kore

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔəɹeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹeɪ/

kore (plural korai or kores)

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
   • 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, page 42,

     Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .

   • 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, page 14,

     Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).

   • 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion, page 9,

     Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.

• kouros (statue of a male)

• korephilia

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• kero, oker, roke

kore

1. plural of koor

From Proto-Albanian *kāsra, from Proto-Indo-European *kars 'to scratch, rub'. Compare Lithuanian kar̃šti (“comb, curry”), Latvian kā̀ršu (“wool comb”), Latin cardus (“thistle”), Middle High German harsten (“become hard, rough”).

kore f (indefinite plural kore, definite singular korja, definite plural koret)

1. scrub, crust (of baked products, wounds)

• kothere
• kërce

koro +‎ -e

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kore

1. cordially, heartily

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

• Hyphenation: ko‧re
• IPA^(key): /ˈko̞re̞/

kore

1. kore (Greek sculpture)

Speakers prefer not to inflect this word, and use it only for the nominative singular. If inflection is needed, the term kore-veistos (“kore-sculpture”) is used instead.

• kore-veistos

• kero

kore

1. Rōmaji transcription of これ

From Portuguese correr.

kore

1. to run
2. to race
3. to hurry

kore f (5th declension)

1. ridge
2. gable
3. comb
4. crest

kore

1. zero

From Portuguese correr and Spanish correr and Kabuverdianu kori and Kabuverdianu kore.

kore

1. to flow
2. to run

kore

1. wind (real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure)

• simote kore

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