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Kor

Kor

See also: kor, kør, KOR, kör, kór, kőr, and -kor

Turkish

Proper noun

Kor

  1. A male given name

kor

kor

See also: Kor, KOR, kór, kör, kőr, kør, and -kor

English

Noun

kor (plural kors)

  1. (historical) An ancient Hebrew and Phoenician unit of measure of capacity.
    • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161,
      Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

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Cornish

Noun

kor f (singulative koren)

  1. wax

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥Hnóm.

Noun

kor

  1. wheat
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Kor. Triticum.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːr/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

  1. choir (singing group)
  2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Inflection


German

Verb

kor

  1. First-person singular preterite of kiesen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of kiesen.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkor]

Noun

kor (plural korok)

  1. age

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kor korok
accusative kort korokat
dative kornak koroknak
instrumental korral korokkal
causal-final korért korokért
translative korrá korokká
terminative korig korokig
essive-formal korként korokként
essive-modal
inessive korban korokban
superessive koron korokon
adessive kornál koroknál
illative korba korokba
sublative korra korokra
allative korhoz korokhoz
elative korból korokból
delative korról korokról
ablative kortól koroktól
Possessive forms of kor
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. korom koraim
2nd person sing. korod koraid
3rd person sing. kora korai
1st person plural korunk koraink
2nd person plural korotok koraitok
3rd person plural koruk koraik

Derived terms

(Compound words):


Kurdish

Noun

kor ?

  1. field

Lojban

Rafsi

kor

  1. rafsi of korbi.

Lun Bawang

Noun

kor

  1. A chorus.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kor/


Norwegian Bokmål

Kor

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr.

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

  1. choir (singing group)
  2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku(ː)r/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

kor

  1. how
    Kor mykje skal du ha?
    How much do you want?
  2. where
    Kor er alle saman?
    Where is everybody?

Etymology 2

Kor

From Old Norse kórr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

  1. choir (singing group)
  2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

Noun

kor n

  1. chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
  2. (dated) a choir (group of singing people)
  3. indefinite plural of ko

Declension

Inflection of kor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kor koret kor koren
Genitive kors korets kors korens

Related terms

in church architecture
  • koravslutning
  • korbåge
  • korbänk
  • korfönster
  • korgosse
  • korherre
  • korkåpa
  • koromgång
  • korrundel
singing
  • koral
  • koranförare
  • kordans
  • korförare
  • korist
  • korledare
  • kormästare
  • korsång
  • korsångare

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References


Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic.

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

  1. ember

Declension

See also

  • cüruf
  • dışık
  • köz
  • maden artığı

Volapük

Noun

kor (plural kors)

  1. choir

Declension


Zazaki

Noun

kor

  1. sightless