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Added 8 October 2026

hour

/aʊə/ noun

In Latin: hōra Wiktionary

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A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
I spent an hour at lunch.
A season, moment, or time.
Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.
The time.
The hour grows late and I must go home.

Origin

From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ġēar (“year”). Doublet of hora and year. Compare horary. Partly displaced native Old English tīd (“time, hour”), whence Modern English tide.

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