lor
/lɔː˦/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
particle
Tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.
Colloquial
particle
Used to suggest that there is an obvious, inevitable or straightforward answer to something.
Colloquial
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Next time lor."
- "OK lor, go ahead."
- "bo pian lor."
- "[B]y then, it was too late, and I just told myself, ‘Ya lor. He’s right.’"
- "We had no income, so just eat at Koufu or Kopitiam lor."
- "Within a minute, Hougang uncle moves from denial, anger, and bargaining to “ok lor I’ll just remove them”—a quintessential Singaporean pattern of resignation."
Etymology
From Cantonese 囉 /啰 (lo¹) and Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘, indicating resignation), which is itself borrowed from Cantonese.
Word Breakdown
- Root: 囉
Usage
Inflected Forms
loh (alternative)
lorh (alternative)
lo (alternative)
more lor (comparative)
most lor (superlative)
Lors (plural)