Ore Definition
ore
See also oré, orë, öre, and øre
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English
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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 (compare Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“brassy, bronzen”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyos. Confer Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan ayah, Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”).
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: ô, IPA: /ɔː/, X-SAMPA: /O:/
- (US) enPR: ôr, IPA: /oʊr/, /ɔːr/, X-SAMPA: /O:r/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: oar, or, o'er, aw (in non-rhotic accents), awe (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
ore (countable and uncountable; plural ores)
- 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.
See also
- Ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
ore
- Plural form of oor.
Anglo-Norman
Adverb
ore
Basque
Noun
ore
Galician
Verb
ore
Guaraní
Pronoun
ore
Italian
Noun
ore
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
ōre (n)
- ablative singular of ōs
Old French
Etymology 1
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Alternative forms
Adverb
ore
Descendants
- French: or (archaic)
Etymology 2
Ancient Greek ὥρα (hora), Latin hōra
Alternative forms
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Noun
ore f. (oblique plural ores, nominative singular ore, nominative plural ores)
- time, period of the day (period of time)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
- What haste do you have
- That wakes up at this time of day?
- quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
ore
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb orar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb orar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb orar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb orar.
Romanian
Noun
ore f. pl.
- Plural form of oră.
Spanish
Verb
ore (infinitive orar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of orar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of orar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of orar.
Tarantino
Noun
ore
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An ore is a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals. The ores are extracted through mining; these are then refined to extract the valuable element(s).