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conjonctionnomnomadjectifadverbeprépositiontop 100 des dialogues de films
- Royaume-Uni//ɔː(ɹ)//
- États-Unis//oɹ//
- //ə(ɹ)//
- //ɔː(ɹ)//
- //ɚ//
- //oɹ//
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
conjonction
- 1
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
You may stay or go.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
- 2
An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- 3
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- 4
Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- 5
Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
Étymologie
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian of (“or”), Cimbrian odar, òdar (“or”), Dutch of, oft, ofte (“or”), German, Luxembourgish, and Vilamovian oder (“or”), Low German of, àder, àr, åder, år (“or”), Yiddish אָדער (oder, “or”), Icelandic eða, eður (“or”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau, “or; otherwise”).
nom
- 1
Variante de ORAlternative form of OR.
Étymologie
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above).
nom
- 1
The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots.
Étymologie
From late Middle English or (“gold”), borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum.
adjectif
- 1
Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adverbe
- 1
obsolèteEarly (on).
- 2
obsolèteEarlier, previously.
Étymologie
From Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere.
préposition
- 1
archaïqueBefore; ere. Generally followed by “ever” or “e'er”.
Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
And Time went forth into the worlds to obey the commands of the gods, yet he cast furtive glances at his masters, and the gods distrusted Time because he had known the worlds or ever the gods became.
Formes
- pluriel
- ors
or · Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
Or · A surname.OR · Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or…oracle · A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.