sor
English
Etymology
Clipping of sorority, like frat from fraternity.
Noun
sor (plural sors)
- (US, informal) A sorority (student organization).
- 2004, The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005 (page 327)
- “The Greeks have tons of influence on campus,” says one student. “Frats and sors allow for smaller groups of friends, making it easier to have a social identity.”
- 2011, Brian Washburn, University of Utah 2012
- If you are not a part of a Frat/Sor, then it seems at though they are non-existent.
- 2004, The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005 (page 327)
Basque
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Further reading
- “sor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “sor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese
Pronunciation
Interjection
sor
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Used to express apology over trivial matters, where apology is needed but the use of sorry would be considered too formal.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃor]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -or
Noun
sor (plural sorok)
- row (in the auditorium of a theater etc.)
- row (in a sheet, table, database)
- Coordinate term: oszlop (“column”)
- (of text) line
- (GB) queue, (US) line (people or things waiting to be served one after the other)
- (mathematics, physics) series
- Synonym: sorozat
- a fairly large quantity (of things)
- (of events) chain, course, succession
- Synonym: sorozat
- someone’s turn (used in several phrases with -n/-on/-en/-ön)
- Most rajta a sor, hogy bizonyítson. ― Now it’s his turn to prove himself.
- Mindjárt rákerül a sor. ― Soon it will be his/her turn.
- Szerintem ő van most soron. ― I think it's his/her turn right now.
- soron következik ― to come next
- Synonyms: jön (literally “to come”), következik (both: to be one’s turn, literally “to follow”)
- occurrence, taking place (with the verbs kerít, kerül)
- (after a proper name) a type of street or road with buildings on one side only
- Ajtósi Dürer sor ― Ajtósi Dürer Road
- situation, status
- Synonym: helyzet
- birth, social rank, class (used with adjectives like high or low)
- (archaic) fate, lot
- (poker) straight
- (chess) rank
- significance, footing (whether things are on a par with each other)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | sor | sorok |
accusative | sort | sorokat |
dative | sornak | soroknak |
instrumental | sorral | sorokkal |
causal-final | sorért | sorokért |
translative | sorrá | sorokká |
terminative | sorig | sorokig |
essive-formal | sorként | sorokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | sorban | sorokban |
superessive | soron | sorokon |
adessive | sornál | soroknál |
illative | sorba | sorokba |
sublative | sorra | sorokra |
allative | sorhoz | sorokhoz |
elative | sorból | sorokból |
delative | sorról | sorokról |
ablative | sortól | soroktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
soré | soroké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
soréi | sorokéi |
Possessive forms of sor | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | sorom | soraim |
2nd person sing. | sorod | soraid |
3rd person sing. | sora | sorai |
1st person plural | sorunk | soraink |
2nd person plural | sorotok | soraitok |
3rd person plural | soruk | soraik |
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions
- kilóg a sorból
- olvas a sorok között
- rajta a sor
- sor kerül
- soron kívül
- sort kerít
- zárja a sorait
Further reading
- sor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sār.
Etymology 2
From Old French sor, from Frankish *saur, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. Doublet of sere (“dry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔːr/, /sɔr/
Descendants
- English: sore (obsolete)
References
- “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.
Descendants
- English: sore (obsolete)
References
- “sō̆r(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-10.
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- سۆر – Arabic spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.
Old French
Romanian
Etymology
Unknown. Probably ultimately from Latin sus, through a Vulgar Latin variant *suris instead of suis, through analogy with other Latin declensions like mus, whence muris, or os, whence oris.
Declension
Declension of sor
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sor | sorul | (niște) soruri | sorurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) sor | sorului | (unor) soruri | sorurilor |
vocative | sorule | sorurilor |
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan sor, itself from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoɾ/ [ˈsoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: sor
Noun
sor f (plural sores)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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