kor

Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּר‎

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 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.

Anagrams

• OKR, ROK, rok

Noun

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

Etymology

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

Noun

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

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)

Further reading

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. A trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed.

Verb

kor

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

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkor]

• Audio

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Noun

kor (plural korok)

1. age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

   öregkor ― old age

   Hatéves koromban kezdtem zenét tanulni. ― I started music lessons at age six.

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

   bronzkor ― Bronze Age

3. (geology) epoch

   eocén kor ― Eocene epoch

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/

Noun

kor ?

1. field

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

kor

1. A chorus.

Verb

kor

1. to have, gain

   Mana akəs vok à dza, uwana akor gudəŋ à vok gesina, ŋgaha masla adàz gəl aŋha ala la makəɗ gəl à vok aŋha ma? (Mata 16:26) ^[1]

   For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? (Matthew 16:26)

Derived terms

• makoray

References

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

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Etymology 2

Kor

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

References

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

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

References

• kor in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Anagrams

• ork

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قور‎ (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *kōr (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. choir

Etymology

Related to Persian کور‎ (kur).

Adjective

kor

1. blind