English

Proper noun

Hora ‎(plural Horae)

1. (especially in plural) A goddess of the seasons; one of the Horae.

English

Noun

hora ‎(plural horas)

1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans and Israel.

Translations

References

1. ↑ “hora”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2008).

Anagrams

• haor, hoar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Noun

hora m ‎(plural hores)

1. hour
2. time

   ¿Qué hora ye?

   What time is it?

3. o'clock

   les 19.00 hores

   7:00 pm

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Noun

hora f ‎(plural hores)

1. hour
2. time

   Quina hora és?

   What time is it?

Derived terms

• hora extra
• hora zero
• a alta hora
• a hora baixa
• a hora foscant
• d'hora
• fora d'hora
• gran hora de dia
• hora punta
• bona hora

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦora/

Noun

hora f

1. mountain
2. (colloquial) a lot, tons

Declension

Derived terms

• horal m
• horolezec m

Related terms

• horní
• náhorní
• horník m
• podhůří

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- ‎(“dear, loved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːɹa/
• Rhymes: -oːɹa

Noun

hora f (genitive singular horu, plural horur)

1. (vulgar) whore, (female) prostitute
2. (vulgar, slang, pejorative) ****
3. (nautical, humorous) tusk, cusk

Declension

Synonyms

• (prostitute): skøkja f
• (tusk, cusk): brosma f

Galician

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Noun

hora f ‎(plural horas)

1. hour
2. time of the day

   ¿Que hora é? — "What time is it?

3. regular or designated time for doing something

Interlingua

Noun

hora ‎(plural horas)

1. hour

Derived terms

• libro de horas Book of hours

Italian

Noun

hora f ‎(plural hore)

1. Obsolete form of ora.

Japanese

Romanization

hora

1. rōmaji reading of ほら

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ὥρα ‎(hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ‎(“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoː.ra/

Noun

hōra f ‎(genitive hōrae); first declension

1. hour
2. time
   • Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love, ELEGY XI) by Publius Ovidius Naso

     Dum loquor, hora fugit.

     Even as I speak, time fleeteth way.

3. o'clock
4. season; time of year
5. vocative singular of hōra

hōrā f

1. ablative singular of hōra
   • From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

     Et in hora mortis nostrae.

     And in the hour of our death.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• hora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HORA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • what time is it: quota hora est?
    
  • it is the third hour (= 9 A.M.: tertia hora est
    
  • at the time agreed on: ad horam compositam
    
• hora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hora in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.

Noun

hōra f

1. whore, adulteress

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: hora

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra ‎(“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα ‎(hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- ‎(“year, season”).

Cognate with Galician hora, Spanish hora, Catalan hora, Occitan ora, French heure, Italian ora and Romanian oară.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: ora
• Hyphenation: ho‧ra

Noun

hora f (plural horas)

1. hour (period of sixty minutes)

   Há vinte e quatro horas num dia.‎

   There are twenty-four hours in a day.

2. time (point in time)

   Alguma hora eu passo aí.‎

   Some time I’ll hop over there.

   Que horas são?‎

   What time is it?

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:hora.

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gwerH-.

Pronunciation

Noun

hora f ‎(genitive singular hory, nominative plural hory, declension pattern of žena)

1. mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• horár
• horička
• horský
• hôrka
• hôrny

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Noun

hora f ‎(plural horas)

1. hour

   Hay veinticuatro horas por el día.‎

   There are twenty-four hours in a day.

2. time

   ¿Qué hora es?‎

   What time is it?

   Ya es hora de ir.‎

   It's time to go.

Descendants

• Tagalog: oras

Related terms

• a buena hora
• ahora
• altas horas
• a toda hora
• a todas horas
• a última hora
• deshora
• enhorabuena
• enhoramala
• entre horas
• hora de verdad
• hora legal
• hora pico
• hora punta
• horario
• horóscopo
• ya era hora

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hōra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kāro-, *keh₂ro- ‎(“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure.

Pronunciation

Noun

hora c

1. whore

Declension

Verb

hora

1. whore

Conjugation

Related terms

• hor
• horbock
• horeri
• horig
• horkarl