"cor" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /kɔɹ/ [Canada, General-American], /kɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cor.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: A minced oath or dialectal variant of God. Etymology templates: {{m|en|God}} God Head templates: {{en-interj}} cor
  1. (Cockney UK) Expression of surprise. Tags: Cockney, UK Synonyms: wow Related terms: cor blimey
    Sense id: en-cor-en-intj-AqCkVHO5 Categories (other): British English, Cockney English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɔɹ/ [Canada, General-American], /kɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hbo|כֹּר|tr=kōr}} Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cor (plural cors)
  1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume
    A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
    Tags: historical Meronyms (liquid volume): log (1⁄720 cor), cab, kab (1⁄180 cor), hin (1⁄60 cor), bath (1⁄10 cor)
    Sense id: en-cor-en-noun-jWHXRdyJ Topics: units-of-measure Disambiguation of 'liquid volume': 63 18 18
  2. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume
    Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: homer [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cor-en-noun-sVFNKJM7 Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 25 18 39 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 43 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 14 40 16 Topics: units-of-measure
  3. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume
    A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-cor-en-noun-zFBZNqqj Topics: units-of-measure
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: homer, omer, kor, core Meronyms (dry volume): homer Related terms: cor bovinum, cor pulmonale, cor triatriatum
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'dry volume': 33 33 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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