horal

From Latin horalis, from hora (“hour”). See hour.

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

horal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an hour, or to hours.
   • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:

     But if the horal orbit ceases,
     The whole stands still, or breaks to pieces

• “horal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Lorah

Borrowed from Polish góral^[1][2] and influenced by hora, from Slovak horal. By surface analysis, hora +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoral]

horal m anim (female equivalent horalka)

1. highlander

   Synonym: horák

• “horal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “horal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “horal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025