yore

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yore

/jɔː/ UK
/joɹ/ US
/jo(ː)ɹ/
/joə/

Sounds like your, you're (pour–poor merger), yaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.

noun

poetic, uncountable A time long past. This word comes from the days of yore.
Similar: foretime, yestertide

adverb

not comparable, obsolete In time long past; long ago. Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly
Similar: long since, of old

Translations

Every language

noun time long past

Español	antaño
日本語	在りし日 arishi hi, 昔 mukashi
中文	昔日 xīrì
Português	antanho, antano
Français	jadis, antan
Deutsch	lange zurückliegend, eine lang zurückliegende Zeit, aus uralten Zeiten
Русский	да́вние времена́ dávnije vremená, было́е bylóje
עברית	קֶדֶם qédem

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Chicago

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@misc{yore_2026,
  title = {yore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}