Standard Lemma guide

wor

det · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /wɔː/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː
  • /wɐ/
  • /wə/
  • CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D AH1 B EH0 L Y UW1 OW1 AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: D AH1 B AH0 Y UW1 OW1 AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

det

Meaning 1

Our.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie

Examples

  • If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Was; were.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: East-Midlands, Northern-England, West-Country, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

From an altered pronunciation of was.