cor

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Cornish.

Symbol

cor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Cornish.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cornish terms

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɔɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: corps; core (horse–hoarse merger); caw (non-rhotic)

Etymology 1

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

Interjection

cor

1. (Cockney UK) Expression of surprise.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     […] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wow

Related terms

• cor blimey

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Alternative forms

• kor, core

Noun

cor (plural cors)

1. (historical units of measure) Any of various former units of volume, particularly:
   1. A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
   2. Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.
   3. A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

Synonyms

• homer, omer

Meronyms

• (liquid volume): log (¹⁄₇₂₀ cor); cab, kab (¹⁄₁₈₀ cor); hin (¹⁄₆₀ cor); bath (¹⁄₁₀ cor)
• (dry volume): See homer

Further reading

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Etymology 3

Clipping of cor anglais.

Noun

cor (countable and uncountable, plural cors)

1. (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, music, informal) A cor anglais; the cor anglais part in an orchestral or band score.

   The second oboist is doubling on cor for the Dvořák symphony.

   • 1991, Marion Whittow, The Oboe: A Reed Blown in the Wind, London: Puffit Publications, →ISBN:

     A cor player must be able to come in cleanly and confidently with a quiet solo—and be in tune—after hours of silence, and play expressively.

   • 2018 Summer, Jeremy Polmear, quoting Leslie Howard, “Liszt’s Élégie for Cor Anglais”, in Double Reed News, number 120, British Double Reed Society, page 30:

     I am certain that this is what Liszt had in mind. If you look at the music, it works really well on the cor; there is no pizzicato or double-stopping whereas the later published version has a mini-cadenza for cello at the beginning that just wouldn’t work on a wind instrument.

   • 2025 July 31, Chris P., “Legere Cor Reed!”, in The Oboe BBoard (Woodwind.org):

     This cor reed will make pit band and orchestral doubling or anywhere else where you need to play a cor solo with no warm-up time an absolute doddle.

See also

terms unrelated etymologically

• cor bovinum
• cor pulmonale
• cor triatriatum

Anagrams

• R.O.C., orc, Orc, cro, ORC, roc, OCR, CRO, RoC, R. O. C., ROC

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/ [ˈkoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cor

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of cuer

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan cor, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞r]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, most parts) [ˈkɔr], (some parts of Menorca) [ˈkɔ]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɔr]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. heart

Derived terms

• amb l'ai al cor
• cor-robat (“captivated”)
• dir-ho de tot cor (“to say it with all the heart; to be sincere”)
• veure's amb cor

See also

Suits in Catalan · colls (layout · text)
cors	diamants	piques	trèvols

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Latin chorus (14th century), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞r]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɔ]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Northwestern) [ˈkɔr]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ]

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. chorus

Derived terms

• coral
• corejar
• corista

Further reading

• “cor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “cor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cor, corn, from Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: corps, cors, (one sense) corp

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. horn (musical instrument)
2. corn (of the foot)

Derived terms

• à cor et à cri
• cor anglais
• cor de chasse
• cor des Alpes
• cor d'harmonie
• cor double
• cor naturel
• cor simple
• cor triple

Related terms

• corne
• cornu

Further reading

• “cor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• roc

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin color, colōrem.

Alternative forms

• color

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoɾ], [ˈkoːɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: cor

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

1. color, hue

Derived terms

• de cor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɾ]

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. (archaic) heart

   Synonym: corazón

Related terms

• acorar
• corazón

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɾ]

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. alternative form of calor

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “coor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦂ (cor).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃor/ [ˈt͡ʃɔr]
• Rhymes: -or
• Syllabification: cor

Verb

cor

1. to pour (molten steel, cement, sand, etc.)

   Synonym: tuang

2. to cast metal

Derived terms

• mengecor
• pengecoran

Further reading

• “cor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɞɾˠ/
• (Aran, also) IPA^(key): /koːɾˠ/

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural cora or coranna)

1. twist, turn, turning movement
2. (fishing) cast; haul from cast
3. (music) lively turn; lively air
4. (dance) reel

Declension

Declension of cor (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cor cora vocative a choir a chora genitive coir cor dative cor cora forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cor na cora genitive an choir na gcor dative leis an gcor don chor leis na cora

• Alternative plural: coranna

Derived terms

• ar aon chor (“anyway, at any rate”)
• ar chor ar bith (“at all”)
• ar chor éigin (“somehow”)
• ar gach aon chor (“at every turn; in every respect”)
• as cor (“out of order”)
• cor bealaigh m (“detour”)
• cor beirte m (“two-hand reel”)
• cor cainte m (“turn of phrase”)
• cor ceathrair m (“four-hand reel”)
• cor coraíochta m (“wrestling turn”)
• cor éisc m (“haul of fish”)
• cor i mbia m (“contamination in food”)
• cor iomrascála m (“wrestling turn”)
• cor lín m (“cast of net”)
• cor na péiste m (“cable-stitch”)
• cor na sióg m (“fairy reel”)
• cor ochtair m (“eight-hand reel”)
• den chor seo (“at this turn of events, this time”)
• in aon chor (“at all”)
• líon coir m (“casting-net”)

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir, nominative plural coir)

1. agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge

Declension

Declension of cor (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cor coir vocative a choir a chora genitive coir cor dative cor coir forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cor na coir genitive an choir na gcor dative leis an gcor don chor leis na coir

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir, uncountable)

1. verbal noun of coir
2. tiredness, exhaustion

Declension

Declension of cor (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative cor vocative a choir genitive coir dative cor forms with the definite article singular nominative an cor genitive an choir dative leis an gcor don chor

Verb

cor (present analytic corann, future analytic corfaidh, verbal noun coradh, past participle cortha)

1. to turn

Conjugation

Conjugation of cor (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	coraim	corann tú; corair†	corann sé, sí	coraimid; corann muid	corann sibh	corann siad; coraid†	a chorann; a choras	cortar
past	chor mé; choras	chor tú; chorais	chor sé, sí	choramar; chor muid	chor sibh; chorabhair	chor siad; choradar	a chor	coradh
past habitual	chorainn / corainn‡	chortá / cortá‡	choradh sé, sí / coradh sé, sí‡	choraimis; choradh muid / coraimis‡; coradh muid‡	choradh sibh / coradh sibh‡	choraidís; choradh siad / coraidís‡; coradh siad‡	a choradh	chortaí / cortaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	corfaidh mé; corfad	corfaidh tú; corfair†	corfaidh sé, sí	corfaimid; corfaidh muid	corfaidh sibh	corfaidh siad; corfaid†	a chorfaidh; a chorfas	corfar
conditional	chorfainn / corfainn‡	chorfá / corfá‡	chorfadh sé, sí / corfadh sé, sí‡	chorfaimis; chorfadh muid / corfaimis‡; corfadh muid‡	chorfadh sibh / corfadh sibh‡	chorfaidís; chorfadh siad / corfaidís‡; corfadh siad‡	a chorfadh	chorfaí / corfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go gcora mé; go gcorad†	go gcora tú; go gcorair†	go gcora sé, sí	go gcoraimid; go gcora muid	go gcora sibh	go gcora siad; go gcoraid†	—	go gcortar
past	dá gcorainn	dá gcortá	dá gcoradh sé, sí	dá gcoraimis; dá gcoradh muid	dá gcoradh sibh	dá gcoraidís; dá gcoradh siad	—	dá gcortaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	coraim	cor	coradh sé, sí	coraimis	coraigí; coraidh†	coraidís	—	cortar
past participle	cortha
verbal noun	coradh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Synonyms

• cas

Derived terms

• feoil chortha f (“tainted meat”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cor

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cor	chor	gcor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cor”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 246; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coraim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 247; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Istriot

Alternative forms

• core, cour

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Noun

cor m

1. heart

Italian

Noun

cor m (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of core
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,
     là dove terminava quella valle
     che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]

     But then, when I had reached the foot of a hill,
     there where that valley ended
     which had pierced my heart with fear, […]

Judeo-Tat

Judeo-Tat numbers ^(edit)

	40
[a], [b] ←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: cor     Ordinal: corimyn

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian چَار (čār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoɾ/

Numeral

cor (Cyrillic spelling чор)

1. four

Coordinate terms

Judeo-Tat cardinal numbers from 0 to 90

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nol	jəki	dy	sə, səsə	cor	pənç	şəş	ħoft	ħəşt	nyh
10—	dəh	jazdəh	dyvazdəh	sizdəh	cordəh	pazdəh	şazdəh	həvdəh	həçdəh	nazdəh
20—	bisd	bisdyəki	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30—	si	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40—	cyl	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50—	pənçoh	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60—	şast	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
70—	ħofdod	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
80—	ħəşdod	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
90—	navad	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

• Нафталиев, М. Н. (2015), “cor”, in Е. М. Назарова, editor, Еврейско (джуури)-русский словарь [Juhuri–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Moscow: СТМЭГИ, page 74a

Latin

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d- (“heart”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κῆρ (kêr), κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō), Old English heorte (English heart), Sanskrit हृद॑य (hṛ́daya), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir), Old Church Slavonic срьдьце (srĭdĭce).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr]

Noun

cor n (genitive cordis); third declension

1. (anatomy) heart

   Synonym: pectus

2. (figuratively) soul; mind

   Synonyms: animus, pectus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter; i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cor	corda
genitive	cordis	cordium cordum
dative	cordī	cordibus
accusative	cor	corda
ablative	corde	cordibus
vocative	cor	corda

The expected genitive plural cordum is not attested classically, and cordium is only attested as late as the Vulgate.

Derived terms

• concordia
• concorditās
• concordō
• concors
• corculum
• cordātus
• cordolium
• discordia
• discorditās
• discordō
• discors
• dūricordia
• excors
• misericordia
• misericors
• praecordia
• prāvicordius
• prāvicors
• recordor
• socordia
• socorditer
• socors
• vaecors
• vēcordia
• vēcors

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *corem m (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: cord

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr]

Adverb

cōr (not comparable)

1. Old Latin form of cūr (“why; for what reason; wherefore; to what purpose; from what motive”)

Further reading

• “cor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    
  • to plunge a dagger, knife in some one's heart: sicam, cultrum in corde alicuius defigere (Liv. 1. 58)
    

Old French

Alternative forms

• corn

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cornū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

cor oblique singular, m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)

1. horn (musical instrument used to produce sound)

Synonyms

• buisine
• corne

Descendants

• French: cor

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koros (“casting, a throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/

Noun

cor m (genitive cuir, no plural)

1. verbal noun of fo·ceird

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cor	—	—
vocative	cuir	—	—
accusative	corN	—	—
genitive	cuirL	—	—
dative	corL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• athchor
• aurchor
• cocur
• dechor
• forcor
• frecor
• immarchor
• taidchor
• tetarcor
• tinchur
• tochor
• tochuiriud

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cor
  • Irish: cor, cur
  • Scottish Gaelic: cur, car
  • Manx: cur

Mutation

Mutation of cor

radical	lenition	nasalization
cor	chor	cor pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Noun

cor m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural cor)

1. heart (organ which pumps blood)
2. heart (metaphorically, human emotion)
   • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Tant ai mo cor ple de joya:

     Tant ai mo cor ple de joya

     My heart is so full of joy

Related terms

• coratge

Descendants

• Occitan: còr

Portuguese

Picture dictionary

cor

vermelho

laranja

amarelo

verde

azul

violeta

negro

, preto

cinzento

branco

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coor f, from Latin colōrem m, from Old Latin colos (“covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal”). Doublet of color. Compare Galician cor and Spanish color.

Alternative forms

• côr (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ/ [ˈkoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ/ [ˈkoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ/ [ˈkoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: cor

Noun

cor f (plural cores)

1. colour (UK), color (US)

   Synonym: color

2. complexion

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cor.

Derived terms

• furta-cor

Related terms

• corar
• colorar
• colorir

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ/ [ˈkɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ/ [ˈkɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ/ [ˈkɔχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
• Hyphenation: cor

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. (poetic) heart

Derived terms

• de cor

Related terms

• coração

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

References

• “cor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cor”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós, “dance”), or borrowed from Latin chorus, Italian coro, German Chor. Doublet of horă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkor/
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

cor n (plural coruri)

1. choir (group of singers)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cor	corul	coruri	corurile
genitive-dative	cor	corului	coruri	corurilor
vocative	corule		corurilor

Alternative forms

• hor, horiu — obsolete

Related terms

• coral
• corist

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-der.?

Ancient Greek χορός (khorós)

Latin chorus

Romanian cor

Inherited from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of horă.

Noun

cor n (plural coruri)

1. (obsolete) gathering, circle, society
2. (Transylvania) synonym of horă (“hora”)
3. (Transylvania) bunch of hay arranged in squares or circles for making haybales

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cor	corul	coruri	corurile
genitive-dative	cor	corului	coruri	corurilor
vocative	corule		corurilor

Alternative forms

• coriu — obsolete

Derived terms

• cori

Further reading

• “cor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Romansh

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Noun

cor m (plural cors)

1. (anatomy) heart

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cor, verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to set, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔɾ/

Noun

cor m (genitive singular coir or cuir)

1. condition, state

   Dè do chor?
   Cor math.

   How are you?
   I'm fine.
   

   (literally, “What's your condition? Good condition”)

2. condition, eventuality, circumstance

   air chor sam bith ― on any condition, on any account

   air chor 's gu ― on condition that (cf also derived terms)

3. method, manner
4. custom
5. surety
6. term or condition (of a treaty)
7. progress

Derived terms

• air chor 's gu (“so that/with the result that”)
• air a h-uile cor (“by all means; at all costs”)
• cor-inntinn (“state of mind”)

Mutation

Mutation of cor

radical	lenition
cor	chor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cor”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés

Proto-Italic *kord

Latin cor n

Proto-Romance *corem m

Old Spanish cor, cuer

Spanish cor

Inherited from Old Spanish cor, cuer, from Proto-Romance *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ/ [ˈkoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cor

Noun

cor m (plural cores)

1. obsolete form of corazón

Related terms

• cuerdo

Further reading

• “cor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. Cognate with Italian cuore.

Noun

cor m (plural cori)

1. heart

Related terms

• corexin

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh corr, from Proto-Brythonic *korr (compare Old Cornish cor, Middle Breton corr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

cor m (plural corrod, diminutive corryn)

1. (literary) dwarf, pygmy, little urchin

   Synonym: corrach

2. spider

   Synonyms: pryf cop, copyn, corryn

3. (obsolete) shrew (Sorex)

   Synonyms: llyg, chwistlen

Derived terms

• arian cor (“yellow rattle”)
• cor-amlaethai (“dwarf milkwort”)
• corbennog (“sprat”)
• corbreblyn (“tit-babbler”)
• corbys (“lentils”)
• corchwyn (“pigmyweed”)
• cordurtur (“quail dove”)
• cordylluan (“pygmy owl”)
• corfulfran (“pygmy cormorant”)
• corgi (“corgi”)
• corgimwch (“prawn”)
• corgoblyn (“swiftlet”)
• corwalch (“sparrowhawk”)
• corheboglys (“dwarf hawkweed”)
• corhwyad, corhwyaden (“Eurasian teals”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cor

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cor	gor	nghor	chor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “dwarf”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cor”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zazaki

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Kurdish jor.

Noun

cor

1. top (uppermost part)