cor

¹ American  

[kor] / kɒr /

interjection

British Dialect.

1. gor.

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cor ² American  

[kawr] / kɔr /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. the tenor oboe.

2. the English horn.

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cor ³ American  

[kawr, kohr] / kɔr, koʊr /

noun

plural

cordia

1. (in prescriptions) the heart.

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cor- ⁴ American  

1. variant of com- before r: correlate.

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cor. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. corner.

2. cornet.

3. coroner.

4. corpus.

5. correct.

6. corrected.

7. correction.

8. correlative.

9. correspondence.

10. correspondent.

11. corresponding.

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Cor. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Bible. Corinthians.

2. Coroner.

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Cor. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Corinthians

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cor ² British  

/ kɔː /

interjection

1. slang an exclamation of surprise, amazement, or admiration

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Etymology

Origin of cor¹

First recorded in 1930–35; euphemistic alteration of God!

Origin of cor²

First recorded in 1865–70; from French cor (anglais) ( English ) horn

Origin of cor³

From Latin

Example Sentences

Bell's work leaned on his background in classical music, and he introduced instruments like the celesta, sitar, oboe, bassoon, cor anglais and bells into his rococo arrangements.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022

From observing him down the years, he appears to have a couple of go-to’s - a cor blimey guv’nor cockney one and an ee, bah gum Yorkshire one.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2021

Vestida com short cor-de-rosa e blusinha cor lavanda, o corpo de Alícia se assemelha ao de um bebê de um ano, mas sua cabeça tem 36 centímetros de circunferência, bem abaixo do normal.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017

Nicholas White conducts a performance of solo song settings by various composers and includes his own cantata, “The Raven,” a work in eight movements for vocal quartet, with string quartet, horn, cor anglais and piano.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2015

What Annabelle does know now: The word courage comes from the Latin word cor, meaning heart.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti