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• Received-Pronunciation: kô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɔː/
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• General-American: kôr
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• General-American: /kɔɹ/
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• General-American: [kho̞ɹ]
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• homophone: corps
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• homophone: caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• /ko(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /koə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English core, kore, coor (“apple-core, pith”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Possibly of native English origin, from Old English *cor, related to Old English *coruc, *corc (diminutive) (> Middle English cork, crok (“core of an apple or other fruit, heart of an onion”)) and Old English corn (“seed", also "grain”); or alternatively perhaps from Old French cuer (“heart”), from Latin cor (“heart”); or from Old French cors (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Compare also Middle English colk, coke, coll (“the heart or centre of an apple or onion, core”), Dutch kern (“core”), German Kern (“core”). See also heart, corpse. Compare typologically Russian серде́чник (serdéčnik), сердцеви́на (serdcevína)) (akin to се́рдце (sérdce), cognate with heart, Latin cor).

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).

From French Coré.

See corps.

See chore.

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Possibly an acronym for cash on return.

From -core, ultimately from Etymology 1.

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نِوَاة (niwāh) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Aromanian: njedz — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Aromanian: njedzu — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Azerbaijani: koşək — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Azerbaijani: eşələk — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Catalan: caluix — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 (hé) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Czech: jaderník — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Czech: ohryzek — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Dutch: klokhuis — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Esperanto: kerno — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Finnish: siemenkota — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Finnish: kara — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• French: trognon — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• French: noyau — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• French: cœur — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• German: Kerngehäuse — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• German: Bëtzgi — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Greek: πυρήνας (pyrínas) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Hawaiian: ʻīkoi — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Hebrew: ליבה (libá) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Hindi: गूदा (gūdā) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Hungarian: magház — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Hungarian: csutka — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Irish: croí — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Italian: nocciolo — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Japanese: 仲核 (chūkaku) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Japanese: 芯 (shin) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Japanese: 果心 (kashin) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Korean: 중심부 (jungsimbu) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Korean: 심 (sim) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Latvian: serde — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Lithuanian: šerdis — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Māori: hune (of breadfruit) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Middle English: colk — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Middle English: core — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerne — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Persian: هسته (haste) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Persian: مغزه (maġze) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Polish: gniazdo nasienne — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Polish: ogryzek — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Portuguese: caroço — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Quechua: sunqu — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Romanian: miez — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Russian: ядро́ (jadró) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Russian: сердцеви́на (serdcevína) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Samoan: fune (of breadfruit) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Scottish Gaelic: eitean — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: corazón — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: tuétano — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: carozo — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: corozo — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: tútano (desus.) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Spanish: güito — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Swedish: kärnhus — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Tahitian: hune (of breadfruit) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Tongan: fune (of breadfruit) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Turkish: eşelek — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Ottoman Turkish: گوبك (göbek) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Ukrainian: ядро́ (jadró) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Ukrainian: осе́рдя (osérdja) — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Vietnamese: lõi — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Vietnamese: tâm — central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
• Bulgarian: сърцеви́на (sǎrcevína) — heart of a thing
• Catalan: cor — heart of a thing
• Catalan: nucli — heart of a thing
• Czech: jádro — heart of a thing
• Dutch: kern — heart of a thing
• Dutch: binnenste — heart of a thing
• Esperanto: kerno — heart of a thing
• Finnish: ydin — heart of a thing
• French: cœur — heart of a thing
• German: Kern — heart of a thing
• Hebrew: ליבה (libá) — heart of a thing
• Hebrew: לב (lev) — heart of a thing
• Italian: nocciolo — heart of a thing
• Italian: cuore — heart of a thing
• Māori: nganga — heart of a thing
• Māori: nape — heart of a thing
• Māori: whatu — heart of a thing
• Māori: uho — heart of a thing
• Middle English: core — heart of a thing
• Khiamniungan Naga: ā-àutīng — heart of a thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — heart of a thing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerne — heart of a thing
• Polish: rdzeń — heart of a thing
• Polish: jądro — heart of a thing
• Portuguese: cerne — heart of a thing
• Portuguese: miolo — heart of a thing
• Romanian: miez — heart of a thing
• Russian: сердцеви́на (serdcevína) — heart of a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: eitean — heart of a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: cridhe — heart of a thing
• Spanish: núcleo — heart of a thing
• Spanish: centro — heart of a thing
• Spanish: cogollo — heart of a thing
• Swedish: kärna — heart of a thing
• Turkish: öz — heart of a thing
• Ukrainian: осе́рдя (osérdja) — heart of a thing
• Yiddish: תּוך (tokh) — heart of a thing
• Azerbaijani: nüvə — center or inner part
• Catalan: cor — center or inner part
• Catalan: nucli — center or inner part
• Chinese Mandarin: 核心 (héxīn) — center or inner part
• Czech: jádro — center or inner part
• Dutch: kern — center or inner part
• Finnish: keskusta — center or inner part
• French: centre — center or inner part
• French: cœur — center or inner part
• German: Kern — center or inner part
• Hebrew: ליבה (libá) — center or inner part
• Hebrew: לב (lev) — center or inner part
• Indonesian: inti — center or inner part
• Ingrian: syän — center or inner part
• Irish: croí — center or inner part
• Italian: anima — center or inner part
• Italian: centro — center or inner part
• Italian: nucleo — center or inner part
• Japanese: 芯 (shin) — center or inner part
• Japanese: 中心 (chūshin) — center or inner part
• Khmer: ចំនុច (cɑmnuc) — center or inner part
• Korean: 핵심 (haeksim) — center or inner part
• Māori: uho — center or inner part
• Khiamniungan Naga: ā-àutīng — center or inner part
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — center or inner part
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerne — center or inner part
• Portuguese: cerne — center or inner part
• Portuguese: núcleo — center or inner part
• Romanian: miez — center or inner part
• Russian: ядро́ (jadró) — center or inner part
• Russian: центр (centr) — center or inner part
• Russian: середи́на (seredína) — center or inner part
• Russian: сердцеви́на (serdcevína) — center or inner part
• Scottish Gaelic: cridhe — center or inner part
• Scottish Gaelic: eitean — center or inner part
• Spanish: núcleo — center or inner part
• Spanish: centro — center or inner part
• Spanish: cogollo — center or inner part
• Tagalog: ubod — center or inner part
• Turkish: çekirdek — center or inner part
• Ukrainian: ядро́ (jadró) — center or inner part
• Ukrainian: осе́рдя (osérdja) — center or inner part
• Ukrainian: серцеви́на (sercevýna) — center or inner part
• Ukrainian: середи́на (seredýna) — center or inner part
• Vietnamese: lõi — center or inner part
• Vietnamese: tâm — center or inner part
• Bulgarian: същина (sǎština) — most important part of a thing
• Czech: jádro — most important part of a thing
• Czech: podstata — most important part of a thing
• Dutch: kern — most important part of a thing
• Finnish: ydin — most important part of a thing
• French: cœur — most important part of a thing
• German: Kern — most important part of a thing
• Greek: πυρήνας (pyrínas) — most important part of a thing
• Hebrew: ליבה (libá) — most important part of a thing
• Hebrew: לב (lev) — most important part of a thing
• Hebrew: מהות (mahút) — most important part of a thing
• Ingrian: syän — most important part of a thing
• Irish: croí — most important part of a thing
• Italian: essenza — most important part of a thing
• Italian: fondamento — most important part of a thing
• Italian: nocciolo — most important part of a thing
• Māori: mutu — most important part of a thing
• Māori: tino — most important part of a thing
• Khiamniungan Naga: ā-àutīng — most important part of a thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — most important part of a thing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerne — most important part of a thing
• Portuguese: âmago — most important part of a thing
• Portuguese: cerne — most important part of a thing
• Portuguese: coração — most important part of a thing
• Portuguese: essência — most important part of a thing
• Romanian: miez — most important part of a thing
• Romanian: esență — most important part of a thing
• Russian: суть (sutʹ) — most important part of a thing
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — most important part of a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: cridhe — most important part of a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: eitean — most important part of a thing
• Slovene: jedro — most important part of a thing
• Spanish: esencia — most important part of a thing
• Spanish: meollo — most important part of a thing
• Turkish: ana — most important part of a thing
• Turkish: öz — most important part of a thing
• Turkish: nüve — most important part of a thing
• Ukrainian: суть (sutʹ) — most important part of a thing
• Ukrainian: су́тність (sútnistʹ) — most important part of a thing
• Yiddish: תּוך (tokh) — most important part of a thing
• Bulgarian: сърцеви́на (sǎrcevína) — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Finnish: keerna — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Finnish: valusydän — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Russian: сердцеви́на (serdcevína) — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Turkish: maça — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Ukrainian: серцеви́на (sercevýna) — something that produces a hollow space in a casting
• Finnish: ydin — heart of a horn
• Esperanto: ĉefmemoro — computing: magnetic memory
• Esperanto: magnetkerna memoro — computing: magnetic memory
• Finnish: rengasmuisti — computing: magnetic memory
• German: Kernspeicher — computing: magnetic memory
• Turkish: çekirdek bellek — computing: magnetic memory
• Azerbaijani: nüvə — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Czech: jádro — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Finnish: ydin — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Finnish: suoritinydin — one of several parts in a computer processor
• French: cœur — one of several parts in a computer processor
• German: Kern — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Persian: هسته (haste) — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Polish: rdzeń — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Portuguese: core — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Portuguese: núcleo — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Romanian: nucleu — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Russian: ядро́ (jadró) — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Spanish: núcleo — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Turkish: çekirdek — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Ukrainian: ядро́ (jadró) — one of several parts in a computer processor
• Chinese Mandarin: 堆芯 (duīxīn) — inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place
• Russian: активная зона (aktivnaja zona) — inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place
• Catalan: testimoni — cylindrical sample
• French: carotte — cylindrical sample
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — cylindrical sample
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerne — cylindrical sample
• Russian: керн (kern) — cylindrical sample
• Czech: dutinka — hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard
• French: mandrin — hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard
• Swedish: kärna — hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard
• Hungarian: atomtörzs — atomic nucleus plus inner/core electrons
• Italian: nucleo — atomic nucleus plus inner/core electrons
• Russian: атомный остов (atomnyj ostov) — atomic nucleus plus inner/core electrons
• Finnish: kelasydän — a piece of ferromagnetic material inside a coil
• French: noyau — a piece of ferromagnetic material inside a coil
• Italian: nucleo — a piece of ferromagnetic material inside a coil
• Russian: магнитопровод (magnitoprovod) — a piece of ferromagnetic material inside a coil
• Chinese Mandarin: 核心 (héxīn) — anatomical core
• Spanish: abdomen — anatomical core
• Spanish: tronco — anatomical core
• Finnish: työvuoro — miner's underground shift
• Italian: turno — miner's underground shift
• Finnish: pantti — automotive: deposit of a rebuilt part
• Italian: caparra — automotive: deposit of a rebuilt part
• Polish: wydrążać — To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• Polish: wydrążyć — To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• Spanish: descorazonar — To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• Polish: wydrążać — To extract a sample with a drill.
• Polish: wydrążyć — To extract a sample with a drill.