Thor en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio rhotic
- /θɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /θoː/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /θoɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /θɔɾ/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
Meanings
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(Norse) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
There’s the Thor fly in tribute of the God of Thunder, played in Marvel by Chris Hemsworth. Its scientific name is “Daptolestes bronteflavus,” which is derived from Latin like most scientific names – and translates to “blond thunder.”
2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN: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.
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
- A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
Deriveds
Thor's hammer · thorite · Thorki · thoron · thorium · thorian · thoriate · Thorsman · thoric · thorotrast · thorate
Relateds
thunder · Þórr · Thursday · Þor
Translations (42)
non Þórr (thunder god) · no Tor (thunder god) · bn থর (thunder god) · mr थॉर (thunder god) · is Þór (thunder god) · el Θώρ (thunder god) · hi थॉर (thunder god) · da Thor (male given name) · pt Thor (thunder god) · fi Thor (thunder god) · cmn 索爾 /索尔 (male given name) · lv Tors (thunder god) · es Thor (thunder god) · da Tor (thunder god) · fro Tur (thunder god) · ru Тор (thunder god) · lt Toras (thunder god) · ja トール (thunder god) · ka თორი (thunder god) · la Thōrus (thunder god) · is Þór (male given name) · nl Donar (thunder god) · tr Tor (thunder god) · sv Tor (thunder god) · et Thor (thunder god) · sv Tor (male given name) · fy Tonger (thunder god) · de Donar (thunder god) · ga Túr (thunder god) · eo Toro (thunder god) · mr थॉर (male given name) · cmn 索爾 /索尔 (thunder god) · ko 토르 (thunder god) · fo Tórur (thunder god) · fi Tor (thunder god) · de Thor (thunder god) · gl Thor (thunder god) · fr Thor (thunder god) · da Thor (thunder god) · pt Tor (thunder god) · no Tor (male given name) · ang Þunor (thunder god)