🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Dolore

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doh-loh-reh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sore/sɔːr/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Dopo l'allenamento, ho sentito un dolore nei muscoli."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of pain or discomfort in a part of the body.

    "After the workout, I felt a sore in my muscles."
As pronoun
  1. 1

    Used to refer to something that is near the speaker.

    "Sore is the book that I was telling you about."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English sār, meaning 'painful, grievous, heavy', of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sēr ('painful'), and related to Old Norse sár ('wound'). Over time, the term shifted from denoting severe bodily or emotional grief to also describe localized physical tenderness and muscular pain.

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