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or

/oɹ/ adjective A1 (estimated)

1. of yellow or gold tincture on a coat of arms

German	golden
French	d’or, or
Portuguese	ouro
Italian	oro
Spanish	oro
Dutch	het goud
Swedish	gyllene

2. or

German	oder
French	ou, ou bien
Portuguese	ou
Czech	anebo
Italian	o, o, oppure
Spanish	o, u
Dutch	of
Swedish	eller
Latin	aut

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or

/ɚ/ conjunction A1 (estimated)

1. conjunction

German	oder
French	ou, ou bien, soit
Portuguese	ou
Czech	nebo, či, neboli
Italian	o, oppure, ovvero
Spanish	o, u
Dutch	of, oftewel, dan wel
Swedish	eller
Latin	aut, vel, sive

2. or, or rather, or indeed, or perhaps (where, as is frequent, the first part of the interrogation is not expressed, but is to be supplied from the context, an begins the interrogation, but it does not begin an absolute – i.e., non-disjunctive – interrogation)

Latin	an

3. or, or also, or just as well

French	soit
Dutch	ofwel

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or

/oɹ/ noun · plural: ors A1 (estimated)

1. gold or yellow tincture

German	das Oder, das Gold
French	l'or
Portuguese	o ouro
Italian	l'oro
Spanish	el oro
Dutch	het goud
Swedish	ett guld, flygfylleri

2. tankard

German	der Krug
French	le pot, chope
Italian	il boccale
Spanish	la jarra
Dutch	de pul
Swedish	en sejdel, en stånka

3. severed birch twigs (usually in a bundle in the countable sense – often as decoration (see påskris), a bath broom (bastukvast), or, earlier, for corporal punishment)

Swedish	ett björkris

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