angor

See also: Angor and ångor

English

Etymology

From Latin angor. Doublet of anger via Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

angor

  1. (medicine, dated) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for angor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

angor

  1. (anatomy) nose

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

angor m (uncountable)

  1. angina pectoris
    Synonym: angine de poitrine

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From angō (I throttle, strangle; I torment, trouble, vex) +‎ -or, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰos (squeezing, strangulation; distress, anxiety, tribulation, affliction, s-stem); compare Old Norse angr (whence English anger), Sanskrit अंहस् (áṃhas) and Avestan 𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (ązah).

Pronunciation

Noun

angor m (genitive angōris); third declension

  1. strangulation
  2. anguish, torment, trouble, vexation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative angor angōrēs
genitive angōris angōrum
dative angōrī angōribus
accusative angōrem angōrēs
ablative angōre angōribus
vocative angor angōrēs

Descendants

  • Esperanto: angoro
  • Italian: angore
  • Spanish: angor

Verb

angor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of angō

References

  • angor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • angor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • angor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be tormented with anxiety: angoribus premi
    • to be worn out, almost dead with anxiety: angoribus confici (Phil. 2. 15. 37)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French angor or Latin angor.

Noun

angor m (plural [please provide])

  1. angina pectoris

Declension

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh angor, from Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋɔr/

Noun

angor m or f (plural angorau or angorion)

  1. anchor
    Mae’r llong wrth angor.
    The ship is at anchor.

Derived terms

  • angori (to anchor)
  • bwrw angor (to drop anchor, to cast anchor)
  • codi angor (weigh anchor)
  • gollwg angor (to drop anchor, to cast anchor)
  • wrth angor (at anchor, anchored)

Mutation

Mutated forms of angor
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
angor unchanged unchanged hangor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “angor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies