cor
/kɔː/US/kɔɹ/
cor interjection: expression of surprise.
Interjection
- Expression of surprise.
- […] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- wow
Noun (1)
cor (plural cors)
Noun (2) capitalized: CoR
CoR (uncountable)
- College of Radiographers, a charitable subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers.
- European Committee of the Regions, the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives.
- Confederation of Regions Party of Canada, Canadian political party.
Noun (3) capitalized: COR
COR (plural CORs)
- Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or Contracting Officer's Representative, in U.S. government procurement.
cor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
cor in Hindi
- कॉर
cor in Tamil
- இதய நெகிழ்வு
cor in Marathi
- कॉर
cor in Telugu
- కోఆర్
More languagesFewer languages
- cor in Malayalam
- സി. ഒ. ആർ
Examples of cor in a sentence
- (non-final) ancien régime, coup d'état, décor, déjà vu, détente, élite, résumé, séance.
- She has no idea how she wants the house to look in terms of décor.
- Cor, strike a light! Did you see him jump into the river?
Synonyms of cor
Forms of cor
| plural | cors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kor |
| alternative form | core |
| plural | CORs |
Origin of cor
A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).
Phrases with cor
Words that rhyme with cor
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Questions about cor
- What does cor mean?
- Cor means expression of surprise.
- What is cor in Hindi?
- Cor in Hindi is कॉर. See Cor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cor?
- Cor can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cor?
- Cor is pronounced /kɔɹ/ (US).
Words near cor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cor (page history and authors); CoR (page history and authors); COR (page history and authors); cor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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