rigor

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rigor (stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness), from rigere (to be rigid).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪɡɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: rigger, rigour

Noun

rigor (countable and uncountable, plural rigors)

  1. US spelling of rigour
  2. (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.
    • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 4, paragraph 3
      Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.

Italian

Noun

rigor m

  1. Apocopic form of rigore

Latin

Etymology

From rigeō (I am rigid) + -or.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈri.ɡor/, [ˈrɪ.ɡɔr]

Noun

rigor m (genitive rigōris); third declension

  1. stiffness, rigidity
  2. rigor, cold, harshness, severity

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rigor rigōrēs
Genitive rigōris rigōrum
Dative rigōrī rigōribus
Accusative rigōrem rigōrēs
Ablative rigōre rigōribus
Vocative rigor rigōrēs

Derived terms

  • rigōrātus

Descendants

References


Old French

Noun

rigor f (oblique plural rigors, nominative singular rigor, nominative plural rigors)

  1. harshness; severity
  2. stiffness; rigidity

Descendants


Portuguese

Noun

rigor m (plural rigores)

  1. rigour (higher level of difficulty)
  2. rigour (severity or strictness)
  3. rigidity; inflexibility

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rîɡor/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧gor

Noun

rȉgor m (Cyrillic spelling ри̏гор)

  1. rigour

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rigor, rigoris.

Noun

rigor m (plural rigores)

  1. rigour
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