alor

alor

1. ravine; cliff

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• IPA^(key): /alor/ [a.lor]

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• Rhymes: -alor, -or
• Hyphenation: a‧lor

alor inan

1. field (also figurative)

• arlo
• soro
• landa

• “alor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• lor

From French alors, from Latin illā hōrā.

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɔɾ/

alor

1. (rare) because

   Synonyms: por mor de, porque

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo de Araujo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     —E que ay? como lle bai? Tan cedo à beira do rrio? Seica ben toma-lo frio alor dà calor que bai?

     —What's up? How do you do? So soon at the bank of the river? Perchance you came to take some fresh air because it's so hot?

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

alor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of alō

• "alor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

alor (plural alor-alor or alor²)

1. (1924-1972 or dialectal) alternative spelling of alur

• aler

From Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, variant of *alizō, *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al̃ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ἄλιζα (áliza, “white poplar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lor/

alor m

1. alder

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: aldre, alder, aldur, aldyr, aleyre, aller, alre, althir, olr (Early Middle English)
  • English: alder
  • Scots: aller