nora

• norat (Northern)

From Proto-Basque *no- (interrogative stem) +‎ -ra (allative suffix).

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• IPA^(key): /noɾa/ [no.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

nora (interrogative)

1. allative indefinite inanimate of nor; to where, whither, whereto

• “nora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “nora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Old Catalan nora, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.ɾa]

nora f (plural nores)

1. daughter-in-law

   Synonym: jove

• gendre

• “nora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “nora” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnora]

nora f

1. burrow

   schovat se do nory ― to hide in a burrow

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora, already attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century; from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa̝/

nora f (plural noras, masculine xenro, masculine plural xenros)

1. daughter-in-law

• xenro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Russian нора (nora).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnorɑ/, [ˈno̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

nora

1. den, burrow
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Yksiil ono sooja șuuba, toiset syvviis norriis peittiisivät.

     Some have a warm fur, others hid in deep burrows.

• pesä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 346

nora

1. Rōmaji transcription of のら

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: no‧ra
• Homophone: Nora

nora f (diminutive norka)

1. den
2. burrow
3. (colloquial, derogatory) hovel, hole (undesirable place to live or visit)

• nora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

• genro

Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”). Cognate with Spanish noria.

nora f (plural noras)

1. noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

• “nora”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɾa/
• Hyphenation: no‧ra

nora f (plural nori)

1. daughter-in-law

• jènniru