suora - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Proto-Finnic *coora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯rɑ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uorɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): suo‧ra

suora (comparative suorempi, superlative suorin)

1. straight, direct (not crooked, oblique or bent)
2. straight, direct, truthful, frank
3. straight (having all cylinders in a single row)
4. direct (immediate; express; plain; unambiguous)
5. live (broadcast)
6. right (of angle, 90°)

A straight angle (180°) is oikokulma in Finnish.

suora

1. straight (something that is not crooked or bent, such as a part of a road or track that goes on straight)
2. (geometry) line, straight line (infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature)
3. (poker) straight (five consecutive cards)
4. (boxing) cross, straight

Poker hands in Finnish · käsi, pokerikäsi (layout · text)
hai	pari	kaksi paria	kolmoset, kolme samaa	suora
väri	täyskäsi	neloset, neljä samaa	värisuora	kuningasvärisuora

• “suora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• sauro

• sora (Tuscan)^[1]
• suoro (archaic)

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative) via loss of /-r/ and then adjustment of /-o/ to the more typical (for feminine nouns) /-a/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: suò‧ra

suora f (plural suore)

1. nun

   Synonym: monaca

2. (archaic) sister

   Synonym: sorella

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “suora”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
• suora in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Sauro, sauro