English

Proper noun

Ora

1. A female given name. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century.
   • 1859 William Harrison Ainsworth, The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe, J. Routledge 1858, page 179:

     Both ladies received me very graciously; but I was wholly unprepared for so much beauty as I discovered in Ora Doveton;

Anagrams

• AOR
• oar
• ROA

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown

Proper noun

Ora

1. A female protective spirit

Italian

Proper noun

Ora f

1. Hora

English

Noun

ora

1. plural of os; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.

Etymology 2

Old English [Term?].

Noun

ora ‎(plural oras)

1. A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

Albanian

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë
2. hour (period of 60 minutes)

   Sa është ora?‎

   What time is it?

3. (Albanian mythology) spirit (similar to fairy; spirit of the forest; spirit of a house; good or evil)

Catalan

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative form of orar
2. second-person singular imperative form of orar

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f ‎(plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

Esperanto

Etymology

From oro ‎(“gold”) +‎ -a ‎(adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈora/
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adjective

ora ‎(accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora. Cognates include Hungarian ár, Inari Sami oari, Moksha ура ‎(ura). Possibly originally an Indo-European loanword, compare Old Norse alr, Sanskrit आरा ‎(ārā)|tr=ārā|sc=Deva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Noun

ora

1. thorn

Declension

Synonyms

• oka
• oras

Anagrams

• aro

Galician

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular imperative of orar

Italian

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα ‎(hṓra, “hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

Noun

ora f ‎(plural ore)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Che ora è?‎

   What time is it?

3. blow, breeze

Derived terms

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Adverb

ora

1. now

Synonyms

• adesso

Derived terms

• or ora
• per ora

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Anagrams

• aro, arò

Javanese

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f ‎(plural ores)

1. hour

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₄orh₂-on- ‎(“shore, bank, border”), related to Lithuanian oras ‎(“air, weather”), Latvian ara ‎(“border, country limit, boundary”), and Hittite 𒅈𒄩 ‎(“boundary, rim, line”).

Also compare Ancient Greek ὅρος ‎(hóros, “border, boundary mark”). Possibly related to urvo ‎(“to plough round, mark out with a plough”).

Noun

ōra f ‎(genitive ōrae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
2. sea coast
3. region, country

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (border, limit, edge): fīnis, labrum, limbus, līmes, margō
• (sea coast): acta, lītus

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs ‎(“mouth”).

Noun

ōra

1. nominative plural of ōs
2. accusative plural of ōs
3. vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3

Verb

ōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

References

• ora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ORA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ora”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • to land (of ships): appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
• ora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Mallory, Adams: Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. To be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy.
2. To survive.

Noun

ora

1. life

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?‎

   What time is it?

Derived terms

• orari
• oreta

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Old Dutch

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare (English ear), Old Norse eyra ‎(“ear”) (Swedish öra), Old Frisian āre, Old Saxon ōra, Old High German ora (German Ohr). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. (anatomy) ear

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ore
  • Dutch: oor

Old High German

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra ‎(“ear”), Old Dutch ōra ‎(“ear”), Old Saxon ōra ‎(“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Noun

ōra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • German: Ohr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian āre, Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra ‎(“ear”), Old Dutch ōra ‎(“ear”), Old High German ōra ‎(“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Low German: Or, Ohr, Ur
• Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of orać

Usage notes

Standard form: orze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: hora

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra ‎(“hour”).

Adverb

ora

1. now

Synonyms

• (now): agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora ele ri, ora chora.‎

   Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Alternative forms

• oras

Etymology 2

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of orar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of orar

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of oră.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aura

Etymology

From Latin aura.

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) weather

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of orar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of orar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of orar.

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Turkish

Etymology

From o ‎(“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronoun

ora

1. there