ora

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Translingual

Symbol

ora

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Oroha.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Oroha terms

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin.

Noun

ora

1. plural of os (“anatomical opening”)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

ora (plural oras)

1. (historical) A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

See also

• kia ora
• ora serrata

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, aro, Roa, OAR, ARO, ROA, Rao, oar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾa/

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “ora”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Alternative forms

• abora (Ayer)
• agoa, agoá (Sobrescobiu)
• aguá (Llena)
• ara (Llangréu)

Etymology

From Latin hāc hōrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/ [ˈo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Adverb

ora

1. now

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ora.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Baku):

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Adverb

ora

1. there, thither, to that place

   Ora getmə. ― Don't go there.

Antonyms

• bura

Derived terms

• ora-bura (“hither and thither”)
• orada (“there”)
• oraya (“thither, to that place”)
• oradan (“thence, from that place”)

Noun

ora (definite accusative oranı, plural oralar)

1. that place

Declension

Declension of ora

	singular	plural
nominative	ora	oralar
definite accusative	oranı	oraları
dative	oraya	oralara
locative	orada	oralarda
ablative	oradan	oralardan
definite genitive	oranın	oraların

Possessive forms of ora

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oram	oralarım
sənin (“your”)	oran	oraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	orası	oraları
bizim (“our”)	oramız	oralarımız
sizin (“your”)	oranız	oralarınız
onların (“their”)	orası or oraları	oraları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramı	oralarımı
sənin (“your”)	oranı	oralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasını	oralarını
bizim (“our”)	oramızı	oralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	oranızı	oralarınızı
onların (“their”)	orasını or oralarını	oralarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	orama	oralarıma
sənin (“your”)	orana	oralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasına	oralarına
bizim (“our”)	oramıza	oralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	oranıza	oralarınıza
onların (“their”)	orasına or oralarına	oralarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramda	oralarımda
sənin (“your”)	oranda	oralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasında	oralarında
bizim (“our”)	oramızda	oralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	oranızda	oralarınızda
onların (“their”)	orasında or oralarında	oralarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramdan	oralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	orandan	oralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasından	oralarından
bizim (“our”)	oramızdan	oralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	oranızdan	oralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	orasından or oralarından	oralarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramın	oralarımın
sənin (“your”)	oranın	oralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasının	oralarının
bizim (“our”)	oramızın	oralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	oranızın	oralarınızın
onların (“their”)	orasının or oralarının	oralarının

Betawi

Etymology

From Javanese ora (“no, not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adverb

ora

1. no; not

Verb

ora

1. to not have; to have no

Usage notes

This word is used mainly across the rural areas, such as Bekasi, Depok, and Tangerang.

Synonyms

• engga', ga', kaga', terada

Blagar

Noun

ora

1. tail

References

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 135

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aura (“breeze”). Doublet of aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ɾa]

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. breeze
2. calm weather

Derived terms

• oratge
• orejar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈo.ɾa]

Verb

ora

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

Further reading

• “ora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/, [ˈo.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adverb

ora

1. (Caviteño) now

   Synonyms: (Ternateño) agora, (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) ahora

Corsican

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
2. time

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto oro

Esperanto -a

Esperanto ora

From oro (“gold”) + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈora/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Adjective

ora (accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

Further reading

• “ora”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ora”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora (compare Inari Sami oari, Erzya уро (uro), Moksha ура (ura) and Hungarian ár), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH (compare Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): ora

Noun

ora

1. thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)

   Synonyms: oas, oka, ota

2. pendant, tooth-like or spine-like spore producing projections in the basidiocarps of the hydnoid fungi (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

Inflection of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		ora	orat
genitive		oran	orien
partitive		oraa	oria
illative		oraan	oriin
		singular	plural
nominative		ora	orat
accusative	nom.	ora	orat
	gen.	oran
genitive		oran	orien orain rare
partitive		oraa	oria
inessive		orassa	orissa
elative		orasta	orista
illative		oraan	oriin
adessive		oralla	orilla
ablative		oralta	orilta
allative		oralle	orille
essive		orana	orina
translative		oraksi	oriksi
abessive		oratta	oritta
instructive		—	orin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative orani orani accusative nom. orani orani gen. orani genitive orani orieni oraini rare partitive oraani oriani inessive orassani orissani elative orastani oristani illative oraani oriini adessive orallani orillani ablative oraltani oriltani allative oralleni orilleni essive oranani orinani translative orakseni orikseni abessive orattani orittani instructive — — comitative — orineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative orasi orasi accusative nom. orasi orasi gen. orasi genitive orasi oriesi oraisi rare partitive oraasi oriasi inessive orassasi orissasi elative orastasi oristasi illative oraasi oriisi adessive orallasi orillasi ablative oraltasi oriltasi allative orallesi orillesi essive oranasi orinasi translative oraksesi oriksesi abessive orattasi orittasi instructive — — comitative — orinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oramme oramme accusative nom. oramme oramme gen. oramme genitive oramme oriemme oraimme rare partitive oraamme oriamme inessive orassamme orissamme elative orastamme oristamme illative oraamme oriimme adessive orallamme orillamme ablative oraltamme oriltamme allative orallemme orillemme essive oranamme orinamme translative oraksemme oriksemme abessive orattamme orittamme instructive — — comitative — orinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oranne oranne accusative nom. oranne oranne gen. oranne genitive oranne orienne orainne rare partitive oraanne orianne inessive orassanne orissanne elative orastanne oristanne illative oraanne oriinne adessive orallanne orillanne ablative oraltanne oriltanne allative orallenne orillenne essive orananne orinanne translative oraksenne oriksenne abessive orattanne orittanne instructive — — comitative — orinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative oransa oransa accusative nom. oransa oransa gen. oransa genitive oransa oriensa orainsa rare partitive oraansa oriaan oriansa inessive orassaan orassansa orissaan orissansa elative orastaan orastansa oristaan oristansa illative oraansa oriinsa adessive orallaan orallansa orillaan orillansa ablative oraltaan oraltansa oriltaan oriltansa allative oralleen orallensa orilleen orillensa essive oranaan oranansa orinaan orinansa translative orakseen oraksensa orikseen oriksensa abessive orattaan orattansa orittaan orittansa instructive — — comitative — orineen orinensa

Derived terms

• Ora
• orakas
• orakko
• Oranen
• oras

compounds

• orahytykkä
• Orajärvi
• oralehti
• orapaatsama
• orapihlaja
• oratuomi
• poltinora

Further reading

• “ora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• aro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾɐ]

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: agora

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora rin, ora choran ― Sometimes they laugh, others they cry

Interjection

ora!

1. stop!

Verb

ora

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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: nunc

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
2. time (of day); hour

   che ora è? ― what time is it?

Derived terms

• di buon'ora
• ora canonica
• ora estiva
• ora legale
• ora solare
• orario
• oretta
• ormai
• orologio

Related terms

• allora

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Etymology 2

Derived from Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”). Compare Old French ore, Spanish ahora and Portuguese agora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Adverb

ora

2. now

   Synonym: adesso

   Sei libero ora? ― Are you free now?

Derived terms

• finora
• or ora
• per ora

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Conjunction

ora… ora…

1. first... then...; one moment... the next..

   ora mi ama ora mi odia ― one moment she loves me, the next she hates me

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze

   Synonyms: aura, brezza, venticello

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• ora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• ora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -aro, aro, arò

Japanese

Romanization

ora

1. Rōmaji transcription of おら

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

Alternative forms

• poya — Yogyakarta slang

Etymology

From *wora, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be, to appear”). This adverb had been originally used to meant "it appears that someone is (not) doing something". However, the notion has been lost as it was completely integrated to the standard language and acquired the default current meaning of "not". It is similar to aggressive mood in colloquial Finnish (see also Jespersen's cycle). Doublet of wonten. Cognates include Indonesian ada, Aklanon waea', and Tagalog wala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ora]

This word apparently does not participate in the rounding of final -a into [ɔ].

Adverb

ora (Carakan spelling ꦲꦺꦴꦫ)

1. not

Particle

ora (Carakan spelling ꦲꦺꦴꦫ)

1. no

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Ladin

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

Ladino

Alternative forms

• hora

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ora, hora, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Noun

ora f (Hebrew spelling אורה)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
   • 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, Voices from Jewish Salonika‎^[4], Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 415:

     En la ora mas apretada i eskura, kwando la partida parese pyedrida, los dados de el destino se aboltan en mwestra favor, i kwando ya parese ke mos deshan zulá, salimos empyés komo los gatos ke los asegien i se suven en algún árvol ande no lo pweden alkansar.

     In the most stressful and darkest hour, when the party appears lost, destiny's gifts turn up in our favour, and when it appears that it is leaving us in destitution, we leave on foot like the cats who chase them and they climb up some tree where they can't reach someone.

2. watch (timepiece)

   Synonym: saat

Related terms

• agora

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly related to Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latvian āra, perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Noun

ōra f (genitive ōrae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge

   Synonyms: fīnis, labrum, limbus, līmes, margō

2. coast, coastline, seacoast, shoreline

   Synonyms: acta, lītus

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.538:

     “Hūc paucī vestrīs adnāvimus ōrīs.”

     “Only we few drifted here to your seacoasts.”

3. region, country

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrae
genitive	ōrae	ōrārum
dative	ōrae	ōrīs
accusative	ōram	ōrās
ablative	ōrā	ōrīs
vocative	ōra	ōrae

Descendants

• ⇒ Asturian: oriella, oliancu
• Catalan: vora
• ⇒ French: orle
  • → English: orle
• ⇒ Galician: orela
• ⇒ Italian: orlo
• ⇒ Portuguese: orla
• ⇒ Spanish: orilla
• Venetan: óro
• → Old English: ōra

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Noun

ōrā

1. ablative singular of ōra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Noun

ōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Noun

ōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōrum

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ra]

Verb

ōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ora”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5], 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

Macanese

Alternative forms

• óra, hora

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese hora.

Noun

ora (plural ora-ora)

1. hour, o'clock

   Cinco-óra, assí ― Around five o'clock

2. (countable) occasion, time

   têm ora ― there are times; sometimes

3. (uncountable) time

   Desde qui ora? ― Since when? (literally, “Since what time?”)

   unchinho-unchinho ora ― a little time

4. (by extension) it's time to (+ verb)

Usage notes

• têm ora may be a calque of Cantonese 有時 / 有时 (jau⁵ si⁴).

Derived terms

• chegâ ora (“at the right time”)
• tudo-óra (“always”)

Related terms

• quelóra

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Central Pacific *wola, from Proto-Oceanic *wola, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wada, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”). Cognates include Hawaiian and Samoan ola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈora/ [ˈɔɾɐ]

Verb

ora

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

Derived terms

• oraora
• whakaora

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Derived terms

• koiora

Nias

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

ora

1. ladder
2. stairs

Northeast Kiwai

Noun

ora

1. blood

References

• Northeast Kiwai dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?

   What time is it?

Derived terms

• orari
• oreta
• per l'ora

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Inflection

Declension of ōra (neuter an-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōron, ōra
accusative	ōra	ōron, ōra
genitive	ōrin	ōrono
dative	ōrin	ōron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ôre
  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
    • Jersey Dutch: ôr
    • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  • Limburgish: oear

Further reading

• “ōra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.rɑ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; compare ār, ǣr (“ore, brass, copper”). Perhaps related to Low German Ur, Uurt, Uhr, Urt (“compact, reddish, iron-bearing soil”), Early Modern Dutch oor, oore (“mine; lead ore; vein bearing lead and silver”), Old Norse úr (“metalic slag”).

Noun

ōra m

1. ore, unwrought metal
2. brass

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōran
accusative	ōran	ōran
genitive	ōran	ōrena
dative	ōran	ōrum

Related terms

• ore

Descendants

• Middle English: ore, oure, or, oor, nore, noure (merged with ār)
  • English: ore
  • Scots: ure, uir
• → English: ora (learned)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *ōʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ōzô, *ōsô (“mouth of a river, inlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Cognate with Old Norse ósi (“river mouth”). Possibly influenced by Latin ōra (“shore”).

Noun

ōra m

2. (chiefly in placenames) bank, shore; border, edge
3. slope, hill

   Synonyms: hliþ, hielde

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōran
accusative	ōran	ōran
genitive	ōran	ōrena
dative	ōran	ōrum

Further reading

• Hawkins, Jillian (2020), “Words and Swords: People and Power along the Solent in the 5th Century”, in Langlands, Alexander James, Lavelle, Ryan, editors, The Land of the English Kin: Studies in Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England in Honour of Professor Barbara Yorke (Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages; 26), →DOI, pages 50–69

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hora

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Adverb

ora

1. now
   • 13th century, João Garcia de Guilhade, Cancioneiro da Ajuda‎^[6], page A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar:

     [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.

     The green eyes which I have seen / have made me now be like this.

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes
   • c. 14th–15th century, Francisco de Melgaço, transl., Vida de Sam Bernardo, book II, Alcobaça, translation of Vita prima Bernardi by William of St-Thierry, page 45r; republished as Lawrence A. Sharpe, editor, The Old Portuguese Vida de Sam Bernardo, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1971, →ISBN, page 109:

     Esta posuya o demonio o quall ora falava linguoa italiana ora spanhol.

     She was possessed by the devil, who would sometimes speak the Italian language, sometimes the Iberian one.

Noun

ora f

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 177:

     Iten declaro por esta ora en que jazo que segun meu entendemento que he meu fillo Gonzalo, o que cria Juan Oubel, neto de Basco do Vilar he que aquela ora que dormin con sua may segun meu entendimentto que la ficou preñe de min deste mozo.

     As well, I declare now as I lie that, according to my understanding, Gonzalo, who is being raised by Juan Oubel, grandson of Vasco do Vilar, is my son; and that that time that I slept with his mother I think she got pregnant from me with this kid

2. (religion) service

Descendants

• Galician: ora
• Portuguese: ora

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old High German

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)

Declension

Declension of ōra (neuter n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrun
accusative	ōra	ōrun
genitive	ōren, ōrin	ōrōno
dative	ōren, ōrin	ōrōm, ōrōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    • Hunsrik: Oher
    • Luxembourgish: Ouer
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Ohr

  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[7], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, 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

Declension

ōra (neuter n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōron, ōrun, ōran
accusative	ōra	ōron, ōrun, ōran
genitive	ōren, ōran, ōron	ōrono
dative	ōren, ōran, ōron	ōrun, ōron
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ôre
  • Low German: Ohr
    • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    • German Low German: Ohr, Åhr, Ahr, Or, Ur

      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[8] (in German), 5th edition

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• hora

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page f. 37r. col. 2.:

     […] de pues enbio el palomo ⁊ ueno a ora de uieſperas aduxo ramo de olẏua cõ ſus fojas uerdes en su boca

     […] and then he sent out the dove, and it came in the evening with an olive branch with green leaves in its beak.

2. time (moment)
   • between 1140 and 1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 58:

     Myo çid Ruy diaz el que en buẽ ora çinxo eſpada

     My Cid, Ruy Díaz, who at a good time he girded himself with a sword (common epithet of the Cid)

Descendants

• Ladino: hora, ora, אורה
• Spanish: hora

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “ora”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 370

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀑𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ओर (Devanagari script)
• ওর (Bengali script)
• ඔර (Sinhalese script)
• ဩရ or ဢေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โอร or โอระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂອຣ or ໂອຣະ (Lao script)
• ឲរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवर (avara), a comparative formation whose base survives as ava- or o- (“down”).

Adjective

ora

1. lower

Declension

Declension table of "ora" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	oro	orā
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	ore
Instrumental (third)	orena	orehi or orebhi
Dative (fourth)	orassa or orāya or oratthaṃ	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orasmā or oramhā or orā or orato	orehi or orebhi
Genitive (sixth)	orassa	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orasmiṃ or oramhi or ore	oresu
Vocative (calling)	ora	orā

Declension table of "orā" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	orā	orāyo or orā
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	orāyo or orā
Instrumental (third)	orāya	orāhi or orābhi
Dative (fourth)	orāya	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orāya	orāhi or orābhi
Genitive (sixth)	orāya	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orāya or orāyaṃ	orāsu
Vocative (calling)	ore	orāyo or orā

Declension table of "ora" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	oraṃ	orāni
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	orāni
Instrumental (third)	orena	orehi or orebhi
Dative (fourth)	orassa or orāya or oratthaṃ	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orasmā or oramhā or orā or orato	orehi or orebhi
Genitive (sixth)	orassa	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orasmiṃ or oramhi or ore	oresu
Vocative (calling)	ora	orāni

Derived terms

• orima (“on this side”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. (time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

Pronoun

ora

1. when

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Verb

ora

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

   Synonym: (standard) orze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Homophone: hora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonyms: agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora ele ri, ora chora.

   Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Alternative forms

• oras

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ora

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

Further reading

• “ora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of oră

Romansh

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) aura (“weather”)

Spanish

Etymology

Apheresis of ahora (“now”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/ [ˈo.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Conjunction

ora ... ora ...

1. now (something), now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else (used to introduce opposing ideas)

   Tomando ora la espada, ora la pluma.

   Taking at times the sword, at times the pen.

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Daba grandes tumbos a babor y estribor, mostrando ora la horrible panza, ora la cubierta en desorden, negra y húmeda, las escotillas, el cajón de la máquina […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

ora

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

Further reading

• “ora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour; time”). Doublet of oras.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoɾa/ [ˈʔoː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Noun

ora (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ)

1. hour (only in certain expressions)

   Synonym: oras

Related terms

• kada ora
• ora mismo
• ora-orada
• oraryo
• por ora

Anagrams

• Roa

Tahitian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اورا. By surface analysis, o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ora

1. there

   O durmadan oraya giderdi. ― They would always go there.

   Ora nasıl? ― How is that place?

   Evi orada. ― Their home is there.

   Evi orası. ― Their home is over there.

   Oranın yemeğine bayılıyorum. ― I can't get enough of the food there.

   Kedimiz oradan gelmiştir. ― Our cat comes from there.

   Orayı seviyorum. ― I love that place.

Usage notes

Seldom used in its uninflected form.

Declension

Declension of ora

singular plural nominative ora oralar definite accusative orayı oraları dative oraya oralara locative orada oralarda ablative oradan oralardan genitive oranın oraların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular oram oralarım 2nd singular oran oraların 3rd singular orası oraları 1st plural oramız oralarımız 2nd plural oranız oralarınız 3rd plural oraları oraları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular oramı oralarımı 2nd singular oranı oralarını 3rd singular orasını oralarını 1st plural oramızı oralarımızı 2nd plural oranızı oralarınızı 3rd plural oralarını oralarını dative singular plural 1st singular orama oralarıma 2nd singular orana oralarına 3rd singular orasına oralarına 1st plural oramıza oralarımıza 2nd plural oranıza oralarınıza 3rd plural oralarına oralarına locative singular plural 1st singular oramda oralarımda 2nd singular oranda oralarında 3rd singular orasında oralarında 1st plural oramızda oralarımızda 2nd plural oranızda oralarınızda 3rd plural oralarında oralarında ablative singular plural 1st singular oramdan oralarımdan 2nd singular orandan oralarından 3rd singular orasından oralarından 1st plural oramızdan oralarımızdan 2nd plural oranızdan oralarınızdan 3rd plural oralarından oralarından genitive singular plural 1st singular oramın oralarımın 2nd singular oranın oralarının 3rd singular orasının oralarının 1st plural oramızın oralarımızın 2nd plural oranızın oralarınızın 3rd plural oralarının oralarının

Predicative forms of ora

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	orayım	ora mıyım?
sen (you are)	orasın	ora mısın?
o (he/she/it is)	ora / oradır	ora mı?
biz (we are)	orayız	ora mıyız?
siz (you are)	orasınız	ora mısınız?
onlar (they are)	ora(lar)	ora(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	oraydım	ora mıydım?
sen (you were)	oraydın	ora mıydın?
o (he/she/it was)	oraydı	ora mıydı?
biz (we were)	oraydık	ora mıydık?
siz (you were)	oraydınız	ora mıydınız?
onlar (they were)	oraydılar	ora mıydılar?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	oraymışım	ora mıymışım?
sen (you were)	oraymışsın	ora mıymışsın?
o (he/she/it was)	oraymış	ora mıymış?
biz (we were)	oraymışız	ora mıymışız?
siz (you were)	oraymışsınız	ora mıymışsınız?
onlar (they were)	oraymışlar	ora mıymışlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	oraysam	ora mıysam?
sen (if you)	oraysan	ora mıysan?
o (if he/she/it)	oraysa	ora mıysa?
biz (if we)	oraysak	ora mıysak?
siz (if you)	oraysanız	ora mıysanız?
onlar (if they)	oraysalar	ora mıysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• hadi oradan
• haydi oradan
• oracık
• orada burada
• oradan buradan
• oradan oraya
• oralarda olmamak
• oralı bile olmamak
• oralı olmamak
• orasına burasına