English

Proper noun

Hors

1. A male given name

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Hors m

1. A male given name

French

Etymology

From Middle French fors, from Old French fors, Latin forīs, or from dehors.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔʁ/

Adverb

hors

1. outside

   hors la ville

   outside the city

2. (followed by de) out (of), beyond

Derived terms

Related terms

• dehors

Gothic

Romanization

hōrs

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐍃

Middle English

Noun

hors ‎(plural hors or horses)

1. a horse

Norman

Adverb

hors

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) out

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‎(“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- ‎(“run”). Cognate with Old Frisian hors, Old Saxon hros, Dutch ros, Old High German hros, ros (German Ross), Old Norse hross (whence the Old Swedish hors and Icelandic hross); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin currō ‎(“run, race”).

Noun

hors n ‎(nominative plural hors)

1. horse

Declension

Descendants

• English: horse

Old French

Adverb

hors

1. (rare or Late Old French) from; out (of)
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Puis errerent tant que il virent
     gent qui hors del chastel issirent.

     They walked until they saw
     People coming out of the castle.

Synonyms

• fors

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• hars
• hers

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hursą, *hrussą.

Noun

hors n

1. horse

Declension

Descendants

• West Frisian: hoars

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English horse.

Noun

hors m ‎(Cyrillic spelling хорс)

1. (slang) heroin

Declension

Swedish

Noun

hors

1. indefinite genitive singular of hor