alvor

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈalˌʋɒˀ] === Noun === alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form) seriousness (state of being serious) Synonym: alvorlighed gravity earnestness ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== alvorlig === References === “alvor” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish alvor. === Noun === alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable) seriousness ==== Synonyms ==== alvorlighet ==== Derived terms ==== alvorlig ta på alvor === References === “alvor” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === ålvor, ålvora === Etymology === From Old Norse alvara. === Noun === alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable) seriousness ==== Derived terms ==== alvorleg ta på alvor === References === “alvor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus. Doublet of albor. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧vor === Noun === alvor m (plural alvores) the first light of the morning Synonyms: alva, alvorada whiteness Synonyms: alvura, brancura Antonyms: negrume, pretume ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “alvor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alvor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026