lore en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- lô (Received-Pronunciation)
- /lɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- /loɹ/ (General-American)
- lôr (General-American)
- lōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (US) audio
- /lo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /loə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leys- Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e Proto-Germanic *lizaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laizijaną Proto-Germanic *laizō Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu Old English lār Middle English lore English lore From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
The succession story would get repeated so often that it would turn into Silicon Valley lore.
2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN:He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians
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(countable, slang, uncountable) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting.
2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer:Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it.
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(Internet, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe. ▸ Trivia shared by a person about themselves.
Most new followers don't know about my marching band lore.
It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Workmanship.
In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
whalelore · beer-lore · godlore · flaglore · ocean-lore · herblore · elflore · spacelore · demonlore · photocopylore · doglore · lovelore · winelore · filmlore · starlore · folklore · fowl-lore · runelore · mislore · loreless · booklore · loric · Cokelore · fishlore · timelore · catlore · horselore · speechlore · lakelore · deathlore · loremistress · wordlore · childlore · computerlore · loreal · birdlore · lorefather · soundlore · lore-wise · skylore · scarelore · druglore · ghostlore · playlore · lifelore · hairlore · angel-lore · loremaster · dragonlore · fairylore · sealore · kenlore · copylore · weatherlore · fieldlore · movielore · devil-lore · faxlore · xeroxlore · loring · netlore · stonelore · sexlore · storylore · earthlore · fanlore · wortlore · giantlore · laborlore · plantlore · woodlore
Descendants
Translations (51)
fr univers (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es acervo (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es mitología (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · cy llennau (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · cmn 設定 /设定 (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es acervo (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Lehre (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Regeln (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · ru лор (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · cy llên (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · gd seanchas (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Hintergrund (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es erudición (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es mitología (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · uk лор (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es leyenda (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · de Wissen (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · sh znanje (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · ca saviesa (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · pt tradição (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es demosofía (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · de Weisheit (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · eo folkloro (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · fi taustatarina (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es etnografía (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · fr savoir-faire (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · pt sabedoria (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · ru зна́ние (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Kunde (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · is þjóðlegur fróðleikur (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · fr lore (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · sl izročilo (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · fi perimätieto (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es logía (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · de Regel (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es etnografía (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · pt saber (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · fr traditions (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Überlieferung (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · ca univers (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · es tradición (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · ru преда́ние (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · mk знаење (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · sv saga (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · mi tikanga (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es raigambre (the backstory created around a fictional universe) · is fróðleikur (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · sv lära (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · es sabiduría (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · nl overlevering (all the facts and traditions about a particular subject) · de Saga (the backstory created around a fictional universe)