hore
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (“dear, loved”).
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Maori
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːr(ə)/
Noun
- A whore (female prostitute)
- A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
- (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
- (rare, derogatory) A insult used towards women.
References
- “họ̄r(e, n.(2).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-25.
Etymology 2
From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔːrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔːriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔːrwə/
Noun
hore (uncountable)
References
- “hōr(e, n.(1).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.
Etymology 3
From Old English ure.
References
- “our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 4
From Old English hēr.
Etymology 5
From Old English hār.
Etymology 6
From Old English heora.
References
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 7
From Old English ġehorwian, ġehorgian.
Etymology 8
From Old English hārian.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- (“dear, loved”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
hore f or m (definite singular hora or horen, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)
- a whore
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
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/