dore
/dˈɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.59 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
name
A surname.
name
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
name
A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghrá, from dubh + grá). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, doré