ora

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin.

Noun

ora

1. plural of os (“anatomical opening”)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

ora (plural oras)

1. (historical) A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

See also

• kia ora
• ora serrata

 

Anagrams

• AOR, AoR, aro, Roa, OAR, ARO, ROA, Rao, oar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾa/

Noun

ora f

1. definite singular of orë

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ora”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish ora.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

ora

1. there, thither, to that place

   Ora getmə. ― Don't go there.

Antonyms

• bura

Derived terms

• ora-bura (“hither and thither”)
• orada (“there”)
• oraya (“thither, to that place”)
• oradan (“thence, from that place”)

Noun

ora (definite accusative oranı, plural oralar)

1. that place

Declension

Declension of ora
	singular	plural
nominative	ora	oralar
definite accusative	oranı	oraları
dative	oraya	oralara
locative	orada	oralarda
ablative	oradan	oralardan
definite genitive	oranın	oraların

Possessive forms of ora
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oram	oralarım
sənin (“your”)	oran	oraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	orası	oraları
bizim (“our”)	oramız	oralarımız
sizin (“your”)	oranız	oralarınız
onların (“their”)	orası or oraları	oraları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramı	oralarımı
sənin (“your”)	oranı	oralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasını	oralarını
bizim (“our”)	oramızı	oralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	oranızı	oralarınızı
onların (“their”)	orasını or oralarını	oralarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	orama	oralarıma
sənin (“your”)	orana	oralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasına	oralarına
bizim (“our”)	oramıza	oralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	oranıza	oralarınıza
onların (“their”)	orasına or oralarına	oralarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramda	oralarımda
sənin (“your”)	oranda	oralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasında	oralarında
bizim (“our”)	oramızda	oralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	oranızda	oralarınızda
onların (“their”)	orasında or oralarında	oralarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramdan	oralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	orandan	oralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasından	oralarından
bizim (“our”)	oramızdan	oralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	oranızdan	oralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	orasından or oralarından	oralarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oramın	oralarımın
sənin (“your”)	oranın	oralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	orasının	oralarının
bizim (“our”)	oramızın	oralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	oranızın	oralarınızın
onların (“their”)	orasının or oralarının	oralarının

Blagar

Noun

ora

1. tail

References

• Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2017), p. 135

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin aura (“breeze”). Doublet of aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ɾa]

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. breeze
2. calm weather

Derived terms

• oratge
• orejar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈo.ɾa]

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ori)

1. hour
2. time

Esperanto

Etymology

oro (“gold”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈora]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Adjective

ora (accusative singular oran, plural oraj, accusative plural orajn)

1. golden

Related terms

• oro

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ora, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH (compare Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (compare Old Norse alr, English awl). Cognate with Inari Sami oari, Erzya уро (uro), Moksha ура (ura) and Hungarian ár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑ/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ora

Noun

ora

1. thorn
2. pendant, tooth-like or spine-like spore producing projections in the basidiocarps of the hydnoid fungi

Declension

Inflection of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		ora	orat
genitive		oran	orien
partitive		oraa	oria
illative		oraan	oriin
		singular	plural
nominative		ora	orat
accusative	nom.	ora	orat
	gen.	oran
genitive		oran	orien orain rare
partitive		oraa	oria
inessive		orassa	orissa
elative		orasta	orista
illative		oraan	oriin
adessive		oralla	orilla
ablative		oralta	orilta
allative		oralle	orille
essive		orana	orina
translative		oraksi	oriksi
abessive		oratta	oritta
instructive		—	orin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative orani orani accusative nom. orani orani gen. orani genitive orani orieni oraini rare partitive oraani oriani inessive orassani orissani elative orastani oristani illative oraani oriini adessive orallani orillani ablative oraltani oriltani allative oralleni orilleni essive oranani orinani translative orakseni orikseni abessive orattani orittani instructive — — comitative — orineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative orasi orasi accusative nom. orasi orasi gen. orasi genitive orasi oriesi oraisi rare partitive oraasi oriasi inessive orassasi orissasi elative orastasi oristasi illative oraasi oriisi adessive orallasi orillasi ablative oraltasi oriltasi allative orallesi orillesi essive oranasi orinasi translative oraksesi oriksesi abessive orattasi orittasi instructive — — comitative — orinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oramme oramme accusative nom. oramme oramme gen. oramme genitive oramme oriemme oraimme rare partitive oraamme oriamme inessive orassamme orissamme elative orastamme oristamme illative oraamme oriimme adessive orallamme orillamme ablative oraltamme oriltamme allative orallemme orillemme essive oranamme orinamme translative oraksemme oriksemme abessive orattamme orittamme instructive — — comitative — orinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oranne oranne accusative nom. oranne oranne gen. oranne genitive oranne orienne orainne rare partitive oraanne orianne inessive orassanne orissanne elative orastanne oristanne illative oraanne oriinne adessive orallanne orillanne ablative oraltanne oriltanne allative orallenne orillenne essive orananne orinanne translative oraksenne oriksenne abessive orattanne orittanne instructive — — comitative — orinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative oransa oransa accusative nom. oransa oransa gen. oransa genitive oransa oriensa orainsa rare partitive oraansa oriaan oriansa inessive orassaan orassansa orissaan orissansa elative orastaan orastansa oristaan oristansa illative oraansa oriinsa adessive orallaan orallansa orillaan orillansa ablative oraltaan oraltansa oriltaan oriltansa allative oralleen orallensa orilleen orillensa essive oranaan oranansa orinaan orinansa translative orakseen oraksensa orikseen oriksensa abessive orattaan orattansa orittaan orittansa instructive — — comitative — orineen orinensa

Synonyms

• oka

Derived terms

• orakas
• orakko
• Oranen
• oras

 

compounds

• orahytykkä
• Orajärvi
• oralehti
• orapaatsama
• orapihlaja
• oratuomi
• poltinora

 

Further reading

• “ora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• aro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ora, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔɾɐ]

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: agora

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora rin, ora choran ― Sometimes they laugh, others they cry

Interjection

ora!

1. stop!

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonym: nunc

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin hōra (“hour”), from ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

Alternative forms

• hora (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. hour
2. time (of day); hour

   che ora è? ― what time is it?

Derived terms

• di buon'ora
• ora canonica
• ora estiva
• ora legale
• ora solare
• orario
• oretta
• ormai
• orologio

 

Related terms

• allora

See also

• minuto
• secondo

Etymology 2

From Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ó‧ra

Adverb

ora

2. now

   Synonym: adesso

   Sei libero ora? ― Are you free now?

Derived terms

• finora
• or ora
• per ora

 

Conjunction

ora

1. and yet

Conjunction

ora... ora...

1. first... then...; one moment... the next..

   ora mi ama ora mi odia ― one moment she loves me, the next she hates me

Etymology 3

From Latin aura, from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the borrowing aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Noun

ora f (plural ore)

1. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze

   Synonyms: aura, brezza, venticello

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: ò‧ra

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• ora in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ora in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• ora in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ora in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -aro, aro, arò

Japanese

Romanization

ora

1. Rōmaji transcription of おら

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): boten
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ora

Etymology

From *wora, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be, to appear”). This adverb had been originally used to meant "it appears that someone is (not) doing something". However, the notion has been lost as it was completely integrated to the standard language and acquired the default current meaning of "not". It is similar to aggressive mood in colloquial Finnish (see also Jespersen's cycle). Cognates include Indonesian ada, Aklanon waea', and Tagalog wala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ora]
• This word is an apparent exception to the rounding of final -a to [ɔ].

Adverb

ora

1. not

Particle

ora

1. no

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. To live.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hōra.

Noun

ora f (plural ores)

1. hour

Synonyms

• ëura

Preposition

ora

1. except

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ora, hora, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

Noun

ora f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אורה)

1. hour (sixty minutes)
2. watch (timepiece)

   Synonym: saat

Related terms

• agora

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly related to Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /⁠erḫaš⁠/, “line, boundary”), Latvian āra, perhaps all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“border, line”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/, [ˈoːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/, [ˈɔːrä]

Noun

ōra f (genitive ōrae); first declension

1. border, rim, frontier, limit, edge
2. coast, seacoast, coastline, shoreline
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.538:

     “Hūc paucī vestrīs adnāvimus ōrīs.”

     “Only we few drifted here to your seacoasts.”
     (Ilioneus explains how the Trojan ships came to Carthage.)

3. region, country

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrae
genitive	ōrae	ōrārum
dative	ōrae	ōrīs
accusative	ōram	ōrās
ablative	ōrā	ōrīs
vocative	ōra	ōrae

Synonyms

• (border, limit, edge): fīnis, labrum, limbus, līmes, margō
• (sea coast): acta, lītus

Descendants

• ⇒ Asturian: oriella, oliancu
• Catalan: vora
• ⇒ French: orle
  • → English: orle
• ⇒ Galician: orela
• ⇒ Italian: orlo
• ⇒ Portuguese: orla
• ⇒ Spanish: orilla
• Venetan: óro
• → Old English: ōra (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōs (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/, [ˈoːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/, [ˈɔːrä]

Noun

ōra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōs

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.raː/, [ˈoːräː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/, [ˈɔːrä]

Verb

ōrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ōrō

References

• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • to land (of ships): appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a subject for gossip: in ora vulgi abire
    
  • (ambiguous) the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
• “ora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ora”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Macanese

Alternative forms

• óra, hora

Etymology

From Portuguese hora.

Noun

ora (plural ora-ora)

1. hour, o'clock

   Cinco-óra, assí ― Around five o'clock

2. (countable) occasion, time

   têm ora ― there are times; sometimes

3. (uncountable) time

   Desde qui ora? ― Since when? (literally, “Since what time?”)

   unchinho-unchinho ora ― a little time

4. (by extension) it's time to (+ verb)

Usage notes

• têm ora may be a calque of Cantonese 有時 / 有时 (jau⁵ si⁴).

Derived terms

• chegâ ora (“at the right time”)
• tudo-óra (“always”)

Related terms

• quelóra

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”). Cognate with Malay ada (“to have, to exist, to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾa/

Verb

ora

1. to exist
2. to be alive, well, safe, cured, recovered, healthy
3. to survive

Noun

ora

1. life
2. existence

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

ora

1. ladder
2. stairs

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oren m sg

Noun

ora f sg

1. definite feminine singular of or

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ouro (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uro]

• Audio:

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Noun

ora f (plural oras)

1. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. time (of day), hour

   Quina ora es?

   What time is it?

Derived terms

• orari
• oreta
• per l'ora

 

See also

• minuta
• segonda

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ôre
  • Dutch: oor
    • Afrikaans: oor
    • Jersey Dutch: ôr
    • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho
  • Limburgish: oear

Further reading

• “ōra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.rɑ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from ār (“ore, brass, copper”) and influenced by Proto-West Germanic *ōrikalk (“copper ore, brass”) (whence Old High German ōrkalk), borrowed from Latin orichalcum (“copper ore, brass”). Perhaps compare Low German Ur, Uurt, Uhr, Urt (“compact, reddish, iron-bearing soil”), Early Modern Dutch oor, oore (“mine; lead ore; vein bearing lead and silver”).

Noun

ōra m

1. ore, unwrought metal
2. brass

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōran
accusative	ōran	ōran
genitive	ōran	ōrena
dative	ōran	ōrum

Related terms

• ore

Descendants

• Middle English: ore (merged with ār)
  • English: ore
  • Scots: ure, uir
• → English: ora (learned)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōra (“shore”).

Noun

ōra m

2. shore, edge
3. hill

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōran
accusative	ōran	ōran
genitive	ōran	ōrena
dative	ōran	ōrum

Further reading

• Hawkins, Jillian (2020) “Words and Swords: People and Power along the Solent in the 5th Century”, in Langlands, Alexander James, Lavelle, Ryan, editors, The Land of the English Kin: Studies in Wessex and Anglo-Saxon England in Honour of Professor Barbara Yorke (Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages; 26), →DOI, pages 50–69

Old High German

Etymology

From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old Saxon ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ra/

Noun

ōra n

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension

Declension of ōra (neuter n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ōra	ōrun
accusative	ōra	ōrun
genitive	ōren, ōrin	ōrōno
dative	ōren, ōrin	ōrōm, ōrōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: ore
  • Alemannic German: Oor
  • Bavarian: Oar
  • Central Franconian: Uhr, Ohr
    • Hunsrik: Oher
    • Luxembourgish: Ouer
  • German: Ohr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Ohr

  • Vilamovian: ür
  • Yiddish: אויער (oyer)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, whence also Old Frisian āre, Old English ēare and English ear, Old Norse eyra (“ear”), Old Dutch ōra (“ear”), Old High German ōra (“ear”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

ōra n

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ôre
  • Low German: Ohr
    • Dutch Low Saxon: oor
    • German Low German: Or, Ur

      Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀑𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ओर (Devanagari script)
• ওর (Bengali script)
• ඔර (Sinhalese script)
• ဩရ or ဢေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โอร or โอระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂອຣ or ໂອຣະ (Lao script)
• ឲរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अवर (avara), a comparative formation whose base survives as ava- or o- (“down”).

Adjective

ora

1. lower

Declension

Declension table of "ora" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	oro	orā
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	ore
Instrumental (third)	orena	orehi or orebhi
Dative (fourth)	orassa or orāya or oratthaṃ	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orasmā or oramhā or orā or orato	orehi or orebhi
Genitive (sixth)	orassa	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orasmiṃ or oramhi or ore	oresu
Vocative (calling)	ora	orā

Declension table of "orā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	orā	orāyo or orā
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	orāyo or orā
Instrumental (third)	orāya	orāhi or orābhi
Dative (fourth)	orāya	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orāya	orāhi or orābhi
Genitive (sixth)	orāya	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orāya or orāyaṃ	orāsu
Vocative (calling)	ore	orāyo or orā

Declension table of "ora" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	oraṃ	orāni
Accusative (second)	oraṃ	orāni
Instrumental (third)	orena	orehi or orebhi
Dative (fourth)	orassa or orāya or oratthaṃ	orānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	orasmā or oramhā or orā or orato	orehi or orebhi
Genitive (sixth)	orassa	orānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	orasmiṃ or oramhi or ore	oresu
Vocative (calling)	ora	orāni

Derived terms

• orima (“on this side”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese hora and Spanish hora and Kabuverdianu óra.

Noun

ora

1. time
2. hour

Pronoun

ora

1. when

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Verb

ora

1. (proscribed) third-person singular present of orać

   Synonym: (standard) orze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Homophone: hora
• Hyphenation: o‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”). Doublet of hora.

Adverb

ora

1. now

   Synonyms: agora, já

Conjunction

ora … ora

1. sometimes … sometimes

   Ora ele ri, ora chora.

   Sometimes he laughs, others he cries.

Interjection

ora!

1. duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
2. oh no! (expresses frustration or irritation)

Derived terms

• ora bem
• ora bolas

Alternative forms

• oras

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Verb

ora

1. live

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ra/

Noun

ora

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of oră

Romansch

Noun

ora f

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) aura (“weather”)

Spanish

Etymology

Apheresis of ahora (“now”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾa/ [ˈo.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Conjunction

ora ... ora ...

1. now (something), now something else; sometimes something, sometimes something else; at times something, at times something else (used to introduce opposing ideas)

   Tomando ora la espada, ora la pluma.

   Taking at times the sword, at times the pen.

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Daba grandes tumbos a babor y estribor, mostrando ora la horrible panza, ora la cubierta en desorden, negra y húmeda, las escotillas, el cajón de la máquina […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

ora

1. inflection of orar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hora (“hour; time”). Doublet of oras.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoɾa/ [ˈʔoː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: o‧ra

Noun

ora (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ)

1. hour (only in certain expressions)

   Synonym: oras

Related terms

• kada ora
• ora mismo
• ora-orada
• oraryo
• por ora

 

Anagrams

• Roa

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola.

Verb

ora

1. live

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اورا, equivalent to o (“that”) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ora

1. there

   o durmadan oraya giderdi. ― they would always go there.

   Evi orada. ― Their home is there.

   Evi orası. ― Their home is over there.

   Oranın yemeğine bayılıyorum. ― I can't get enough of the food there.

   Kedimiz oradan gelmiştir. ― Our cat comes from there

   Orayı seviyorum. ― I love that place.

Usage notes

Seldom used in its uninflected form.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ora
Definite accusative	orayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ora	oralar
Definite accusative	orayı	oraları
Dative	oraya	oralara
Locative	orada	oralarda
Ablative	oradan	oralardan
Genitive	oranın	oraların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular oram oralarım 2nd singular oran oraların 3rd singular orası oraları 1st plural oramız oralarımız 2nd plural oranız oralarınız 3rd plural oraları oraları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular oramı oralarımı 2nd singular oranı oralarını 3rd singular orasını oralarını 1st plural oramızı oralarımızı 2nd plural oranızı oralarınızı 3rd plural oralarını oralarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular orama oralarıma 2nd singular orana oralarına 3rd singular orasına oralarına 1st plural oramıza oralarımıza 2nd plural oranıza oralarınıza 3rd plural oralarına oralarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular oramda oralarımda 2nd singular oranda oralarında 3rd singular orasında oralarında 1st plural oramızda oralarımızda 2nd plural oranızda oralarınızda 3rd plural oralarında oralarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular oramdan oralarımdan 2nd singular orandan oralarından 3rd singular orasından oralarından 1st plural oramızdan oralarımızdan 2nd plural oranızdan oralarınızdan 3rd plural oralarından oralarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular oramın oralarımın 2nd singular oranın oralarının 3rd singular orasının oralarının 1st plural oramızın oralarımızın 2nd plural oranızın oralarınızın 3rd plural oralarının oralarının

predicative forms of ora

present tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	orayım	ora mıyım?	ora değilim	ora değil miyim?
sen (you are)	orasın	ora mısın?	ora değilsin	ora değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	ora / oradır	ora mı?	ora değil	ora değil mi?
biz (we are)	orayız	ora mıyız?	ora değiliz	ora değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	orasınız	ora mısınız?	ora değilsiniz	ora değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	ora(lar)	ora(lar) mı?	ora değil(ler)	ora değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	oraydım	ora mıydım?	ora değildim	ora değil miydim?
sen (you were)	oraydın	ora mıydın?	ora değildin	ora değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	oraydı	ora mıydı?	ora değildi	ora değil miydi?
biz (we were)	oraydık	ora mıydık?	ora değildik	ora değil miydik?
siz (you were)	oraydınız	ora mıydınız?	ora değildiniz	ora değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	oraydılar	ora mıydılar?	ora değildi(ler) / değillerdi	ora değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	oraymışım	ora mıymışım?	ora değilmişim	ora değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	oraymışsın	ora mıymışsın?	ora değilmişsin	ora değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	oraymış	ora mıymış?	ora değilmiş	ora değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	oraymışız	ora mıymışız?	ora değilmişiz	ora değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	oraymışsınız	ora mıymışsınız?	ora değilmişsiniz	ora değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	oraymışlar	ora mıymışlar?	ora değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	ora değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	oraysam	ora mıysam?	ora değilsem	ora değil miysem?
sen (if you)	oraysan	ora mıysan?	ora değilsen	ora değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	oraysa	ora mıysa?	ora değilse	ora değil miyse?
biz (if we)	oraysak	ora mıysak?	ora değilsek	ora değil miysek?
siz (if you)	oraysanız	ora mıysanız?	ora değilseniz	ora değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	oraysalar	ora mıysalar?	ora değilseler / değillerse	ora değil miyseler?