ador

See also: Ador, -ador, and adõr

Ayu

Noun

ador

1. plural of idor

References

• Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ados, *adōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd-ōs (“dried stuff, grain”, collective), from *h₂ed-. Compare Old Armenian հատ (hat, “grain, piece”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk, “cornfield”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dor/, [ˈäd̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dor/, [ˈäːd̪or]

Noun

ador n (genitive adoris or adōris); third declension

1. a kind of hulled wheat of the genus Triticum: emmer, farro, or spelt

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

	singular	plural
nominative	ador	adora adōra
genitive	adoris adōris	adorum adōrum
dative	adorī adōrī	adoribus adōribus
accusative	ador	adora adōra
ablative	adore adōre	adoribus adōribus
vocative	ador	adora adōra

Derived terms

• adōreus

References

• “ădor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ador”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ădŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 52/1.
• “ador” on page 52/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈdor]

Verb

ador

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of adora

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الدَّوْر (ad-dawr, “turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdoɾ/ [aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dor

Noun

ador m (plural adores)

1. (agriculture) a time period allotted for watering crops

Further reading

• “ador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10