algore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin algōrem (“cold”), from the verb algeō (“to be, feel cold”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂elgʰ- (“frost, cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈɡo.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: al‧gó‧re

Noun

algore m (plural algori)

1. (literary) intense cold, frost

   Synonyms: freddo, gelo

   Antonyms: caldo, calore

   • 1532, Luigi Alamanni, Opere toscane‎^[1], Rome, published 1806, page 254:

     Di piaggia in piaggia, e d’uno in altro monte
     Cantando vo nel più gelato algore
     Il mio gran Re, che con divino onore
     Tien di mille virtù corona in fronte.

     From beach to beach, and from a mountain to another, in the most freezing cold, I sing of my king, who, with divine honor, wears a crown of a thousand virtues on his head.

Related terms

• algido
• algente

Further reading

• algore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• algore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• galero, regalo, regalò, regola

Latin

Noun

algōre

1. ablative singular of algor