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Definition for: or

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
her which have #26: or from this but

Pronunciation

  • AHD: ôr
  • IPA: /ɔː(r)/,/oʊr/
  • SAMPA: /O:(r)/
    • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Homophones

Etymology

Old English oþþe

Conjunction

or

  1. Connects at least two words, phrases, clauses, etc. that each could make a sentence true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is "either...or".
  2. Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.

Synonyms

Translations

  • Arabic: أو (ʔaw)
  • Basque: edo, ala
  • Bosnian: ili
  • Catalan: o, o bé
  • Chinese: 或 (huò); 或者 (huòzhě)
  • Croatian: ili
  • Czech: nebo
  • Danish: eller
  • Dutch: of
  • Esperanto: aŭ
  • Finnish: tai (exclusive), vai (inclusive)
  • French: ou
  • German: oder
  • Gothic: vau
  • Greek: ή, είτε
  • Hindi: या (yā)
  • Hungarian: vagy
  • Icelandic: eða
  • Ido: od, o
  • Indonesian: atau
  • Interlingua: o
  • Italian: o, od ( euphonic alt. form used before a vowel ), oppure
  • Japanese: 又は (または, mata-wa), あるいは (arui-wa), か (ka)
  • Latin: aut (exclusive), vel (inclusive)
  • Latvian: vai
  • Novial: o
  • Old English: hwæþer þe, oþþe
  • Persian: یا (yā)
  • Polish: albo, lub, czy
  • Portuguese: ou
  • Romanian: ori, sau
  • Russian: или (íli)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: или
    Roman: ili
  • Slovak: alebo, abo
  • Slovene: ali
  • Spanish: o, (before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') u
  • Swedish: eller
  • Telugu: లేదా (léda)
  • Turkish: veya
  • Vietnamese: hay, hay là

See also

Noun

OR

  • (0 OR 0) = 0
  • (0 OR 1) = 1
  • (1 OR 0) = 1
  • (1 OR 1) = 1

Translations

  • Finnish: TAI
  • Hungarian: VAGY

See also

Noun

or

  1. ( heraldry ): the gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Alternative forms

Sometimes abbreviated as o. in heraldic contexts. Sometimes capitalized Or to distinguish use as a color from use as a conjunction.

Etymology

Latin aurum "gold" via Old French or "yellow".

Related terms

Translations

gold or yellow tincture

  • Bosnian: zlatna f .
  • Croatian: zlatna f .
  • French: or
  • German: Gold
  • Romanian: aur
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: златна f .
    Roman: zlatna f .
  • Slovak: zlatá
  • Spanish: oro m .

Adjective

or

  1. ( heraldry ): of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Synonyms

Translations

of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms

  • Bosnian: zlatna f .
  • Croatian: zlatna f .
  • Dutch: goud
  • French: or
  • German: golden
  • Hungarian: arany
  • Italian: oro
  • Polish: złoty
  • Portuguese: ouro
  • Romanian: auriu
  • Russian: золотой (zolotój)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: златна f .
    Roman: zlatna f .
  • Spanish: oro
  • Swedish: guld

Basque

Noun

or

  1. dog

Breton

Pronoun

or

  1. our

Catalan

Etymology

Latin aurum

Noun

or m .

  1. gold


French

Etymology

Latin aurum

Noun

or m .

  1. a metal, gold

Related terms

  • orfèvre

Conjunction

or

  1. yet, however

See also

Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic * uz

Noun

ōr n

  1. origin

Prefix

or-

  1. former
  2. ex
  3. original

Sindarin

Etymology

  • Sindarin aur ( sunlight )

Noun

or

  1. day

Swedish

Noun

or

  1. mite
Inflection for or Singular Plural
Neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative or oret or oren
Genitive ors orets ors orens

Synonyms

  • kvalster

Other Translations for "or"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code--- .-.
Binary 1101111 1110010
Hex6F72
Pig Latinorway

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