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From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; reinforced by Old French -or and its source, Latin -tor, -tōrem.
-or
- Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.
- (electrical science) Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance
Resistors possess resistance and inductors possess inductance.
In Latin-derived words, English generally appends this suffix where Latin would do it—to the root of a perfect passive participle (i.e. past participle). For other words, English tends to use the suffix -er. Occasionally both are used (protester vs. protestor).
-or
-or m (feminine singular -ore, masculine plural -orë, feminine plural -ore)
- forms relational adjectives and demonyms
- forms agent nouns
- forms many names for months
- Formation with the article in the standard language is often based on Gheg roots, e.g.:
- zâ + -or → zanor, rather than from zë
- shkretinë + -or → shkretinor, rather than from shkretëtirë
-or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ors)
- used to create abstract nouns from adjectives; -ness
- “-or”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “-or” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
-or f (plural -ors) (ORB, broad)
- Attaches to an adjective denoting a physical property to form the associated abstract noun.
-or
- Used to denote the future infinitive of a verb.
Tu mustas kompror lakto kande tu es che la butiko.
- You must buy milk when you are at the shop.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /or/, [ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /or/, [ɔr]
From Proto-Italic *-ōs, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōs, for original *-oss, compound suffix from *(é)-os (athematic) (neuter s-stem) + *-s (masculine nominative).
The ō from the nominative case was made common to all cases originally with non-ablauting o (the three exceptions were arbor, mulier and Cerēs). Afterwards nom.sg. -ōr > -or, by Latin sound laws. Thus paradoxically, as in other r-stems (soror, -tor), in the resulting paradigm the one form with a short stem vowel is the only form whose stem was etymologically long.[1]
-or m (genitive -ōris); third declension
- used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -or | -ōrēs |
Genitive | -ōris | -ōrum |
Dative | -ōrī | -ōribus |
Accusative | -ōrem | -ōrēs |
Ablative | -ōre | -ōribus |
Vocative | -or | -ōrēs |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
-or
- first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (first conjugation)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
-or
- first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (third conjugation)
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
-or
- A plural marker, used on feminine gender nouns ending with an unstressed -e [-a].
The -or suffix is a bracket form in Nynorsk whereas -er is the main form. In Bokmål, -er is the only form allowed suffix.
From Proto-Germanic *-ar-. Akin to Old High German -ar.
-or
- suffix forming adjectives from verbs denoting tendency or causation
- English: -er
From Proto-Germanic *-raz. Akin to Old Saxon -or, Old High German -ur.
-or
- Suffix variant found on masculine a-stem nouns
Declension of -or (strong a-stem)
-or
-or (nominative singular -ere, occasionally -ors)
- -er, suffix used to form agent nouns
-or (nominative singular -or)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
-or m inan
- -or in Polish dictionaries at PWN
-or (Cyrillic spelling -ор)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession or a performer, used chiefly for words of Latin origin.
-or m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ores)
-or m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ores, feminine -or, feminine plural -ores)
- “-or”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Usually corresponds to Icelandic -ur (if plural) and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk -ur or -o.
-or
- A plural marker. This marker is the regular plural for common gender nouns ending with an unstressed -a. Such an -a disappears when -or is added. The marker is used, however, with a few other nouns as well.
-or m (plural -orion)
- person or man associated with root
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-or”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies