alvor

See also: älvor

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”), cognate with German albern (“silly”), Old High German alawāri (“true, friendly”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *allaz, *ala- (“all”) and *wēraz, *wērijaz (“true”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈalˌʋɒˀ]

Noun

alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form)

  1. seriousness (state of being serious)
  2. gravity
  3. earnestness

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish alvor.

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

  1. seriousness

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara.

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

  1. seriousness

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /awˈvoɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awˈvoʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈvoɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈvoɻ]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈvoɾ/ [aɫˈvoɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈboɾ/ [aɫˈβoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈvo.ɾi/ [aɫˈvo.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: al‧vor

Noun

alvor m (plural alvores)

  1. the first light of the morning
    Synonyms: alva, alvorada
  2. whiteness
    Synonyms: alvura, brancura
    Antonyms: negrume, pretume

Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.