ora

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Old English [Term?].

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, ROA, Rao, Roa, aro, oar

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)

Verb

ora

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

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

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

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ora

1. thorn

Anagrams

• aro

Verb

ora

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

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

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Noun

ora f (plural ore)

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

   Che ora è? ― What time is it?

Adverb

ora

1. now

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Etymology 2

From Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. blow, breeze

Verb

ora

1. third-person singular present of orare

Anagrams

• aro, arò

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Preposition

ora

1. except

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”).

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Etymology 3

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)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Alternative forms

• oren

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

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?

See also

• minuta
• segonda

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

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)

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

Etymology

From Portuguese hora, from Spanish hora.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

Verb

ora

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of oră.

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aura

Etymology

From Latin aura.

Noun

ora f

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/

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.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Etymology

From o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronoun

ora

1. there