ore

Etymology

From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-Germanic *aiz (cognates Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Dutch oer (“iron-holding earth”). Confer Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵‎ (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA^(key): /ɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔː/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA^(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /oə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: oar, o'er; or (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger); aw, awe (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

ore (countable and uncountable, plural ores)

1. Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which—at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction—are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.
   • 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:

     Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

Anagrams

• EOR, ROE, Roe, o'er, roe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uə̯ɾə]

Noun

ore

1. plural of oor

Noun

ore

1. dough

Verb

ore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of orar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of orar

Pronoun

ore

1. us
2. our

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ore

Noun

ore f

1. plural of ora

Anagrams

• ero, Ero, reo

Romanization

ore

1. Rōmaji transcription of おれ

Noun

ōre n

1. ablative singular of ōs

References

• ore in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

From Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

ôre n

1. ear

Further reading

• “ore”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “ore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology 1

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Etymology 4

Etymology

Old French ore.

Adverb

ore

1. now
   • 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 4, line 2:

     des choses lesquelles nous ne conterons pas ore

     of things we will not speak of now

Etymology

From Old High German ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Noun

ore n

1. ear

Etymology

From Old Saxon ōra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô.

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ô²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /ɔːrə/

Noun

ôre n

1. ear

Noun

ore c (plural ores)

1. gold

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Latin hōra

Verb

ore

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of orar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of orar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of orar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of orar

Noun

ore f pl

1. plural of oră

Verb

ore

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of orar.

Noun

ore

1. gold