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• Received-Pronunciation: shô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/
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• General-American: shôr
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• General-American: /ʃɔɹ/
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• homophone: sure (UK, pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: Shaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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* As an English surname, from the noun shore. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Schorr, Szor, Schauer.

From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear. Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær.

From Late Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown.

Originally common-shore.

From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”).

See shear.

Uncertain. The word is attested in Northern English and Scots; the DSL states that schore "to threaten" is attested before 1400 (a corresponding noun schoyr is attested since 1375: "vith gret schoyr and mannasyng" in Barbour's Bruce), and suggests it might ultimately be related to Old Scots schoir "steep (of a crag)", related to shear. Alternatively, it has been suggested that it might be a variant of score or sure and related to assure.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: strand — land adjoining a large body of water
• Afrikaans: oewer — land adjoining a large body of water
• Albanian: mat — land adjoining a large body of water
• Albanian: breg — land adjoining a large body of water
• Southern Altai: јар (ǰar) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Amharic: ዳር (dar) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Andi: рагьал (rahal) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Arabic: شَاطِئ (šāṭiʔ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Arabic: سَاحِل (sāḥil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Aragonese: costa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Armenian: ափ (apʻ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Aromanian: mal — land adjoining a large body of water
• Assamese: বেলা (bela) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: costa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: mariña — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: rexa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: rixa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: riba — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: ribera — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: riberu — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: oriella — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: vera — land adjoining a large body of water
• Asturian: veru — land adjoining a large body of water
• Avar: рагьал (rahal) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Aymara: thiya — land adjoining a large body of water
• Azerbaijani: sahil — land adjoining a large body of water
• Azerbaijani: kənar — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bangi: libongo — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bashkir: яр (yar) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Belarusian: бе́раг (bjérah) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bengali: কিনার (kinar) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bengali: তীর (tir) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bhojpuri: किनार (kinār) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Bulgarian: бряг (brjag) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Burmese: ကမ်း (kam:) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Catalan: riba — land adjoining a large body of water
• Catalan: vorera — land adjoining a large body of water
• Catalan: vora — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chamicuro: ijlapi — land adjoining a large body of water
• Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏳᏟᏗ (amayutlidi) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 岸 (àn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 海濱 /海滨 (hǎibīn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 海岸 (hǎi'àn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 湖岸 (hú'àn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 河岸 (hé'àn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chuvash: ҫыран (śyran) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Chuvash: хӗрӗ (hĕrĕ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Crimean Tatar: yalı — land adjoining a large body of water
• Czech: břeh — land adjoining a large body of water
• Dalmatian: raipa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Danish: bred — land adjoining a large body of water
• Danish: strand — land adjoining a large body of water
• Dutch: kust — land adjoining a large body of water
• Dutch: oever — land adjoining a large body of water
• Esperanto: bordo — land adjoining a large body of water
• Esperanto: marbordo — land adjoining a large body of water
• Estonian: kallas — land adjoining a large body of water
• Estonian: rand — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ewe: ƒuta — land adjoining a large body of water
• Finnish: ranta — land adjoining a large body of water
• Finnish: rannikko — land adjoining a large body of water
• French: bord — land adjoining a large body of water
• French: rive — land adjoining a large body of water
• French: rivage — land adjoining a large body of water
• Friulian: rive — land adjoining a large body of water
• Galician: costa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Galician: litoral — land adjoining a large body of water
• Galician: mariña — land adjoining a large body of water
• Galician: beiramar — land adjoining a large body of water
• Galician: beira — land adjoining a large body of water
• Georgian: სანაპირო (sanaṗiro) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Georgian: ნაპირი (naṗiri) — land adjoining a large body of water
• German: Ufer — land adjoining a large body of water
• Greek: ακτή (aktí) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ancient Greek: αἰγιαλός (aigialós) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ancient Greek: ἠϊών f ὄχθη (ēïṓn) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Greenlandic: sissaq — land adjoining a large body of water
• Haitian Creole: bò lanmè — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hausa: baki — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hawaiian: kahakai — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hebrew: חוֹף (khof) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: समुद्रतट (samudrataṭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: सागरतट (sāgartaṭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: तट (taṭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: किनारा (kinārā) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: कनारा (kanārā) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hindi: साहिल (sāhil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Hungarian: part — land adjoining a large body of water
• Icelandic: strönd — land adjoining a large body of water
• Icelandic: bakki — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ido: rivo — land adjoining a large body of water
• Indonesian: pantai — land adjoining a large body of water
• Indonesian: tepi — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ingrian: ranta — land adjoining a large body of water
• Interlingua: ripa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Irish: cladach — land adjoining a large body of water
• Istriot: reîva — land adjoining a large body of water
• Italian: riva — land adjoining a large body of water
• Japanese: 岸 (kishi) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Japanese: 海岸 (kaigan) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Japanese: 海浜 (kaihin) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Japanese: 湖岸 (kogan) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Japanese: 河岸 — land adjoining a large body of water
• Javanese: ꦝꦫꦠ꧀ (dharat) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Javanese: ꦥꦼꦱꦶꦱꦶꦂ (pesisir) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kannada: ಕರೆ (kare) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kazakh: жаға (jağa) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kazakh: жиек (jiek) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Khmer: ត្រើយ (traəy) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Khmer: ច្រាំង (crang) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Khmer: មាត់ (mŏət) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Khmer: ឆ្នេរ (chnee) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Khmer: មាត់សមុទ្រ (mŏət saʼmot) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Komi-Zyrian: вадор (vador) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Korean: 물가 (mulga) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Korean: 바닷가 (badatga) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Korean: 해안 (haean) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Northern Kurdish: berav — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kyrgyz: жака (jaka) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kyrgyz: жээк (jeek) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Kyrgyz: кашат (kaşat) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lao: ຈີມ (chīm) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lao: ຕລິ່ງ (ta ling) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lao: ແຄມ (khǣm) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lao: ເດັຽຣະ (dīa ra) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lao: ຝັ່ງ (fang) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Latin: rīpa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Latin: ora — land adjoining a large body of water
• Latvian: krasts — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lingala: libongo — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lithuanian: krantas — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lushootseed: ʔilgwiɬ — land adjoining a large body of water
• Macedonian: брег (breg) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Malay: pantai — land adjoining a large body of water
• Malay: darat — land adjoining a large body of water
• Malayalam: കര (kara) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Maltese: xatt — land adjoining a large body of water
• Manchu: ᡩᠠᠯᡳᠨ (dalin) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Māori: taihua — land adjoining a large body of water
• Marathi: तट (taṭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Marathi: किनारा (kinārā) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Mirandese: cuosta — land adjoining a large body of water
• Mirandese: praia — land adjoining a large body of water
• Mongolian: эрэг (ereg) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Navajo: tábąąh — land adjoining a large body of water
• Navajo: tódááʼ — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ngarrindjeri: tjiwa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: bredd — land adjoining a large body of water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: strand — land adjoining a large body of water
• Occitan: riba — land adjoining a large body of water
• Church Slavic: брѣгъ (brěgŭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Old East Slavic: берегъ (beregŭ) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Old English: ōfer — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ossetian: был (byl) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ossetian: донбыл (donbyl) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Pashto: ساحل (sāhel) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Persian: سَاحِل (sāhil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Persian: کَنَارَه (kanāra) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Iranian Persian: ساحِل (sâhel) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Iranian Persian: کَنارِه (kanâre) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Plautdietsch: Eewa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Polabian: brig — land adjoining a large body of water
• Polish: brzeg — land adjoining a large body of water
• Portuguese: praia — land adjoining a large body of water
• Portuguese: costa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Portuguese: margem — land adjoining a large body of water
• Portuguese: orla — land adjoining a large body of water
• Punjabi: ਕੰਢਾ (kaṇḍhā) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Romanian: mal — land adjoining a large body of water
• Romanian: țărm — land adjoining a large body of water
• Romanian: coastă — land adjoining a large body of water
• Russian: бе́рег (béreg) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Russian: побере́жье (poberéžʹje) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Russian: яр — land adjoining a large body of water
• Sanskrit: तीर (tīra) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Campidanese Sardinian: riba — land adjoining a large body of water
• Sardinian: isponda — land adjoining a large body of water
• Sardinian: oru — land adjoining a large body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: cladach — land adjoining a large body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бала — land adjoining a large body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbala — land adjoining a large body of water
• Sicilian: ripa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Sinhalese: වෙරළ (weraḷa) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Slovak: breh — land adjoining a large body of water
• Slovene: obala — land adjoining a large body of water
• Slovene: breg — land adjoining a large body of water
• Somali: gebi — land adjoining a large body of water
• Lower Sorbian: brjog — land adjoining a large body of water
• Upper Sorbian: brjóh — land adjoining a large body of water
• Spanish: orilla — land adjoining a large body of water
• Spanish: vera — land adjoining a large body of water
• Swahili: ukingo wa bahari — land adjoining a large body of water
• Swedish: strand — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tajik: соҳил (sohil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tajik: канор (kanor) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tajik: канора (kanora) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tamil: கரை (karai) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tatar: яр (yar) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Tày: phắng — land adjoining a large body of water
• Telugu: కర (kara) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Thai: ฝั่ง (fàng) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Thai: ชายฝั่ง (chaai-fàng) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Thai: ตลิ่ง (dtà-lìng) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Thai: หาด (hàat) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Turkish: sahil — land adjoining a large body of water
• Turkish: kıyı — land adjoining a large body of water
• Turkish: kenar — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ottoman Turkish: قیی (kıyı) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Turkmen: kenar — land adjoining a large body of water
• Turkmen: gyra — land adjoining a large body of water
• Udmurt: вудур (vudur) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ukrainian: бе́ріг (bérih) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Ukrainian: бе́рег (béreh) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Urdu: کِنارَہ (kināra) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Urdu: ساحِل (sāhil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Uyghur: ساھىل (sahil) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Uzbek: sohil — land adjoining a large body of water
• Uzbek: qirgʻoq — land adjoining a large body of water
• Venetan: riva — land adjoining a large body of water
• Venetan: rapa — land adjoining a large body of water
• Vietnamese: bờ — land adjoining a large body of water
• Volapük: jol — land adjoining a large body of water
• Welsh: traeth — land adjoining a large body of water
• Yakut: кытыл (kïtïl) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Yámana: peka — land adjoining a large body of water
• Yiddish: ברעג (breg) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Yoruba: ìdérí ìgò — land adjoining a large body of water
• Zazaki: qam (diq) — land adjoining a large body of water
• Zazaki: kıst — land adjoining a large body of water
• Zazaki: sahil — land adjoining a large body of water