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From late Middle English or (“gold”), borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum.

From Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere.

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”).

Borrowed from Cantonese 柯 (o1) or from Hebrew אור ('ór). This surname is mostly found in Hong Kong.

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above).

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: guld — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Dutch: goud — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Finnish: kultainen — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• French: or — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• German: golden — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Hungarian: arany — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Italian: oro — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Macedonian: златнен (zlatnen) — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Polish: złoty — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Portuguese: ouro — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Romanian: auriu — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Russian: золото́й (zolotój) — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: златна — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatna — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Slovene: zlat — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Spanish: oro — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Swedish: gyllene — of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms
• Afrikaans: of — conjunction
• Albanian: ose — conjunction
• Albanian: apo — conjunction
• Albanian: a — conjunction
• Ambonese Malay: or — conjunction
• Amharic: ወይስ (wäys) — conjunction
• Arabic: أَو (ʔaw) — conjunction
• Arabic: أَم (ʔam) — conjunction
• Arabic: إِمَّا (ʔimmā) — conjunction
• Arabic: أَو (ʔaw) — conjunction
• Arabic: ولا (walla) — conjunction
• Arabic: ولا (walla) — conjunction
• Arabic: أولا (ʔawla) — conjunction
• Arabic: إما (ʔimma) — conjunction
• Arabic: أَو (ʔaw) — conjunction
• Arabic: ولا (walla) — conjunction
• Arabic: أَو (ʔaw) — conjunction
• Arabic: ولا (willa) — conjunction
• Aragonese: u — conjunction
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܢ (yan) — conjunction
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܘ (āw) — conjunction
• Aramaic: ܐܘ (ʾaw) — conjunction
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אוֹ (ʾô) — conjunction
• Armenian: կամ (kam) — conjunction
• Aromanian: icã — conjunction
• Assamese: বা (ba) — conjunction
• Assamese: নে (ne) — conjunction
• Asturian: o — conjunction
• Azerbaijani: ya — conjunction
• Azerbaijani: və ya — conjunction
• Azerbaijani: yoxsa — conjunction
• Azerbaijani: yaxud — conjunction
• Bashkir: йәки (yəki) — conjunction
• Bashkir: йә (yə) — conjunction
• Bashkir: әллә (əllə) — conjunction
• Basque: edo — conjunction
• Basque: ala — conjunction
• Belarusian: або́ (abó) — conjunction
• Belarusian: ці (ci) — conjunction
• Belarusian: альбо́ (alʹbó) — conjunction
• Bengali: বা (ba) — conjunction
• Bengali: অথবা (othoba) — conjunction
• Bengali: কিংবা (kiṅba) — conjunction
• Breton: pe — conjunction
• Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: -kaa — conjunction
• Bulgarian: и́ли (íli) — conjunction
• Bulgarian: или́ (ilí) — conjunction
• Burmese: သို့မဟုတ် (sui.ma.hut) — conjunction
• Carpathian Rusyn: ці (ci) — conjunction
• Carpathian Rusyn: або́ (abó) — conjunction
• Catalan: o — conjunction
• Catalan: o bé — conjunction
• Cebuano: o — conjunction
• Chechen: я (ja) — conjunction
• Chinese Cantonese: 定係 /定系 (ding6 hai6) — conjunction
• Chinese Cantonese: 抑或 (jik1 waak6) — conjunction
• Chinese Cantonese: 或者 (waak6 ze2) — conjunction
• Chinese: хуэйҗәсы (hueyžəsɨ) — conjunction
• Chinese: хуэйсы (hueysɨ) — conjunction
• Chinese: 抑是 — conjunction
• Chinese: 抑 — conjunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 或 (huò) — conjunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 或者 (huòzhě) — conjunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 還是 /还是 (háishi) — conjunction
• Chinese Mandarin: 或是 (huòshì) — conjunction
• Chukchi: эвытԓым (ėvytḷym) — conjunction
• Chukchi: ԓымэвыр (ḷymėvyr) — conjunction
• Chukchi: ԓымӈэвыр (ḷymṇėvyr) — conjunction
• Chuvash: е (e) — conjunction
• Cornish: po — conjunction
• Crimean Tatar: ya — conjunction
• Czech: nebo — conjunction
• Danish: eller — conjunction
• Dhivehi: ނުވަތަ (nuvata) — conjunction
• Dutch: of — conjunction
• Egyptian: Z1-p-w (r-pw) — conjunction
• Esperanto: aŭ — conjunction
• Estonian: või — conjunction
• Estonian: ehk — conjunction
• Faroese: ella — conjunction
• Finnish: tai — conjunction
• Finnish: vai — conjunction
• Finnish: eli — conjunction
• French: ou — conjunction
• Old French: ou — conjunction
• West-Frisian: of — conjunction
• Galician: ou — conjunction
• Georgian: ანუ (anu) — conjunction
• Georgian: ან (an) — conjunction
• German: oder — conjunction
• German: oder — conjunction
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau) — conjunction
• Greek: ή (í) — conjunction
• Greek: είτε (eíte) — conjunction
• Ancient Greek: ἤ (ḗ) — conjunction
• Gujarati: કે (ke) — conjunction
• Hawaiian: ā ... paha — conjunction
• Hawaiian: a i ʻole — conjunction
• Hebrew: אוֹ ('o) — conjunction
• Hiligaynon: ukon — conjunction
• Hindi: या (yā) — conjunction
• Hindi: क (ka) — conjunction
• Hindi: व (va) — conjunction
• Hindi: अथवा (athvā) — conjunction
• Hungarian: vagy — conjunction
• Icelandic: eða — conjunction
• Ido: od — conjunction
• Ido: o — conjunction
• Ilocano: wenno — conjunction
• Indonesian: atau — conjunction
• Interlingua: o — conjunction
• Irish: nó — conjunction
• Italian: o — conjunction
• Italian: od — conjunction
• Italian: oppure — conjunction
• Jamaican Creole: ar — conjunction
• Japanese: または (mata wa) — conjunction
• Japanese: 又は (mata wa) — conjunction
• Japanese: あるいは (arui wa) — conjunction
• Japanese: か (ka) — conjunction
• Japanese: それとも (soretomo) — conjunction
• Javanese: utawa — conjunction
• Javanese: utawi — conjunction
• Javanese: atawa — conjunction
• Kalmyk: эс гиҗ (es gij) — conjunction
• Kannada: ಅಥವಾ (athavā) — conjunction
• Kapampangan: o — conjunction
• Kashubian: abò — conjunction
• Kazakh: не (ne) — conjunction
• Kazakh: немесе (nemese) — conjunction
• Kazakh: я (ä) — conjunction
• Kazakh: яки (äki) — conjunction
• Khmer: ឬ (rɨɨ) — conjunction
• Komi-Zyrian: либӧ (ľibö) — conjunction
• Korean: 또는 (ttoneun) — conjunction
• Korean: 혹은 (hogeun) — conjunction
• Korean: 아니면 (animyeon) — conjunction
• Korean: -거나 (-geona) — conjunction
• Korean: -이나 (-ina) — conjunction
• Korean: -나 — conjunction
• Central Kurdish: یا (ya) — conjunction
• Central Kurdish: یان (yan) — conjunction
• Northern Kurdish: an — conjunction
• Northern Kurdish: yan — conjunction
• Kyrgyz: же (je) — conjunction
• Lao: ບໍ້ (bǭ) — conjunction
• Lao: ຫລື (lư̄) — conjunction
• Lao: ຫຼື (lư̄) — conjunction
• Latgalian: ci — conjunction
• Latgalian: voi — conjunction
• Latgalian: aba — conjunction
• Latin: aut — conjunction
• Latin: seu — conjunction
• Latin: vel — conjunction
• Latin: sīve — conjunction
• Latin: -ve — conjunction
• Latvian: vai — conjunction
• Latvian: jeb — conjunction
• Limburgish: óf — conjunction
• Lingala: to — conjunction
• Lithuanian: arba — conjunction
• Livonian: või — conjunction
• Low German: oder — conjunction
• Lü: ᦢᧁᧈᦅᦸᧉ (ḃaw1koa2) — conjunction
• Lü: ᦣᦴᧉᦞᦱᧈ (huu2vaa1) — conjunction
• Luxembourgish: oder — conjunction
• Macedonian: или (ili) — conjunction
• Malagasy: na — conjunction
• Malagasy: sa — conjunction
• Malay: atau — conjunction
• Malayalam: അഥവാ (athavā) — conjunction
• Malayalam: അല്ലെങ്കിൽ (alleṅkil) — conjunction
• Maltese: jew — conjunction
• Māori: rānei — conjunction
• Marathi: किंवा (kiuvā) — conjunction
• Eastern Mari: але (aĺe) — conjunction
• Mongolian: эсвэл (esvel) — conjunction
• Mongolian: буюу (bujuu) — conjunction
• Navajo: éí doodaiiʼ éí — conjunction
• Navajo: doodaiiʼ — conjunction
• Neapolitan: o — conjunction
• Nepali: वा (wā) — conjunction
• Nigerian Pidgin: or — conjunction
• Norwegian: eller — conjunction
• Norwegian Bokmål: ellers — conjunction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elles — conjunction
• Occitan: o — conjunction
• Southern Ohlone: yuta — conjunction
• Church Slavic: или (ili) — conjunction
• Old East Slavic: чи (či) — conjunction
• Old East Slavic: или (ili) — conjunction
• Old English: oþþe — conjunction
• Old Prussian: angar — conjunction
• Old Prussian: adder — conjunction
• Old Tupi: konipó — conjunction
• Pannonian Rusyn: лєбо (ljebo) — conjunction
• Pannonian Rusyn: або (abo) — conjunction
• Pannonian Rusyn: чи (či) — conjunction
• Pashto: که (ka) — conjunction
• Pashto: لا (lâ) — conjunction
• Pashto: يا (yâ) — conjunction
• Dari: یَا (yā) — conjunction
• Iranian Persian: یا (yâ) — conjunction
• Polabian: ar — conjunction
• Polish: albo (xor-type) — conjunction
• Polish: lub (or-type) — conjunction
• Polish: czy — conjunction
• Polish: bądź — conjunction
• Polish: tudzież — conjunction
• Portuguese: ou — conjunction
• Punjabi: ਜਾਂ (jā̃) — conjunction
• Quechua: icha — conjunction
• Rapa Nui: o — conjunction
• Romanian: ori — conjunction
• Romanian: sau — conjunction
• Russian: и́ли (íli) — conjunction
• Russian: ли́бо (líbo) — conjunction
• Russian: а́ли (áli) — conjunction
• Russian: чи (či) — conjunction
• Northern Sami: dahje — conjunction
• Northern Sami: vai — conjunction
• Sanskrit: वा (vā) — conjunction
• Sardinian: o — conjunction
• Scots: or — conjunction
• Scottish Gaelic: no — conjunction
• Scottish Gaelic: neo — conjunction
• Scottish Gaelic: air neo — conjunction
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏ли — conjunction
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉli — conjunction
• Shan: ဢမ်ႇၼၼ် (ʼàm nǎn) — conjunction
• Sindhi: یا (yā) — conjunction
• Sinhalese: හෝ (hō) — conjunction
• Slovak: alebo — conjunction
• Slovak: abo — conjunction
• Slovene: àli — conjunction
• Slovincian: abô — conjunction
• Lower Sorbian: abo — conjunction
• Upper Sorbian: abo — conjunction
• Spanish: o — conjunction
• Spanish: u — conjunction
• Sudovian: ader — conjunction
• Swahili: au — conjunction
• Swahili: ama — conjunction
• Swedish: eller — conjunction
• Tagalog: o — conjunction
• Tai Dam: ꪭꪳꪫ꪿ꪱ — conjunction
• Tajik: ё (yo) — conjunction
• Tamil: அல்லது (allatu) — conjunction
• Tatar: яки (yäki) — conjunction
• Tatar: яисә (yäisä) — conjunction
• Tatar: я (ya) — conjunction
• Telugu: లేదా (lēdā) — conjunction
• Telugu: గాని (gāni) — conjunction
• Thai: หรือ (rʉ̌ʉ) — conjunction
• Northern Thai: ᨣᩤ — conjunction
• Northern Thai: ᨣᩤᩅ᩵ᩤ — conjunction
• Tocharian A: epe — conjunction
• Tocharian B: epe — conjunction
• Turkish: veya — conjunction
• Turkish: ya da — conjunction
• Ottoman Turkish: ویا (veya) — conjunction
• Turkmen: ýa — conjunction
• Turkmen: ýada — conjunction
• Udmurt: яке (jake) — conjunction
• Ugaritic: 𐎜 — conjunction
• Ukrainian: чи (čy) — conjunction
• Ukrainian: або́ (abó) — conjunction
• Urdu: یا (yā) — conjunction
• Uyghur: ياكى (yaki) — conjunction
• Uzbek: yoki — conjunction
• Vietnamese: hay — conjunction
• Vietnamese: hay là — conjunction
• Vietnamese: hoặc — conjunction
• Vilamovian: ober — conjunction
• Volapük: u — conjunction
• Volapük: ud — conjunction
• Welsh: neu — conjunction
• Yaghnobi: ё (yo) — conjunction
• Yakut: эбэтэр (ebeter) — conjunction
• Yiddish: אָדער (oder) — conjunction
• Yup'ik: wallu — conjunction
• Zazaki: ya ki — conjunction
• Zazaki: ya zi — conjunction
• Zhuang: rox — conjunction
• Zhuang: roxnaeuz — conjunction
• Danish: guld — gold or yellow tincture
• Dutch: goud — gold or yellow tincture
• Dutch: or — gold or yellow tincture
• Finnish: kulta — gold or yellow tincture
• French: or — gold or yellow tincture
• German: Gold — gold or yellow tincture
• Greek: χρυσός (chrysós) — gold or yellow tincture
• Italian: oro — gold or yellow tincture
• Japanese: オーア (ōa) — gold or yellow tincture
• Lithuanian: auksas — gold or yellow tincture
• Macedonian: зла́то (zláto) — gold or yellow tincture
• Portuguese: ouro — gold or yellow tincture
• Romanian: aur — gold or yellow tincture
• Russian: зо́лото (zóloto) — gold or yellow tincture
• Serbo-Croatian: златна — gold or yellow tincture
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatna — gold or yellow tincture
• Slovak: zlatá — gold or yellow tincture
• Spanish: oro — gold or yellow tincture
• Swedish: guld — gold or yellow tincture
• Catalan: OR — logic: (noun sense)
• Finnish: TAI — logic: (noun sense)
• Hungarian: VAGY — logic: (noun sense)
• Malay: ATAU — logic: (noun sense)
• Romanian: SAU — logic: (noun sense)
• Romanian: OR — logic: (noun sense)