lore

See also: Lore, łore, lóre, and lòre

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lô, IPA^(key): /lɔː/
• (General American) enPR: lôr, IPA^(key): /lɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: lōr, IPA^(key): /lo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /loə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophone: law (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
• Homophone: lure (some accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

Noun

lore (countable and uncountable, plural lores)

1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

   the lore of the Ancient Egyptians

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.

2. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
   • 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer‎^[1]:

     You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting.

3. (obsolete) Workmanship.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]

Derived terms

• angel-lore
• beer-lore
• birdlore
• booklore
• catlore
• childlore
• Cokelore
• computerlore
• copylore
• deathlore
• demonlore
• devil-lore
• doglore
• dragonlore
• druglore
• earthlore
• elflore
• fairylore
• fanlore
• faxlore
• fieldlore
• filmlore
• fishlore
• flaglore
• folklore
• fowl-lore
• ghostlore
• giantlore
• godlore
• hairlore
• herblore
• horselore
• kenlore
• laborlore
• lakelore
• lifelore
• loreal
• lorefather
• loreless
• loremaster
• loremistress
• loric
• loring
• lovelore
• mislore
• movielore
• netlore
• ocean-lore
• photocopylore
• plantlore
• playlore
• runelore
• scarelore
• sealore
• sexlore
• soundlore
• spacelore
• speechlore
• starlore
• stonelore
• storylore
• timelore
• weatherlore
• whalelore
• winelore
• woodlore
• wordlore
• wortlore
• xeroxlore

 

Descendants

• → Russian: лор (lor)
• → Ukrainian: лор (lor)

Translations

all the facts and traditions about a particular subject

• Catalan: saviesa (ca) f
• Dutch: overlevering (nl) f
• Esperanto: folkloro
• Finnish: perimätieto (fi)
• French: traditions (fr) f pl, savoir-faire (fr) m
• German: Wissen (de) n, Überlieferung (de) f, Kunde (de) f, Lehre (de) f, Weisheit (de) f, Regeln (de) f pl, Regel (de) f
• Icelandic: fróðleikur (is) m, þjóðlegur fróðleikur m
• Macedonian: знаење n (znaenje)
• Maori: tikanga
• Portuguese: sabedoria (pt) f, tradição (pt) f
• Russian: зна́ние (ru) n (znánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: seanchas m
• Serbo-Croatian: znanje (sh) n
• Slovene: izročilo (sl) n
• Spanish: sabiduría (es) m, tradición (es) f, erudición (es) f, acervo (es) m, folklore (es) m, folklore (es) m, etnografía (es) f, mitología (es) f
• Swedish: lära (sv) c
• Welsh: llên f, llennau f pl

the backstory created around a fictional universe

• Catalan: univers (ca) m
• Finnish: taustatarina
• French: univers (fr) m, lore (fr) m
• German: Saga (de) f, Hintergrund (de) m
• Russian: лор (ru) m (lor), преда́ние (ru) n (predánije)
• Spanish: leyenda (es) f, acervo (es) m, folklore (es) m, folklor (es) m, mitología (es) f, etnografía (es) f
• Swedish: saga (sv) c
• Ukrainian: лор m (lor)

Etymology 2

From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).

Noun

lore (plural lores)

1. (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
   • 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 40:

     He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding.

2. (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Derived terms

• loral, loreal
• lored

Etymology 3

Verb

lore

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
2. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 44:

     Neither of them she found where she them lore.

3. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese

Anagrams

• Orel, Orle, Orël, eorl, orle, relo, Roel, role, rôle

Basque

Etymology

From Latin flos, florem.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /loɾe/ [lo.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Hyphenation: lo‧re

Noun

lore inan

1. flower

Declension

Declension of lore (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lore	lorea	loreak
ergative	lorek	loreak	loreek
dative	loreri	loreari	loreei
genitive	loreren	lorearen	loreen
comitative	lorerekin	lorearekin	loreekin
causative	lorerengatik	lorearengatik	loreengatik
benefactive	lorerentzat	lorearentzat	loreentzat
instrumental	lorez	loreaz	loreez
inessive	loretan	lorean	loreetan
locative	loretako	loreko	loreetako
allative	loretara	lorera	loreetara
terminative	loretaraino	loreraino	loreetaraino
directive	loretarantz	lorerantz	loreetarantz
destinative	loretarako	lorerako	loreetarako
ablative	loretatik	loretik	loreetatik
partitive	lorerik	—	—
prolative	loretzat	—	—

Further reading

• “lore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “lore”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Ido

Etymology

From lor (“at the time of, at the same time as”) +‎ -e (“adverb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.re/, /ˈlɔ.ɾɛ/

Adverb

lore

1. (demonstrative adverb) then, at the time

   Ilu forsis la chefa pordo, iris trans la longa vestibulo e lore apertis la pordo dil koqueyo.

   He forced the main door, went through the long hall, and then opened the door of the kitchen.

Related terms

• lora (“then, now”)

See also

• ita (“that (person)”)
• ito (“that (thing)”)
• iti (“that (plural)”)
• pro ito (“therefore”)
• ibe (“there”)
• tala (“such kind of”)
  • tale (“thus”)
• tanta (“so much”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō

The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases, while forms with /ɛː/ are influenced by leren (“to teach”).

Alternative forms

• lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore
• lære, leore, loare (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /laːr/, /lɛːr/

Noun

lore (plural lores)

1. Education or teaching; the provision of knowledge.
2. Studying or learning; the absorption of knowledge.
3. Knowledge or information, especially:
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… …taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto… And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

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   1. Doctrine; a tenet or the tenets of a religion or science.
   2. A topic or field of research; a discipline.
   3. (rare) Competence or proficiency; one's skill in a discipline.
4. A directive, instruction, or set of them:
   1. An admonition or exhortation; a fervent plea.
   2. A conduct or conducts; guidance.
5. (rare) Significance, value, or importance.
6. (rare) A tale or narrative.

Derived terms

• larew
• larspel
• larðewe
• loresman
• lorfadyr
• lorþein

 

Descendants

• English: lore
  • → Russian: лор (lor)
  • → Ukrainian: лор (lor)
• Scots: lare, lair

References

• “lōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.

Etymology 2

From Old English lor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːr(ə)/

Noun

lore

1. Loss; the act of losing something, especially soldiers in battle.
2. Ruin, destruction, or injury.

References

• “lōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.

Moore

Etymology

Borrowed from English lorry, compare Farefare loore.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ló.ɾè/

Noun

lore (plural loaya)

1. vehicle
2. car, automobile

Synonyms

• (vehicle): mobilli
• (vehicle): zirga

Tarantino

Adjective

lore m (possessive, plural)

1. theirs