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Thor^¹

/θɔː/ UK
/θoː/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/θoɹ/ Canada, US
/θɔɾ/ Scotland

Sounds like thaw (non-rhotic), for (th-fronting), four (th-fronting, horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

proper noun

Norse A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind. So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.
A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

thor^²

/ðɔː/ Geordie

Rhymes with -ɔː

adverb

Geordie, not comparable there
Geordie, not comparable they're (they are)

pronoun thors

Geordie, determiner, possessive their

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: asa, tor, shaft, heyerdahl, thor's hammer, mjollnir, thunder god, thunor, thunar, mjølnir, mjolnir, mjölnir, redbeard, thundergod, kratos, titan

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Every language

name male given name

中文	索爾 /索尔 suǒ'ěr

name thunder god

Español	Thor
한국어	토르 Toreu
日本語	トール Tōru
中文	索爾 /索尔 Suó'ěr
हिन्दी	थॉर thŏr
Português	Thor, Tor
Français	Thor
Deutsch	Thor, Donar
Ελληνικά	Θώρ Thór
Русский	Тор

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@misc{thor_2026,
  title = {thor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}