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wor

/wɔː/

wor determiner: our.

Determiner

wor

  1. (Geordie) Our.
    • If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

Verb

wor

  1. (East-Midlands, Northern England, West-Country, dialectal) Was; were.
    • “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213

wor meaning in Tamil

wor in Tamil

இரண்டு, வழிபடு

Origin of wor

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

From an altered pronunciation of was.

Words formed from wor

Phrases with wor

Words that rhyme with wor

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Questions about wor

What does wor mean?
Wor means our.
What is wor in Tamil?
Wor in Tamil is இரண்டு, வழிபடு. See Wor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wor?
Wor can be a determiner or a verb.
How do you pronounce wor?
Wor is pronounced /wɔː/.

Words near wor in the dictionary

  1. wopperjawed
  2. wopping
  3. woppish
  4. wops
  5. wopspeak
  6. wor
  7. wor kid
  8. wor kids
  9. wor lass
  10. wor lasses
  11. Wor.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wor (page history and authors); wor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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