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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːr/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kor for 1; kôr for 2-3; kōr for 3)

Inflections of 'cor' (n): npl: cordia

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor1  (kor),USA pronunciation interj. [Brit. Dial.]
  1. British Termsgor.
  • 1930–35

cor2  (kôr),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. British Terms, Music and Dancethe tenor oboe.
  2. British Terms, Music and Dancethe English horn.
  • French cor (anglais) (English) horn
  • probably 1865–70

cor3  (kôr, kōr),USA pronunciation n., pl. cor•di•a 
    (kôrdē ə, kōr-).USA pronunciation 
  1. (in prescriptions) the heart.
  • Latin

cor-, 
  1. var. of com- before r: correlate.

Cor., 
    1. ReligionCorinthians.
    2. Coroner.

cor., 
    1. corner.
    2. Music and Dancecornet.
    3. coroner.
    4. corpus.
    5. correct.
    6. corrected.
    7. correction.
    8. Grammarcorrelative.
    9. correspondence.
    10. correspondent.
    11. corresponding.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor-, prefix. 
  1. cor- is another form of com- that is used before roots beginning with r: correlate.

cor.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. corner.
  2. correct.
  3. corrected.
  4. correction.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Cor. abbreviation for
  1. Corinthians
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