"cor" meaning in English

See cor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /kɔɹ/ [Canada, General-American], /kɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cor.wav
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: A minced oath or dialectal variant of 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 Forms: cors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|hbo|כֹּר|tr=kōr}} Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cor (plural cors)
  1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume, particularly:
    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, particularly:
    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: 23 17 43 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 23 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 44 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 23 entries: 5 0 4 4 10 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 5 0 7 7 5 1 0 0 2 5 2 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 0 4 5 11 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 6 1 6 0 9 9 7 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 Topics: units-of-measure
  3. (historical units of measure) Various former units of volume, particularly:
    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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