see|OR|or-|-or|ór|òr
English
rank|her|which|have|26|or|from|this|but

Pronunciation
wikipedia

a|RP IPA|/��(r)/, SAMPA|/O:(r)/
audio|en-uk-or.ogg|Audio (UK)
*rhymes|��(r)
enPR|ôr
a|GenAm? IPA|/o�ɹ/, X-SAMPA|/oUr\/
audio|en-us-or.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
awe (in non-rhotic accents)
aw (in non-rhotic accents)
oar
ore
o'er

Etymology 1
OE. term|oþþe|lang=ang.

Conjunction
en-conj

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
and/or

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|أ� unicode|(�aw)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: �� (aw)
:Hebrew: �� (aw)
Basque: edo, ala
Breton: pe#Breton|pe
Bosnian: ili#Bosnian|ili
Catalan: o, o bé
Chinese: � (huò); �� (huòzh�)
Croatian: ili#Croatian|ili
Czech: nebo
Danish: eller
Dutch: of
Esperanto: aÅ­
Finnish: tai#Finnish|tai (exclusive, only in affirmative clauses); vai#Finnish|vai (inclusive, only in question clauses)
French: ou
German: oder
Gothic: vau
Greek: ή, εί�ε
Hindi: या (y�)
Hungarian: vagy
Icelandic: eða
Ido: od, o
Indonesian: atau
Interlingua: o
trans-mid
Italian: o, od (euphonic alt. form used before a vowel), oppure
Japanese: �� (���, mata-wa), ���� (arui-wa), � (ka)
Korean: �� (ttoneun)
Latin: aut (exclusive), vel (inclusive)
Latvian: vai
Maltese: jew
Novial: o
Old English: hwæþer þe, oþþe
Persian: FAchar|�ا (y�)
Polish: albo, lub, czy
Portuguese: ou#Portuguese|ou
Romanian: ori, sau
Russian: или (íli)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: или#Serbian|или
:Roman: ili#Serbian|ili
Slovak: alebo, abo
Slovene: ali
Spanish: o, (before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') u
Swahili: au
Swedish: eller
Telugu: ల�దా (léda)
Turkish: veya
Vietnamese: hay, hay là
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See also
neither
nor

Etymology 2
L. term|aurum||gold|langla via OF. term|or||yellow|langfro.

Noun
wikipedia|Or (heraldry)
en-noun|-

1. tincture The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

#:* 1909: The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
#:* 1889: In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots. — Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry

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

Related terms
Au qualifier|chemical symbol for gold

Translations
trans-top|gold or yellow tincture
Bosnian: zlatna#Bosnian|zlatna f
Croatian: zlatna#Croatian|zlatna f
French: or
German: Gold
Romanian: aur
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зла�на#Serbian|зла�на f
:Roman: zlatna#Serbian|zlatna f
Slovak: zlatá
Spanish: oro m
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. tincture Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Synonyms
gold

Translations
trans-top|of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
Bosnian: zlatna#Bosnian|zlatna f
Croatian: zlatna#Croatian|zlatna f
Dutch: goud
French: or
German: golden#German|golden
Hungarian: arany
Italian: oro
Polish: z�oty
trans-mid
Portuguese: ouro
Romanian: auriu
Russian: золо�ой (zolotój)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зла�на#Serbian|зла�на f
:Roman: zlatna#Serbian|zlatna f
Spanish: oro
Swedish: guld
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Category:English coordinators
Category:English two-letter words

Basque

Noun
infl|eu|noun

1. dog

Catalan

Etymology
L.|ro term|aurum|lang=la.

Noun
infl|ca|noun|g=m

1. gold

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/��/

Etymology 1
L.|fr term|aurum|lang=la.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. gold

Related terms
orfèvre

Etymology 2
VL.|fr term|ha|h�|langla term|hora|hor�|langla, alteration of term|hac|langla term|hora|langla.

Adverb
infl|fr|adverb

1. obsolete now, presently

Conjunction
infl|fr|conjunction

1. yet, however

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:fr:Chemical elements

Old English

Etymology
proto|Germanic|uz|lang=ang.

Noun
infl|ang|noun|head�r|gn

1. origin

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|[or]|lang=ro

Verb
ro-aux|vrea|person3p|tensep

1. (they) might

#:fiindc� or avea ceva pe care noi nu-îl|l avem, va trebui s� a�tept�m puţin
#::being that they might have something that we don't, we will need to wait a bit

Scots
Etymology
Possibly from a Northumbrian OE. variant of foran, but this is not certain.

Conjunction
sco-conj

1. South Scots before (only in certain senses)

#: It'll no be lang or A'm gaan on holiday.

Usage notes
Not archaic, but rare amongst young people.

Swedish

Noun
infl|sv|noun

1. mite

sv-noun|gender=Neuter|or|oret|or|oren|ors|orets|ors|orens

Synonyms
kvalster

ar:or
zh-min-nan:or
ca:or
de:or
et:or
el:or
fr:or
ko:or
io:or
id:or
it:or
ku:or
la:or
hu:or
nl:or
ja:or
no:or
pl:or
pt:or
ro:or
ru:or
simple:or
fi:or
sv:or
ta:or
te:or
tr:or
uk:or
vo:or
zh:or

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