hour

== English == === Alternative forms === hower, houre, howre (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ġēar (“year”). Doublet of hora and year. Compare horary. Partly displaced native Old English tīd (“time, hour”), whence Modern English tide. === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: owʹər, IPA(key): /aʊə/ (triphthong smoothing) IPA(key): /aː(ɹ)/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /uːɐ/ (Canada, US) enPR: owr, IPA(key): /aʊɚ/ (India) IPA(key): /aː(r)/, /ɐʋə(r)/, /ɐwə(r)/ Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -aʊ.ə(ɹ) Homophone: our (depending on accent) === Noun === hour (plural hours) (time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes). Alternative forms: h (symbol), hr, hrs (alternative symbols) Synonym: stound (obsolete) Holonyms: day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation) A season, moment, or time. (poetic) The time. (military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time. (chiefly in the plural) The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time. (Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them. (chiefly US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour. ==== Derived terms ==== English terms starting with “hour” ==== Descendants ==== Bislama: aua Tok Pisin: aua → Hausa: awa → Unami: awël ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === rohu == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hour alternative form of houre === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== hour alternative form of oure === Etymology 3 === ==== Determiner ==== hour alternative form of your