ore

From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-Germanic *aiz (cognates Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵‎ (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

• (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA^(key): /ɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔː/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA^(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /oə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: oar, o'er; or (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger); aw, awe (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)

Manganese ore (psilomelane)

1. Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
   • 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:

     Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

• iron ore
• orefield

• ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• EOR, REO, ROE, Roe, o'er, roe

• IPA^(key): [uə̯ɾə]

ore

1. plural of oor

• oarã

From Latin hōra. Compare Romanian oară.

ore f (plural or, definite articulation ora)

1. a time, instance

ore inan

1. dough

ore

1. child

ore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of orar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of orar

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾe/

ore

1. we (exclusive)

   Ore roha'ã. ― We (excluding the listener, we and not you) try.

   Ñande jaháta okápe ha ore ropytáta ko yvyra pýpe. ― We (all, everyone) will go outside and we (not everyone, just me and some other people) will stay by this tree.

ore

1. our (possessive determiner of ore)

   Kóva ore mbo'ehao. ― This is our (and not your) school.

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: ó‧re

ore f

1. plural of ora

• -erò, Ero, ero, reo, reo-

ore

1. Rōmaji transcription of おれ

ōre n

1. ablative singular of ōs

• “ore”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Cognate with Guaraní ore.

ore

1. we (exclusive)

From Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

ôre n

1. ear

• Dutch: oor
  • Afrikaans: oor
  • Jersey Dutch: ôr
  • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
• Limburgish: oear

• “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“oar”), from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō.

• hore, oore
• are, aurre (Northern)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːr(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /aːr/

ore (plural ores)

1. oar (lever for propelling a boat)

• English: oar
• Scots: air

• “ōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From the oblique forms of Old English ār (“honour”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

• oore, or, ȝore
• aore, are, ære (early)
• ar, are (Northern)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːr(ə)/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːr(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /aːr/

ore (uncountable)

1. honour, respect (recognition of value)
2. grace, favour (positivity towards someone)::
   1. permission, approval (to engage in a behaviour)
   2. mercy, clemency (remission of punishment)
3. respite, security (safety from harm)

• oreles
• oren

• “ōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Originally two distinct nouns:

• Old English ōra, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to ēar (“earth”).
• Old English ār (“brass”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.

• hure, oer, or, oor, oore, oure, ure

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːr(ə)/, /ˈɔːr(ə)/

ore (plural ores)

1. ore (rock that contains metal)

• English: ore
• Scots: ure, uir

• “ọ̄r(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

ore

1. Alternative form of oure (“aurochs”)

ore

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

ore

1. Alternative form of your

ore

1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

ore

1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Old French ore.

ore

1. now
   • 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 4, line 2:

     des choses lesquelles nous ne conterons pas ore

     of things we will not speak of now

• French: or

From Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

ore n

1. ear

• Alemannic German: Oor
• Bavarian: Oar
• Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
  • Hunsrik: Oher
  • Luxembourgish: Ouer
• German: Ohr
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: Ohr

• Vilamovian: ür
• Yiddish: אויער‎ (oyer)

From Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

• Stem vowel: ô²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /ɔːrə/

ôre n

1. ear

• Low German: Ohr
  • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
  • German Low German: Or, Ur

    Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.re/

ore f

1. A mine, place in which ore is dug

• īsernōre (“iron mine”)

• ōra (“ore”)
• gyldenweċġ (“gold mine”)

For earlier *aore, from Latin hāc hōrā (“(in) this hour”).

• or, ores

ore

1. now

• French: or (archaic)

From Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).

• hore, eure, heure, eur, heur

ore f (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)

1. hour; time, period of the day (period of time)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     quel haste avez,
     Qui a tel ore vos levez?

     What haste do you have

     That wakes up at this time of day?

• English: hour
• French: heure
• Norman: heure, houre (continental Norman), heuthe (Jersey), haeure (Guernsey)

ore

1. locative singular masculine/neuter & vocative singular feminine & accusative plural masculine of ora (“lower”)

ore

1. inflection of orar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

ore

1. inflection of oră:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

ore (Cyrillic spelling оре)

1. third-person singular present of orati

ore

1. inflection of orar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

ore

1. gold

ore

1. dust, dirt

• IPA^(key): /ò.ɾé/

òré

1. the plants Cyperus articulatus and Cyperus esculentus, commonly used in making straw sleeping mats

• ẹní òré (“mat made from the òré grass”)

Non-standard spelling of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing”)

• IPA^(key): /ōō.ɾē/

ore

1. Alternative form of oore (“kindness, goodness, blessing, favor”)
2. Alternative form of oore (“obligation”)