adv
Meaning 1
In time long past; long ago.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
yore
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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Received-Pronunciation: yô
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Received-Pronunciation: /jɔː/
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General-American: yôr
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General-American: /joɹ/
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yōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/jo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/joə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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homophone: your
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homophone: you're (pour–poor merger)
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homophone: yaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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CMU ARPABET: Y AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A time long past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic, uncountable
Examples
- This word comes from the days of yore.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
time long past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: past, past times, yesteryear
History
Etymology
From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 昔日 (xīrì) — time long past
- Dutch: ver verleden — time long past
- Dutch: weleer — time long past
- Dutch: eertijds — time long past
- Estonian: ammune — time long past
- French: jadis — time long past
- French: antan — time long past
- German: lange zurückliegend — time long past
- German: eine lang zurückliegende Zeit — time long past
- German: aus uralten Zeiten — time long past
- Hebrew: קֶדֶם (qédem) — time long past
- Icelandic: fyrir — time long past
- Icelandic: langa — time long past
- Icelandic: löngu — time long past
- Japanese: 在りし日 (arishi hi) — time long past
- Japanese: 昔 (mukashi) — time long past
- Ladino: antanyada — time long past
- Norwegian: gamle dager — time long past
- Portuguese: antanho — time long past
- Portuguese: antano — time long past
- Russian: да́вние времена́ (dávnije vremená) — time long past
- Russian: было́е (bylóje) — time long past
- Spanish: antaño — time long past