Definition/Meaning of hour

• English - Noun: hour (plural hours) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minute s). I spent an hour at lunch. There's a bus at 20 past the hour . A season , moment , or time . Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour . 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 3, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC: Now will be a good hour to show you…
• English - Alternative forms: hower ( archaic )
• English - Etymology: From Middle English houre , hour, oure, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year , month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ġēar (“year”). Doublet of hora and year. Compare horary . Partly displaced native Old English tīd (“time, hour”), whence Modern English tide .
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA: /aʊə/ (UK) IPA: /aː(ɹ)/ (Northumbria, UK) IPA: /uːɐ/ (Canada, US) IPA: /aʊɚ/ (India) IPA: /aː(r)/ , /ɐʋə(r)/ , /ɐwə(r)/ Homophone: our (depending on accent) Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
• English - Synonyms: stound microcentury