Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett or

any mite in the superfamily Acaroidea, order Astigmata

Meaning

any mite in the superfamily Acaroidea, order Astigmata

Forms

Forms of or
Singular, indefiniteett or
Singular, definiteoret
Plural, indefiniteor
Plural, definiteoren

or is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort or, det stora oret. Check another noun

Practise or

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Questions

What does or mean in English?

or means “any mite in the superfamily Acaroidea, order Astigmata”.

Is it en or or ett or?

It is ett or, and “the any mite in the superfamily Acaroidea” is oret.

What is the plural of or?

or doesn't change in the plural: ett or, två or (definite: oren).

Origin

Related to orna (“moldy, spoiled by mites”), Danish oret, of obscure ultimate origin.

Nearby common words

or is number 4,107 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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