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or.

gold

2 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔʁ/
  1. gold

    masculine
  2. or (yellow in heraldry)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).

adv/ɔʁ/
  1. now, presently

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle French ore, from Old French ore, from Vulgar Latin hā horā, alteration of hāc horā (“(in) this hour”, ablative). Compare Italian ora, Spanish ahora, Portuguese agora.

conj/ɔʁ/
  1. yet, however, now, that said, as it happens (introduces the second term in a syllogism)

    L'Homme meure. Or Platon est un Homme, alors Platon meure
    On a f(x_0)<-1. Or f est une application positive, c'est donc absurde
Where this word comes from

From Middle French ore, from Old French ore, from Vulgar Latin hā horā, alteration of hāc horā (“(in) this hour”, ablative). Compare Italian ora, Spanish ahora, Portuguese agora.

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