gore

gore

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gô, IPA(key): /ɡɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: gôr, IPA(key): /ɡɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: gōr, IPA(key): /ɡo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡoə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“dirt, dung, filth, muck”), from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”).

Noun

gore (uncountable)

  2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  3. Murder, bloodshed, violence.
  4. (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”).

Verb

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
    Synonym: horn
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
    Synonyms: jab, run through; see also Thesaurus:stab
Derived terms
  • whose ox is gored
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.

Noun

gore (plural gores)

  2. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
  4. (surveying) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
  5. The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe.
  6. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
  7. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  8. A projecting point.
  9. (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, meeting in the fess point, considered an abatement.
Synonyms
  • (triangular piece of land where roads meet): neutral area (US), ghost island (UK)
Translations

Verb

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.

Anagrams

  • Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego, roge

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gorë

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoɾe/

Noun

gore f (plural gore, definite gorja, definite plural goret) (regional, southern Gheg, Tirana, derogatory)

  1. bitch
    Synonym: bushtër
    si qeni pas gores ― like the dog after a bitch

Declension

References

  • “gore”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “gore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 131

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

gore

  1. inflection of goor:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Galician

Verb

gore

  1. inflection of gorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: gò‧re

Noun

gore

  1. plural of gora

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.

Alternative forms

  • gare, goore, gour, gower

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːr(ə)/

Noun

gore (plural gores or goren)

  1. A triangle-shaped plot of land; a gore.
  2. A triangle-shaped piece or patch of fabric.
  3. A piece of clothing (especially a loose-fitting one, such as a coat or dress)
  4. (rare) A piece of armour; a mail coat.
  5. (rare) A triangle-shaped piece of armor.
Descendants
  • English: gore
  • Scots: gair
References
  • “gōre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English gor, from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą.

Alternative forms

  • gor, gorre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːr/

Noun

gore (uncountable)

  2. Muck, filth, dirt; that which causes dirtiness
  3. (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness.
  4. (rare) A despicable individual.
Descendants
  • English: gore
  • Scots: goor, gure
References
  • “gōre, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 3

Noun

gore

  1. Alternative form of gor

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian جوراب (jôrâb).

Noun

gore ?

  1. sock
  2. stocking

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡo.re/

Noun

gore

  1. dative singular of gor

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.rɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɛ
  • Syllabification: go‧re

Verb

gore

  1. third-person singular present of goreć

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English gore.

Pronunciation

Noun

gore m (uncountable)

  1. (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror)

Adjective

gore (invariable)

  1. (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔɾi, (Portugal) -ɔɾɨ
  • Hyphenation: go‧re

Verb

gore

  1. inflection of gorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gora; compare gora (hill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôre/
  • Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍre (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре)

  1. up, above
    Antonym: dolje/dole

Noun

gȍre f (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре)

  1. inflection of gora:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

  • “gore”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Adverbially used neuter of the adjective gȍrī (“worse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôreː/
  • Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍrē (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре̄)

  1. worse

Further reading

  • “gore”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gore (Cyrillic spelling горе)

  1. third-person plural present of gòreti

Shona

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe kurib.

Noun

goré class 5 (plural makoré class 6)

  1. year

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

goré class 5 (plural makoré class 6)

  1. cloud

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoɾe/ [ˈɡo.ɾe]

Noun

gore m (uncountable)

  1. (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror)

Adjective

gore (invariable)

  1. (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror)

Further reading

  • “gore”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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