hor

• (Newcastle) IPA^(key): /høː/, /hɔː/

hor (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) her

• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “hor”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 September 2024.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho², interrogative particle).

• (Singapore)
  • IPA^(key): (Sense 1) /hɔː˨˩/, [hɔˑ˨]
  • IPA^(key): (Senses 2, 3) /hɔː˨˦/
  • Sometimes nasalized, and the initial /h/ may be elided.

hor (Singlish, Singapore)

2. Emphasizes the need for acknowledgment from the listener.

   Synonym: (less assertive) ah (sense 3)

   Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor. ― Don’t sprout nonsense, it wasn’t my fault, OK?

   • 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, pages 3–4, lines 55–56:

     Oh. That’s me. I see you later, hor, Jackson. You got my number right?

   • 2005, Der Zählmeister, soc.culture.singapore‎^[3] (Usenet):

     sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.

   • 2001 September 19, destrius', Everything2‎^[4]:

     […] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").

4. An invariant question tag used to invite agreement.

   Quite boring, hor? ― It's quite boring, isn’t it?

   • 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times:

     Wah, you quite brave hor...

5. A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

   Synonym: (Singlish) ah

   ....then hor... ― ...and then...

   • 2005, Tan Kok Beng, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.

   • 2007, yansimon52, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):

     Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]

Discourse particles in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English
⟵ More assertiveLess assertive ⟶
Expressing objection	what	Characterizing	one1–3	Expressing inevitability	lor2–3	Expressing resignation	lor1	Expressing uncertainty	leh1–2
Explanatory	mah	Assertive	lah1–14	Intensifying	sia	Agreement-seeking	hor2	Confirmation-seeking	ah1–3, hah1–3
Expressing skepticism	meh	Declarative	leh3–6, hor1, know, nia	Speculative	ba2	Conveying tentativeness	leh7–11, ba1
Non-pragmatic
Aspect-marking					liao, already
References Gupta, A. F. (1992) “The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English”, in Journal of Pragmatics, volume 18, number 1, →DOI

• Appendix:English tag questions

• Low, Ee Ling, Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction, →ISBN
• Lim, Lisa with Wee, Lionel (2004) “Reduplication and discourse particles”, in Singapore English: A grammatical description, →ISBN, page 125

• rho, HRO, ROH, Roh, Rho, orh

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /or/, [o̞r]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hor/, [ɦo̞r]

hor (not comparable)

1. there (near the listener)

• hemen, han

From Proto-Basque *hoŕ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhor/

hor anim

1. (Soule) alternative form of or

• “or”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

hor

1. our

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦor]

hor f

1. genitive plural of hora

From Old Norse hór.

• IPA^(key): /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

1. (dated) adultery
2. lechery, whoring, fornication

hor

1. imperative of hore

Back-formation from horretje, by assimilation from hordetje, diminutive of horde (“sieve; braided wooden lattice, wattle screen”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

1. an insect screen

   Hyponym: klamboe

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hor1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• hor (gaas) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /hɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (“dirt, mucus”).

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural) or
hor n (genitive singular hors, no plural)

1. snot, mucus (from the nose)

Inherited from Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (“lean, thin”). Compare Latin gracilis (“lean”).

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

1. emaciation

   Synonym: megurð

2. famine

From Proto-Loloish *xa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꎸ (she), Burmese အသား (a.sa:), Tibetan ཤ (sha), Drung sha, Tedim Chin sa¹, Yakkha सा (sa).

• IPA^(key): [xo²¹]

hor 

1. (Yao'an) meat

From Old English hēr.

hor

1. alternative form of her (“hair”)

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

• hore, hoare, hoer, hoere, hoor

• IPA^(key): /hɔːr/

hor

1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
2. Having white or gray hair.
3. Old, advanced in age.

• horehoune
• horen
• hornesse
• horynesse

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

hor

1. An elderly person; a senior.
2. Old age; elderliness.

• English: hoar
• Scots: hare, hair

• “hōr, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

hor

1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

hor

1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) alternative form of here (“their”)

hor

1. alternative form of hore (“whore”)

hor

1. alternative form of hore (“muck”)

From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.

hor n

1. hair

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

hōr n

1. adultery

• Swedish: hor

hor n (plural horuri)

1. obsolete form of cor

• hor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

hȏr m inan (Cyrillic spelling хо̑р)

1. chorus
2. choir

hor ?

1. in front

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”). Related to English whore.

• IPA^(key): /huːr/

hor n (uncountable)

1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality): begå hor “commit adultery”

   Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.

   She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

• äktenskapsbrott

• hor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

hor

1. contemptible, low
2. contemptuous, scornful, douchey

• hor görmek ("to look down on")

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoɾ]
• Hyphenation: hor

hor

1. alternative form of hewr