Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#POR Portuguese or PortugueseCategory:Translingual terms derived from Portuguese#POR portuguêsCategory:Translingual clippings#POR.

Symbol

porCategory:Translingual lemmas#PORCategory:Translingual symbols#PORCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#PORCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2Category:ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3Category:Theknightwho's maintenance category language code for Portuguese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Portuguese terms

Pronoun

porCategory:Abinomn lemmas#PORCategory:Abinomn pronouns#PORCategory:Abinomn entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. you (dual)

Alternative forms

• po [pɔː]

Etymology

From po. Alternatively from LatinCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Latin#PORCategory:Albanian terms derived from Latin#POR porrō (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔɹ]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Conjunction

porCategory:Albanian lemmas#PORCategory:Albanian conjunctions#PORCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. but; however

   Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, ama

References

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Late LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Asturian terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#POR prō.

Preposition

porCategory:Asturian lemmas#PORCategory:Asturian prepositions#PORCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. for, because of
2. by (someone)

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Atong (India) terms borrowed from English#PORCategory:Atong (India) terms derived from English#POR four.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/Category:Atong (India) terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Numeral

por (Bengali script পোর)Category:Atong (India) lemmas#PORCategory:Atong (India) numerals#PORCategory:Atong (India) terms with redundant script codes#PORCategory:Atong (India) numerals in Latin script#PORCategory:Atong (India) entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. four

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Noun

porCategory:Blagar lemmas#PORCategory:Blagar nouns#PORCategory:Blagar entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. earth, world
2. land
3. island

References

• Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old CatalanCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan#PORCategory:Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan#POR paor, from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#POR pavōrem. First attested in the 12th century.^[1] Compare Occitan paur, French peur.

Etymology 2

References

• “por”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “por” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “por”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#PORCategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#POR por (“by”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/, [ˈpoɾ]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Preposition

porCategory:Chavacano lemmas#PORCategory:Chavacano prepositions#PORCategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. by; through; via (indicating the means of something)

Etymology

Borrowed from either EnglishCategory:Cornish terms borrowed from English#PORCategory:Cornish terms derived from English#POR porret or LatinCategory:Cornish terms borrowed from Latin#PORCategory:Cornish terms derived from Latin#POR porrum. Compare Welsh pôr.

Noun

por (collectiveCategory:Cornish collective nouns#POR, singulative poren f)Category:Cornish lemmas#PORCategory:Cornish nouns#PORCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. leeks

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔr/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -ɔrCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔr#PORCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔr/1 syllable#POR

Etymology 1

Deverbal from porrenCategory:Dutch deverbals#POR.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

From SpanishCategory:Esperanto terms borrowed from Spanish#PORCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Spanish#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr. Doublet of per and proCategory:Esperanto doublets#POR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/Category:Esperanto 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

• Audio 1:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#POR

• Audio 2:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#POR

• Audio 3:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -orCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/or#PORCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/or/1 syllable#POR
• Syllabification: por

Preposition

porCategory:Esperanto lemmas#PORCategory:Esperanto prepositions#PORCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. for, for the benefit of

   La edzo donis al sia edzino perlan kolĉenon por Kristnasko. ― The husband gave his wife a pearl necklace for Christmas.Category:Esperanto terms with usage examples#POR

Further reading

• “por”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “por”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Alternative forms

• pur (Lagarteiru)

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Fala terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PORCategory:Fala terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Fala terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Fala terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Fala terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Fala terms derived from Latin#POR prō (“for”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Fala terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#POR *pro-, form of *per-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/Category:Fala terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -oɾCategory:Rhymes:Fala/oɾ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Fala/oɾ/1 syllable#POR
• Syllabification: por

Preposition

porCategory:Fala lemmas#PORCategory:Fala prepositions#PORCategory:Fala entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. by
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

     Category:Fala terms with quotations#POR

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 230

Alternative forms

• per (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PORCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Galician terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#POR prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Galician terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#PORCategory:Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#POR *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/ [ˈpʊɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -oɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/oɾ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Galician/oɾ/1 syllable#POR
• Homophone: pórCategory:Galician terms with homophones#POR

Preposition

porCategory:Galician lemmas#PORCategory:Galician prepositions#PORCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. indicates motion

   pola rúa

   down the street

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

   pola porta

   through the door

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

2. for (over a period of time)

   por dez anos

   for ten years

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

3. about, around (near, in the vicinity of)

   polas seis

   at about six

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

   por aquí

   over here

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

4. for (to obtain)

   Fun á tenda por xabón.

   I went to the store for soap.

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

5. for (in exchange for)
6. for (on behalf of)
7. (mathematicsCategory:gl:Mathematics#POR) times, by, multiplied by

   oito por sete

   eights times seven; eights by seven

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#POR

8. by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
9. by, by means of
10. per

Etymology

UncertainCategory:Hungarian terms with unknown etymologies#POR. Perhaps from a Proto-UralicCategory:Hungarian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic#PORCategory:Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Uralic#POR *porɜ (“dust, sand”), but the absence of the expected sound change *p > *f is hard to explain.^[1] Compare with Finnish poro (“burning ash, coarse dust, debris”) and Northern Mansi порс (pors, “garbage, waste, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpor]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
• Hyphenation: por
• Rhymes: -orCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/or#PORCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/or/1 syllable#POR

Noun

por (countable and uncountableCategory:Hungarian countable and uncountable nouns#POR, plural porok)Category:Hungarian lemmas#PORCategory:Hungarian nouns#PORCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. dust
2. powder
3. (with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)

   Synonym: hamvak

References

Further reading

• por in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Etymology

From EsperantoCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#POR por.

Preposition

porCategory:Ido lemmas#PORCategory:Ido prepositions#PORCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. for

Etymology

From various Romance derivatives of Late LatinCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr from LatinCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Latin#POR prō.

Preposition

porCategory:Interlingua lemmas#PORCategory:Interlingua prepositions#PORCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

2. alternative form of pro

Etymology

Apocopic form of porreCategory:Italian apocopic forms#POR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpor/^[1]Category:Italian 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -orCategory:Rhymes:Italian/or#PORCategory:Rhymes:Italian/or/1 syllable#POR
• Hyphenation: pór

Verb

por (apocopated)Category:Italian non-lemma forms#PORCategory:Italian verb forms#PORCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. apocopic form of porreCategory:Italian apocopic forms#POR

References

Alternative forms

• přor (Western)

Etymology

From Proto-NuristaniCategory:Kamkata-viri terms inherited from Proto-Nuristani#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri terms derived from Proto-Nuristani#POR *pārrã, from Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:Kamkata-viri terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#POR *parnám, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Kamkata-viri terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#POR *pornóm.^[1]

Noun

por fCategory:Kamkata-viri lemmas#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri nouns#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Kamkata-viri feminine nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR (Northeastern, Southeastern)^[2]

1. leaf

References

Alternative forms

• pur (Sarajevo)

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish#PORCategory:Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Ladino terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Ladino terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Ladino terms derived from Latin#POR prō. Cognate with Spanish por.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

  Category:Ladino terms with audio pronunciation#POR

Preposition

por (Hebrew spelling פור)Category:Ladino lemmas#PORCategory:Ladino prepositions#PORCategory:Ladino prepositions in Latin script#PORCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR^[1]

2. for (on behalf of)
   • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 364:

     Dezde el 1910 sinyor Rozanes fue el korespondiente por el Oriente de la grande ensiklopedya djudia Otser Yisrael⁶³⁴ de Nyu York.

     Since 1910 Mister Rozanes was the Eastern corespondent for New York's great Jewish encyclopedia Otser Yisrael.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

4. for; to (with regard to)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Christoph Herzog, Richard Wittmann, editors, Istanbul – Kushta – Constantinople: Narratives of Identity in the Ottoman Capital, 1830-1930‎, Taylor & Francis, published 2018, →ISBN, page 96:

     Yo ǧuzava, de otra parte, muy perikolozo por el repozo i la seguridad de·los ǧudyós de Turkía de propagar entre estos últimos este movimyento polítiko.

     I was judging it, in another way, very dangerous for the Turkish Jews' peace and security in propagating, among these last things, this political movement.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 57:

     Eya fue atraida por esta sivda importante de punto de vista djidyo, muy komertchante, i penso fazer profitar la komunita de su djenerozita.

     She was attracted to this city from a Jewish point of view, very businesslike, and she thought to take advantage of the community's generosity.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

   • 2020 May 13, Nesi ALTARAS, “Syego de Las Klasas”, in Şalom:

     De verdad, la pandemia es mas kolay fizikamente por los patrones i personas ke lavoran en buros.

     Really, the pandemic is easier physically for bosses and people who work in offices.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

6. for (over a period of time)
   • 2008, Klara PERAHYA, “La Prensa i la kriza en el Oriente Medyo”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎:

     La gerra Israel-Lebano, prevista al empesijo por unos kuantos dias, ainda kontinua.

     The Israel-Lebanon war, at first predicted to only last for a few days, still continues.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

8. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
   • 2000, Aki Yerushalayim‎, numbers 62–64, page 95:

     I arankarvos ojo por ojo, diente por diente.

     And settling yourselves eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

     Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

10. by means of; through; by; via (through the action or presence of)
    • 1979, Isaac ben Michael Badhav, Ana María Riaño López, Un tratado sefardí de moral‎, Ameller, →ISBN, page 94:

      El Dyo mos dyo este día i lo apartó por desbarazar muestro meoyo de todo modo de intereso de presonas, i aplikar sus eĉas i konoser sus grandes maraƀías kuryozas, i akodrarmos ke en sex días kreó el Dyo este mundo i lo renoƀó de la nada.

      God gave us this day and put it aside by clearing our mind of every person's way of interest, and doing His work and learning His great and wonderful miracles, and we shall remember that He created this world in six days and restored it ex nihilo.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

    • 2006, Los Muestros‎, numbers 65–73, R. Capuia, page 7:

      Para mi, una transmision de una estoria ke dezgrasiadamente no m'ambezi por falta de interlokutores, i sovre todo por kulpa miya.

      For me, I am unfortunately not learning a story's transmission because of the interlocutors' mistake, and above all through my fault.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

    • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎, Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 73:

      Ayí por la ignoransia
      La arrogansia, la intoleransia
      La mezuzá kayía
      Yorando entre despididas...

      There through ignorance
      Arrogance, intolerance
      The mezuzah was silencing
      Crying between farewells...

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

12. by (under the authorship or agency of)

    Synonym: por mano de

    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎:

      Abel hue matado por Kaín.

      Abel was slain by Cain.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

13. because of; for; due to; for the sake of

    Synonym: por modo de

    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך‎, page 221:

      Muestros platos, ke provienen de Espanya, de Turkía, de Gresia i de munchos otros lugares, por sus variedad i sus buena savor, pueden trankilamente entrar en los livros de rechetas de todo el mundo.

      Our dishes, which originate from Spain, Türkiye, Greece and many other places, can easily enter everybody's cookbooks because of their variety and good flavour.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

15. (arithmeticCategory:lad:Arithmetic#POR) by (indicates a mathematical division)
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 235:

      […] i kontavan la moneda ke re[ko]jia kada mes, i korava 20 por 100 por su lazerya.

      and they were counting the money that was accumulating monthly, and they collected 20 by 100 for their work.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

17. through (entering and then leaving; by the medium of)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎:

      pasar por la puerta

      go through the door

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

18. across (from one side to the other of)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎:

      pasar por la kaye

      go across the street

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

20. per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 231:

      I anke se les pagava una taksa por oka dela masá a los orneros, ma era kon fogera, ke kada uno keria tener la masá en kaza un dia antes.

      Although a fee was paid up per ounce of matzah to the bakers, everyone remained urgently wanting to have matzah at home a day earlier.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

22. for; in favour of (supporting)
    • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎, volumes 26–28, page 35:

      I su marido aze tefila por eya de kontino ke oyga el Sefer Tora ke en pokos diyas la sake de entre los bivos i tienen kada ora 'pleto i ketata' i kavza ke se destruye la kaza i los kelim.

      And her husband prayed constantly for her to hear the Seder Torah; that in a few days she take take it from amongst the living, and that they "fight and brawl" hourly, and that it cause the house and the tools to be destroyed.

      Category:Ladino terms with quotations#POR

References

Etymology

Seemingly a blend of prō +‎ perCategory:Latin blends#POR. Attested in an imperial inscription from what is now Budapest and another from Tunis.^[1][2]

Preposition

pōrCategory:Latin lemmas#PORCategory:Latin prepositions#PORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR (Late LatinCategory:Late Latin#POR)

1. for

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰo²¹]Category:Lolopo terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Suffix

porCategory:Lolopo lemmas#PORCategory:Lolopo suffixes#PORCategory:Lolopo entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. (Yao'an, of humans) male

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Norman terms inherited from Old French#PORCategory:Norman terms derived from Old French#POR porc, from LatinCategory:Norman terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Norman terms derived from Latin#POR porcus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#POR *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)Category:Norman lemmas#PORCategory:Norman nouns#PORCategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Norman masculine nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#POR) pig

   Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːɾ/Category:Northern Kurdish 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Noun

por m or fCategory:Northern Kurdish lemmas#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish nouns#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish masculine nouns#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish feminine nouns#PORCategory:Northern Kurdish nouns with multiple genders#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. hair

   pora dirêj û delal.

   long and lovely hair.

   Category:Northern Kurdish terms with usage examples#POR

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Noun

por nCategory:Old English lemmas#PORCategory:Old English nouns#PORCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Old English neuter nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. alternative form of porr

Alternative forms

• pur

Etymology

From Late LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Old French terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#POR prō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾ/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Preposition

porCategory:Old French lemmas#PORCategory:Old French prepositions#PORCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. for (in order to)
2. for (belonging to)

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Old Occitan terms derived from Latin#POR porrō.

Adverb

porCategory:Old Occitan lemmas#PORCategory:Old Occitan adverbs#PORCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. forwards
   • 12th century, anonymous, Girart de Rossilhó 2631:

     On sab son enamic, sobre lhui cor / e si le vat ferit de tau vigor / que del caval lo porta a terra por.

     At the place where he recognizes his enemy, he runs to him, / and goes to strike him with such vigour / that he makes him fall forward from his horse onto the ground.

     Category:Old Occitan terms with quotations#POR

Etymology

From PortugueseCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese#POR poder and SpanishCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish#POR poder.

Verb

porCategory:Papiamentu lemmas#PORCategory:Papiamentu verbs#PORCategory:Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. can, to be able to
2. may

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr/Category:Polish 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -ɔrCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔr#PORCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔr/1 syllable#POR
• Syllabification: por
• Homophone: PorCategory:Polish terms with homophones#POR

Etymology 1

Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Italian#PORCategory:Polish terms derived from Italian#POR porro.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Latin#PORCategory:Polish learned borrowings from Latin#PORCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#POR porus.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “por”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “por”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• por in PWN's encyclopedia

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#POR prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift under the influence of per). Usurped the roles of Latin per.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “por”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “por”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Noun

por m (plural por)Category:Romani lemmas#PORCategory:Romani nouns#PORCategory:Romani entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Romani masculine nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. feather

Etymology 1

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#PORCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#POR pore, LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#PORCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#POR porus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek#POR πόρος (póros, “passage”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#POR porrus or porrum.

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Slovene terms borrowed from Latin#PORCategory:Slovene terms derived from Latin#POR porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /póːr/, /pɔ́r/Category:Slovene 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Slovene 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#POR

Noun

pọ̑r or pȍr m inanCategory:Slovene lemmas#PORCategory:Slovene nouns#PORCategory:Slovene masculine inanimate nouns#PORCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Slovene masculine nouns#PORCategory:Slovene inanimate nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. leek

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pór
gen. sing.	póra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pór	póra	póri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	póra	pórov	pórov
dative (dajȃlnik)	póru	póroma	pórom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pór	póra	póre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	póru	pórih	pórih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pórom	póroma	póri

Category:Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns#POR

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pòr
gen. sing.	pôra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pòr	pôra	pôri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pôra	pôrov	pôrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pôru	pôroma	pôrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pòr	pôra	pôre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pôru	pôrih	pôrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pôrom	pôroma	pôri

Category:Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns#PORCategory:Slovene nouns with accent alternations#PORCategory:Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries#POR

Further reading

• “por”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Alternative forms

• x (Internet slang, text messaging)

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#PORCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin#PORCategory:Spanish terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#POR prō. Doublet of proCategory:Spanish doublets#POR, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾ/ [poɾ]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
  • Rhymes: -oɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oɾ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oɾ/1 syllable#POR
• IPA^(key): /ˈpo/ [ˈpo]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
  • Rhymes: -oCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/o#PORCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/o/1 syllable#POR
• Syllabification: por

Preposition

porCategory:Spanish lemmas#PORCategory:Spanish prepositions#PORCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

2. by

   La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez.

   The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

4. for (indicates something given in an exchange)

   Lo compré por cincuenta euros.

   I bought this for fifty euros.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

5. through, out, via (indicating movement)

   La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana.

   The woman watches the sunset through the window.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

   Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto.

   I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

6. across (indicating movement)

   El hombre camina por la calle.

   The man walks across the street.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

7. about
8. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)

   Él no pudo venir por eso.

   He couldn't come due to that.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

   Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros.

   Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

9. (used with directions) over

   por allí ― over thereCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

10. (mathematicsCategory:es:Mathematics#POR) times, by, multiplied by

    ocho por siete ― eight times seven; eight by sevenCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

11. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)

    Por mí, está bien. ― For all I care, it's fine.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

    ¡Bien por ti! ― Good for you!Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

12. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)

    Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico.

    Please, return this document completed via email.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

13. for (indicating duration)

    Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera.

    My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

14. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)

    No lo hago por ti. ― I'm not doing it for your sake.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

    Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana.

    She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

15. per, for each

    Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. ― It costs ten dollars per item.Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

    • 2015 August 11, Hope King, “Verizon quiere hacer que el internet sea 1.000 veces más rápido”, in CNN en Español‎:

      El nuevo servicio le daría a los clientes velocidades de 10 gigabits por segundo.

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      Category:Spanish terms with quotations#PORCategory:Requests for translations of Spanish quotations#POR

16. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)

    Eso está por ver.

    That remains to be seen.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

    La hora aún está por confirmar.

    The time is yet to be confirmed.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

17. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)

    Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento.

    Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

18. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
    • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎:

      seis errores en los dos primeros parciales. Seis. 14 al final, por los 52 del rival.

      six errors in the first two sets. Six. 14 at the end, compared to his rival's 52.

      Category:Spanish terms with quotations#POR

19. however (to whatever degree or extent) ..., no matter how ...

    Por ricos que sean, nunca serán felices.

    However rich they may be, they will never be happy. / No matter how rich they may be, they will never be happy.

    (literally, “por rich-pl that are-they.sjv never will.be-they happy.pl”)

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

Interjection

¿por?Category:Spanish lemmas#PORCategory:Spanish interjections#PORCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. why do you ask?, why are you asking?

   "¿A dónde vas?" "A mi casa, ¿por?"

   "Where are you going?" "I'm going home, why do you ask?"

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#POR

See also

• para

Further reading

• “por”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Noun

por cCategory:Swedish lemmas#PORCategory:Swedish nouns#PORCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. pore

Further reading

• “por”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• rop

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#PORCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#POR por, from Late LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Late Latin#POR pōr, from LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Latin#POR prō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾ/ [ˈpoɾ]Category:Tagalog 1-syllable words#PORCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#POR
• Rhymes: -oɾCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/oɾ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/oɾ/1 syllable#POR
• Syllabification: porCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#POR

Noun

por (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#PORCategory:Tagalog nouns#PORCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#PORCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#PORCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. per; each

   Synonyms: bawat, kada

Further reading

• “por”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “por”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Etymology

From Proto-TocharianCategory:Tocharian A terms inherited from Proto-Tocharian#PORCategory:Tocharian A terms derived from Proto-Tocharian#POR, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Tocharian A terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#PORCategory:Tocharian A terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#POR *péh₂wr̥, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr), and Hittite 𒉺𒀪𒄯 (paḫḫur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

porCategory:Tocharian A lemmas#PORCategory:Tocharian A nouns#PORCategory:Tocharian A entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. fire

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Tok Pisin entries#POR

Noun

porCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#PORCategory:Tok Pisin nouns#PORCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PORCategory:Pages with 37 entries#POR

1. monohull dugout canoe