cor
Portuguese, noun
cor is spelled C-O-R (3 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cor is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “colour (UK), color (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, côr is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coração”.
What does cor mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolour (UK), color (US)
- 2
femininecomplexion
noun
- 1
masculineheart
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of cor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coração
noun: 1. sensação produzida nos olhos quando estimulado por ondas eletromagnéticas de uma certa frequência
noun: 1. maneira como realmente se é em relação as íntimas intenções ou ao comportamento espontâneo e natural quanto àquilo que é exteriorado pela atitude ao olhar alheio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cor
- cores plural
- côr alternative
- côres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cor in Portuguese?
cor appears 91 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).