öre

Borrowed from Swedish öre, from Latin aureus (“a Roman coin; golden”). Doublet of aureus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɜːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɜːɹə

öre (plural öres or öre)

1. A Swedish unit of currency that makes up the krona. 100 öre equals one krona.

   Synonym: -:

2. Misspelling of øre.

• “öre”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• EOR, REO, ROE, Roe, o'er, roe

• őre (nonstandard but fairly common)

• IPA^(key): [ˈørɛ], [ˈøːrɛ]
• Rhymes: -rɛ

öre (plural örék)

1. öre (the subunit of the official currency of Sweden, the krona)
2. Misspelling of øre.

From Old Norse eyrir, from Proto-Germanic *aurijaz. Probably from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

öre n

1. a currency unit, one hundredth of a krona (in Denmark, Norway, Sweden)

   Synonym: -:

2. (obsolete) property, goods

   Hyponyms: lösöre, saköre

• In monetary amounts, only öre is used: 3 öre, 17 öre, etc.

Individual coins:

• 50-öring = femtiöring or femtioöring
• 25-öring = tjugofemöring
• 10-öring = tioöring
• 5-öring = femöring
• 2-öring = tvåöring
• 1-öring = ettöring

• öra
• Örebro
• Öresund
• öring
• örlog

• öre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• öre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• öre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• öre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)