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Webster 1913 Edition
Or
Or
(ôr)
, c
onj.
[OE.
or
, outher
, other
, auther
, either, or, AS. āwðer
, contr. from āhwaeðer
; ā
aye + hwaeðer
whether. See Aye
, and Whether
, and cf. Either
.] A particle that marks an alternative;
as, you may read
. It corresponds to or
may write, – that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not botheither
. You may ride either to London
It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; or
to Windsor. as, he may study law,
. or
medicine, or
divinity, or
he may enter into tradeIf man’s convenience, health,
Are paramount.
Or
safety interfere, his rights and claimsAre paramount.
Cowper.
☞ Or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe.
☞ Or sometimes begins a sentence. In this case it expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing from the foregoing. “Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone?”
Or for either is archaic or poetic.Matt. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).
Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence
Or
steal, or
beg, or
borrow thy dispence. Chaucer.
Or
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
aurum
gold. Cf. Aureate
.] (Her.)
Yellow or gold color, – represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
Webster 1828 Edition
Or
OR
, a termination of Latin nouns, is a contraction of vir, a man, or from the same radix. The same word vir, is in our mother tongue, wer, and from this we have the English termination er.It denotes an agent, as in actor, creditor. We annex it to many words of English origin, as in lessor, as we do er to words of Latin and Greek origin, as in astronomer, laborer. In general, or is annexed to words of Latin, and er to those of English origin.
OR
, conj. [It seems that or is a mere contraction of other.]A connective that marks an alternative. 'You may read or may write;' that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may either ride to London, or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either. He may study law or medicine or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
Or sometimes begins a sentence, but in this case it expresses an alternative with the foregoing sentence. Matt. 7 and 9.
In poetry, or is sometimes used for either.
For thy vast bounties are so numberless, that them or to conceal or else to tell is equally impossible.
Or is often used to express an alternative of terms, definitions or explanations of the same thing in different words. Thus we say, a thing is a square, or a figure under four equal sides and angles.
Or ever. In this phrase, or is supposed to be a corruption of ere.
OR
, in heraldry, gold. [L. aurum.]Definition 2024
ór
ór
See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"
Irish
Noun
ór m (genitive singular óir)
Declension
Declension of ór
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- mianadóir óir m (“gold-miner”)
- Órfhlaith
- órtháirgeach (“gold-bearing, auriferous”, adjective)
- órthaisce f (“gold reserve”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ór | n-ór | hór | t-ór |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 ór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Etymology
Noun
ór n (genitive óir)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ór | unchanged | n-ór |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 ór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uz (“out of”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃 (us).
Preposition
ór (takes dative)
- out of, from
- made out of, denoting a substance
- from among (a group)
- denoting a cause
- beyond
- denoting absolute completeness, as in "utterly"
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: or