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• cor
  cor

  interjection

  gor.
• cor-
  cor-

  variant of com- before r: correlate.
• cor.
  cor.

  abbreviation

  corner.
• Cor.
  Cor.

  abbreviation

  Corinthians.

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

cordia plural

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

The translators could easily have written “pieno ho il cor dell’immagin vostra.”

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

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

Kathy Burke plays the anti-Christmas Grinch, as well as being all "cor blimey, I'll pretend I've never been ou'a Laaaandan".

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2012

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