1. Alternative form of oure
References

Etymology 4

From Old English hēr.

Noun

hore

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 5

From Old English hār.

Adjective

hore

  1. Alternative form of har (hoar)

Etymology 6

From Old English heora.

Determiner

hore

  1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (their)
References

Etymology 7

From Old English ġehorwian, ġehorgian.

Verb

hore

  1. Alternative form of horyen

Etymology 8

From Old English hārian.

Verb

hore

  1. Alternative form of horen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (dear, loved).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

hore f or m (definite singular hora or horen, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)

  1. a whore

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra

Noun

hore f (definite singular hora, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)

  1. a whore

Derived terms

References


Novial

Noun

hore c (plural hores)

  1. hour

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (dear, loved). Compare Old High German huora (German Hure), Dutch hoer, Old Norse hóra (Danish hore, Swedish hora); compare also Latin carus (dear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːre/

Noun

hōre f

  1. whore

Descendants


Old Irish

Conjunction

hore

  1. Alternative spelling of hóre
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