nor
See also: Nor, NOR, ñor, Nór, noř, nor-, nor', and Nor.
Translingual
Symbol
nor
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Norwegian.
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): enPR: nô, IPA(key): /nɔː/
- (US) enPR: nôr, IPA(key): /nɔɹ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophone: gnaw (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.
Conjunction
nor
- (literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, OCLC 316392309, Act II:
- Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman
- And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]
- 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.
- Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
- They are happy, nor need we worry.
-
- A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
- 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
- The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
- I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.
-
- Used to introduce a further negative statement.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
- The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
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- (UK, dialect) Than.
- 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner, London: Penguin Books, published 1967, page 131:
- 'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 92:
- I wouldn’t like to live here though, not after dark. Sooner you nor me.
- He's no better nor you.
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Derived terms
- neither a borrower nor a lender be
- neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
- neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring; neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
- neither fish nor flesh
- neither fish nor fowl
- neither here nor there
Translations
nor
|
See also
- neither
Etymology 2
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.
Noun
nor (plural nors)
- (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR
Coordinate terms
- and
- nand
- or
- xor
Anagrams
- NRO, RON, Ron, orn, ron
Aromanian
Noun
nor
- Alternative form of norã
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nor/, [no̞r]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Basque *nor, containing the interrogative prefix *no-.[1]
Pronoun
nor
- (interrogative) who
- Nor da? ― Who is he/she?
- Ez nekien nor zinen. ― I didn't know who you were.
- Norentzat da opari hau? ― Who is this present for?
Declension
Declension of Basque interrogative pronouns
| nor | zer | zein | zenbat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | plural | indefinite | plural | |||||||
| absolutive | nor | nortzuk | zer | zein | zeintzuk | zenbat | ||||
| ergative | nork | nortzuek | zerk | zeinek | zeintzuek | zenbatek | ||||
| dative | nori | nortzuei | zeri | zeini | zeintzuei | zenbati | ||||
| genitive | noren | nortzuen | zeren | zeinen | zeintzuen | zenbaten | ||||
| comitative | norekin | nortzuekin | zerekin | zeinekin | zeintzuekin | zenbatekin | ||||
| causative | norengatik | nortzuengatik | zergatik | zeinengatik | zeintzuengatik | zenbatengatik | ||||
| benefactive | norentzat | nortzuentzat | zerentzat | zeinentzat | zeintzuentzat | zenbatentzat | ||||
| instrumental | animate | nortaz | nortzuetaz | zertaz | zeinetaz | zeintzuetaz | zenbatetaz | |||
| inanimate | ― | ― | zerez | zeinez | zeintzuez | zenbatez | ||||
| inessive | animate | norengan | nortzuengan | ― | zeinengan | zeintzuengan | zenbatengan | |||
| inanimate | non | ― | zertan | zeinetan | zeintzuetan | zenbatean, zenbatetan | ||||
| locative | animate | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |||
| inanimate | nongo | ― | zereko | zeinetako | zeintzuetako | zenbateko, zenbatetako | ||||
| allative | animate | norengana | nortzuengana | ― | zeinengana | zeintzuengana | zenbatengana | |||
| inanimate | nora | ― | zertara | zeinetara | zeintzuetara | zenbatetara | ||||
| terminative | animate | norenganaino | nortzuenganaino | ― | zeinenganaino | zeintzuenganaino | zenbatenganaino | |||
| inanimate | noraino | ― | zertaraino | zeinetaraino | zeintzuetaraino | zenbatetaraino | ||||
| directive | animate | norenganantz | nortzuenganantz | ― | zeinenganantz | zeintzuenganantz | zenbatenganantz | |||
| inanimate | norantz | ― | zertarantz | zeinetarantz | zeintzuetarantz | zenbatetarantz | ||||
| destinative | animate | norenganako | nortzuenganako | ― | zeinenganako | zeintzuenganako | zenbatenganako | |||
| inanimate | norako | ― | zertarako | zeinetarako | zeintzuetarako | zenbatetarako | ||||
| ablative | animate | norengandik | nortzuengandik | ― | zeinengandik | zeintzuengandik | zenbatengandik | |||
| inanimate | nondik | ― | zertatik | zeinetatik | zeintzuetatik | zenbatetatik | ||||
| prolative | nortzat | ― | zertzat | ― | ― | ― | ||||
Etymology 2
From the interrogative pronoun.
Adjective
nor (indeclinable)
- (grammatical term, used as a modifier) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument
- Nor aditzak euskarazko aditzik errezenak dira. ― In Basque, nor verbs are the easiest to learn.
References
- “no-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- "nor" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “nor” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnor]
Noun
nor f
- genitive plural of nora
Dutch
Etymology
Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, cf. brommen (“to do time”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔr/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nor
- Rhymes: -ɔr
Noun
nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)
- (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment
- Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin nubilum. Compare Romanian nor, Aromanian nior.
Noun
nor m
- cloud
Norman
Alternative forms
- nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).
Noun
nor m (uncountable)
- (Sark) north
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔr/
- Rhymes: -ɔr
- Syllabification: nor
Noun
nor f
- genitive plural of nora
Romanian
Alternative forms
- nour (regional, Moldova)
- noor (regional, Oltenia),
- nuor, nuvăr (regional, Banat)
- nuar (archaic, obsolete)
Etymology
From older nuar, nuăr, from Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (“cloudy”), from Latin nūbēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Aromanian nior,Spanish nube,Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nor]
Noun
nor m (plural nori)
- cloud
Declension
Declension of nor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) nor | norul | (niște) nori | norii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) nor | norului | (unor) nori | norilor |
| vocative | norule | norilor | ||
Derived terms
- (a se) înnora
- noros
Slovene
Etymology
From German Narr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ́r/
Adjective
nȍr (comparative bȍlj nȍr, superlative nȁjbolj nȍr)
- crazy, insane, mad
Inflection
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | nòr | nôra | nôro |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | nòr ind nôri def | nôra | nôro |
| genitive | nôrega | nôre | nôrega |
| dative | nôremu | nôri | nôremu |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | nôro | nôro |
| locative | nôrem | nôri | nôrem |
| instrumental | nôrim | nôro | nôrim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | nôra | nôri | nôri |
| genitive | nôrih | nôrih | nôrih |
| dative | nôrima | nôrima | nôrima |
| accusative | nôra | nôri | nôri |
| locative | nôrih | nôrih | nôrih |
| instrumental | nôrima | nôrima | nôrima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | nôri | nôre | nôra |
| genitive | nôrih | nôrih | nôrih |
| dative | nôrim | nôrim | nôrim |
| accusative | nôre | nôre | nôra |
| locative | nôrih | nôrih | nôrih |
| instrumental | nôrimi | nôrimi | nôrimi |
Derived terms
- norčàv
- nôrec
- noréti
- noróst
Further reading
- “nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Noun
nor
- narrow strait
Anagrams
- ron
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish nuora. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
nor
- string
Declension
| Inflection of nor (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | nor | ||
| genitive sing. | noran | ||
| partitive sing. | norad | ||
| partitive plur. | norid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nor | norad | |
| accusative | noran | norad | |
| genitive | noran | noriden | |
| partitive | norad | norid | |
| essive-instructive | noran | norin | |
| translative | noraks | norikš | |
| inessive | noras | noriš | |
| elative | noraspäi | norišpäi | |
| illative | noraha | norihe | |
| adessive | noral | noril | |
| ablative | noralpäi | norilpäi | |
| allative | norale | norile | |
| abessive | norata | norita | |
| comitative | noranke | noridenke | |
| prolative | noradme | noridme | |
| approximative I | noranno | noridenno | |
| approximative II | norannoks | noridennoks | |
| egressive | norannopäi | noridennopäi | |
| terminative I | norahasai | norihesai | |
| terminative II | noralesai | norilesai | |
| terminative III | norassai | — | |
| additive I | norahapäi | norihepäi | |
| additive II | noralepäi | norilepäi | |
Yola
Conjunction
nor
- Alternative form of noor
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
- Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.
- May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 100