kor

From Hebrew כֹּר‎

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.

• OKR, ROK, rok

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

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

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

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

• IPA^(key): /koːr/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

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• Hyphenation: kor

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

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

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

kor

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

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]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkor]

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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

kor

1. do

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/

kor ?

1. field

IPA^(key): /kor/

kor

1. A chorus.

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)

• makoray

From Old Norse kórr.

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)

• korsanger

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hvar.

• IPA^(key): /kʊrː/, /kuːr/ (example of pronunciation)

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

Kor

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

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/ (example of pronunciation)

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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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

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

• ork

kor

1. throat

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

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

• cüruf
• köz

kor (plural kors)

1. choir

Related to Persian کور‎ (kur).

kor

1. blind