alvor

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌʋɒˀ]

alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form)

1. seriousness (state of being serious)

   Synonym: alvorlighed

2. gravity
3. earnestness

• alvorlig

• “alvor” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Danish alvor.

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

1. seriousness

• alvorlighet

• alvorlig
• ta på alvor

• “alvor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• ålvor, ålvora

From Old Norse alvara.

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

1. seriousness

• alvorleg
• ta på alvor

• “alvor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus. Doublet of albor.

• Hyphenation: al‧vor

alvor m (plural alvores)

1. the first light of the morning

   Synonyms: alva, alvorada

2. whiteness

   Synonyms: alvura, brancura

   Antonyms: negrume, pretume

• “alvor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alvor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026