hore

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hore"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

hore f (plural hor, definite articulation hora)

  1. village

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish horæ, horkonæ, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (dear, loved).

Noun

hore c (singular definite horen, plural indefinite horer)

  1. (historical, archaic) a prostitute (a woman who earns a living by selling herself)
  2. whore (sexually promiscuous woman)

Declension

Declension of hore
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hore horen horer horerne
genitive hores horens horers horernes

Derived terms

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

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

hore

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of horen

Anagrams

Māori

Noun

hore

  1. scrofula

References

  • hore” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English hōre, from Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, 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)
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, folio 123, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
        And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicacioun
        And one of the seven angels (who had seven beakers) came and spoke with me, and said: "Come, I'll show you the damnation of the great whore, who sits by lots of water, and who the Earth's rulers engaged in adultery with."
    3. (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
    4. (rare, derogatory) An insult used towards women.
    Descendants
    • English: whore
    • Scots: hure, hoor
    • Welsh: hŵr
    References

    Etymology 2

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

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̞ːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔrwə/

      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

      Adjective

      hore

      1. alternative form of har (hoar)

      Etymology 4

      Noun

      hore

      1. alternative form of her (hair)

      Etymology 5

      Determiner

      hore

      1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midland) alternative form of here (their)

      Etymology 6

      Noun

      hore

      1. alternative form of ore (oar)

      Etymology 7

      Determiner

      hore

      1. alternative form of oure (our)

      Etymology 8

      Verb

      hore

      1. alternative form of horyen

      Etymology 9

      Verb

      hore

      1. alternative form of horen

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (dear, loved).

      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

      Old English

      Etymology

      From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (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): /ˈxoː.re/, [ˈhoː.re]

      Noun

      hōre f

      1. whore, prostitute
        • 996-7, Ælfric, Lives of Saints/Life of Saint Nicholas
          Ða wolde heora fæder læton heo beon horan þæt hi mihton his earme lif huru mid þan forðbringan.
          Then their father wanted to let her become a whore so that they might thereby sustain his wretched lifestyle.

      Declension

      Weak n-stem:

      Descendants

      Old Irish

      Conjunction

      hore

      1. alternative spelling of hóre

      Polish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Czech hora. Doublet of góra.

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      hore

      1. (Żywiec) upward
        Synonym: do góry

      Further reading

      • Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “hore”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności[2], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 356

      Romanian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈhore]

      Noun

      hore f

      1. inflection of horă:
        1. indefinite plural
        2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

      Slovak

      Noun

      hore f

      1. dative/locative singular of hora