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dor¹

  • /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

Sounds like door · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

noun dors · dorr

  1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
  2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.

dor²

  • /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

Sounds like door · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

noun dors

  1. obsolete A trick, joke, or deception. To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor?

Dor³

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Doreen.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Doris.

Dor⁴

proper noun Dors

  1. A surname.

DOR⁵

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dance-oriented rock

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noun G. sterocorarius

Françaisgéotrupe du fumier

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@misc{dor_2026,
  title = {dor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}