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yore

 
(yôr, yōr) pronunciation
n.
Time long past: days of yore.

[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gēara, geāra, long ago, from genitive pl. of gēar, year. See year.]


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noun

    A former period of time or of one's life: past, yesterday, yesteryear. Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days. See time.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilforn, fordums

idioms:

  • of yore    tilforn, fordums

Nederlands (Dutch)
vroeger

Français (French)
n. - d'antan (littér), jadis

idioms:

  • of yore    d'autrefois, d'antan

Deutsch (German)
n. - frühere Zeit
adv. - aus früherer Zeit, von früher

idioms:

  • of yore    aus früherer Zeit, von früher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρελθόν
adv. - άλλοτε, παλιά

idioms:

  • of yore    αλλοτινός

Italiano (Italian)
tempo antico

idioms:

  • of yore    di altri tempi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tempo passado (m)
adv. - antes

idioms:

  • of yore    passados

Русский (Russian)
былое

idioms:

  • of yore    давным давно, древний

Español (Spanish)
n. - otro tiempo, antaño

idioms:

  • of yore    antaño, de otros tiempos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dåtid, forna tider
adv. - fordom, förr

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
往昔, 昔时

idioms:

  • of yore    从前, 昔日

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 往昔, 昔時

idioms:

  • of yore    從前, 昔日

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 옛날, 옛적

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 昔

idioms:

  • of yore    昔

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الماضي القديم, الايام الخوالي (ظرف) من قديم الزمان, من وقت طويل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮העבר הרחוק, לפנים, בעבר הרחוק‬


 
 
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