English

Alternative forms

• Core

Proper noun

Kore

1. (Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
3. (rare) A female given name.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρη ‎(kórē, “girl, maiden”).

Noun

Kore f ‎(genitive Kore, plural Koren)

1. kore

Declension

Turkish

Adjective

Kore

1. Korean

Proper noun

Kore

1. Korea

Derived terms

• Korece

English

A reconstruction of a kore

Noun

kore ‎(plural korai or kores)

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
   • 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, page 42,

     Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .

   • 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, page 14,

     Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).

   • 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion, page 9,

     Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.

Coordinate terms

• kouros (statue of a male)

Related terms

• korephilia

Translations

External links

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kero

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kāsra, from Proto-Indo-European *kars 'to scratch, rub'. Compare Lithuanian kar̃šti ‎(“comb, curry”), Latvian kā̀ršu ‎(“wool comb”), Latin cardus ‎(“thistle”), Middle High German harsten ‎(“become hard, rough”).

Noun

kore f (indefinite plural kore, definite singular korja, definite plural koret)

1. scrub, crust (of baked products, wounds)

Related terms

• kothere
• kërce

Esperanto

Etymology

koro +‎ -e

Adverb

kore

1. cordially, heartily

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρη ‎(kórē, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧re
• IPA^(key): /ˈko̞re̞/

Noun

kore

1. kore (Greek sculpture)

Declension

Speakers prefer not to inflect this word, and use it only for the nominative singular. If inflection is needed, the term kore-veistos ‎(“kore-sculpture”) is used instead.

Synonyms

• kore-veistos

Japanese

Romanization

kore

1. rōmaji reading of これ

Latvian

Noun

kore f (5th declension)

1. ridge
2. gable
3. comb
4. crest

Declension

Maori

Numeral

kore

1. zero