alvor
See also: älvor
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalˌʋɒˀ]
Noun
alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form)
- seriousness (state of being serious)
- gravity
- earnestness
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish alvor.
Noun
alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)
- seriousness
Synonyms
- alvorlighet
Derived terms
- alvorlig
- ta på alvor
References
- “alvor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- ålvor, ålvora
Etymology
From Old Norse alvara.
Noun
alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)
- seriousness
Derived terms
- alvorleg
- ta på alvor
References
- “alvor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /awˈvoɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈvoɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈvoɾ/ [aɫˈvoɾ]
- Hyphenation: al‧vor
Noun
alvor m (plural alvores)
- the first light of the morning
- Synonyms: alva, alvorada
- whiteness
- Synonyms: alvura, brancura
- Antonyms: negrume, pretume
Derived terms
- alvorada
- alvorecer
Related terms
- alvo
- amanhecer