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ora.

hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈo.ra/
  1. hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))

    feminine
  2. time (of day); hour

    feminine
    che ora è?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

adv/ˈo.ra/
  1. now

    Sei libero ora?
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”). Compare Old French ore, Spanish ahora and Portuguese agora.

conj/ˈo.ra/
  1. and yet

Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”). Compare Old French ore, Spanish ahora and Portuguese agora.

conj/ˈo.ra/
  1. first... then...; one moment... the next..

    ora mi ama ora mi odia
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin hōrā, ablative case of hōra (“hour”). Compare Old French ore, Spanish ahora and Portuguese agora.

noun/ˈɔ.ra/
  1. blow, breeze

    feminine · poetic · regional
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈɔ.ra/
  1. inflection of orare: third-person singular present indicative

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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