English Explanatory Dictionary

lore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
  2. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
  3. Trivia shared by a person about themself.
  4. Workmanship.
noun
  1. The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  2. The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of lose
  2. simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
  3. simple past and past participle of lese

Pronunciation

lô /lɔː/ lôr /loɹ/ lōr /lo(ː)ɹ/ /loə/ en-uk-lore.ogg en-us-lore.ogg

Word forms

lore lores

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leys- Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e Proto-Germanic *lizaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laizijaną Proto-Germanic *laizō Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu Old English lār Middle English lore English lore From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

Derived words

angel-lore beer-lore birdlore booklore catlore childlore Cokelore computerlore copylore deathlore demonlore devil-lore doglore dragonlore druglore earthlore elflore fairylore fanlore faxlore fieldlore filmlore fishlore flaglore folklore fowl-lore ghostlore giantlore godlore hairlore herblore horselore kenlore laborlore lakelore lifelore lorefather loreless loremaster loremistress loric loring lovelore mislore movielore netlore ocean-lore photocopylore plantlore playlore runelore scarelore sealore sexlore skylore soundlore spacelore speechlore starlore stonelore

Translations

Catalan: univers Chinese Mandarin: 設定 /设定 Finnish: taustatarina French: univers French: lore German: Saga German: Hintergrund Russian: лор Russian: преда́ние Spanish: leyenda Spanish: acervo Spanish: mitología Spanish: etnografía Spanish: logía Spanish: raigambre Spanish: demosofía Swedish: saga Ukrainian: лор
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