gore

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gô, IPA(key): /ɡɔː/ (General American) enPR: gôr, IPA(key): /ɡoɹ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: gōr, IPA(key): /ɡo(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡoə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Cognate to Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt-esc earth”). ==== Noun ==== gore (usually uncountable, plural gores) Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air. (countable, obsolete) A gout or mass of such blood. Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence. (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored) (transitive, obsolete) To cover or smear with blood. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”). ==== Verb ==== gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored) (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk. Synonym: horn (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear. Synonyms: jab, run through; see also Thesaurus:stab (transitive or intransitive with at, obsolete, figurative) To needle or wound the feelings of. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô. ==== Noun ==== gore (plural gores) A triangular piece of land where roads meet. (archaic or dialectal) A triangular strip of land left over at the end of a not-fully-rectangular field. (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error. The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.Wp A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe. A projecting point. (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point. A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number. ===== Synonyms ===== (triangular piece of land where roads meet): neutral area (US), ghost island (UK) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored) To cut into a triangular form. To provide with a gore. === Anagrams === Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego, roge == Albanian == === Alternative forms === gorë === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡoɾe/ === Noun === gore f (plural gore, definite gorja, definite plural goret) (regional, southern Gheg, Tirana, derogatory) bitch Synonym: bushtër si qeni pas gores ― like the dog after a bitch ==== Declension ==== === References === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980 “gore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Mann, S. E. (1948), “gore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 131 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === gore inflection of goor: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == Galician == === Verb === gore inflection of gorar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.re/ Rhymes: -ɔre Hyphenation: gò‧re === Noun === gore plural of gora == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô. ==== Alternative forms ==== gare, goore, gour, gower ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːr(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== gore (plural gores or goren) A triangle-shaped plot of land; a gore. A triangle-shaped piece or patch of fabric. A piece of clothing (especially a loose-fitting one, such as a coat or dress) (rare) A piece of armour; a mail coat. (rare) A triangle-shaped piece of armor. ===== Descendants ===== English: gore Scots: gair ===== References ===== “gōre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English gor, from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą. ==== Alternative forms ==== gor, gorre ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːr/ ==== Noun ==== gore (uncountable) Muck, filth, dirt; that which causes dirtiness (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness. (rare) A despicable individual. ===== Descendants ===== English: gore Scots: goor, gure ===== References ===== “gōre, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== gore alternative form of gor == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === Related to Persian جوراب (jôrâb). === Noun === gore ? sock stocking == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡo.re/ === Noun === gore dative singular of gor == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.rɛ/ Rhymes: -ɔrɛ Syllabification: go‧re Homophone: gorę === Verb === gore third-person singular present of goreć Synonym: goreje == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English gore. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== gore m (uncountable) (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror) ==== Adjective ==== gore (invariable) (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔɾi, (Portugal) -ɔɾɨ Hyphenation: go‧re ==== Verb ==== gore inflection of gorar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Slavic *gora; compare gora (hill). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡôre/ Hyphenation: go‧re ==== Adverb ==== gȍre (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре) up, above Antonym: dolje/dole ==== Noun ==== gȍre f (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре) inflection of gora: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural ==== Further reading ==== “gore”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 === Etymology 2 === Adverbially used neuter of the adjective gȍrī (“worse”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡôreː/ Hyphenation: go‧re ==== Adverb ==== gȍrē (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре̄) worse ==== Further reading ==== “gore”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gore (Cyrillic spelling горе) third-person plural present of gòreti == Shona == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe kurib. ==== Noun ==== goré class 5 (plural makoré class 6) year === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== goré class 5 (plural makoré class 6) cloud == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gore. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡoɾe/ [ˈɡo.ɾe] Rhymes: -oɾe Syllabification: go‧re === Noun === gore m (uncountable) (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror) === Adjective === gore (invariable) (film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror) === Further reading === “gore”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025