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4-letter words (3 found)

MORA,ROAM,ROMA,

3-letter words (9 found)

ARM,MAR,MOA,MOR,OAR,OMA,ORA,RAM,ROM,

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AM,AR,MA,MO,OM,OR,

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Definitions and meaning of mora

mora

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Noun

mora (plural morae or moras)

  1. (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
  3. (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
  5. (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
Derived terms
Related terms
  • in mora
Translations
See also
  • syllable

Etymology 2

From New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.

Noun

mora (plural moras)

  1. (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mora (plural moras)

  1. The common mora (Mora moro).
Synonyms
  • (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)
Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

mora (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”).

Etymology 5

From the Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).

Noun

mora (plural morai)

  1. (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
Translations

Etymology 6

Noun

mora (plural moras)

  1. (India) Alternative form of morah (“stool”).

Further reading

  • Mora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Oram, Omar, Amor, armo, amor, roma, Ramo, Armo

Albanian

Verb

mora

  1. first-person singular aorist indicative of marr (to took)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mōra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

  1. (law) delay
    Synonym: demora
  2. (phonetics, poetry) mora
Derived terms
  • moraic

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from mōrum.

Alternative forms

  • móra (pre-2016)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

  1. mulberry
  2. blackberry
Derived terms
  • morera

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ɾa]

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

  1. female equivalent of moro (“Moor”)

Further reading

  • “mora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “mora”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mora

  1. vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmorɑ/, [ˈmo̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧ra
  • Hyphenation(key): mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora

  1. (linguistics) mora
Declension

Etymology 2

Named after Swedish Mora in Sweden.

Noun

mora (colloquial)

  1. knife, hunting knife
Declension

Anagrams

  • armo

Galician

Verb

mora

  1. inflection of morar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese morar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mora.

Verb

mora

  1. to live somewhere
  2. to reside

Icelandic

Etymology

From mor (“swarm”). Related to merja (“crush”). Cognate with Faroese mora (“to crush”).

Verb

mora

  1. to be teeming with
    Synonyms: úa og grúa, hellingur
    Það er allt morandi í stafsetningarvillum hérna. ― This is teeming with spelling errors.
    Það er allt morandi í Íslendingum á Tene. ― Tenerife is overcrowded with Icelanders.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Hyphenation: mò‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Noun

mora f (plural more)

  1. mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus
    Synonyms: gelso, mora del gelso
  2. (by analogy) blackberry (fruit), and similar fruits such as loganberry; fruit of a plant of the genus Rubus
    Synonym: mora di rovo
Related terms
  • moro (“blackberry tree”)

Etymology 2

From Latin mōra.

Noun

mora f (plural more)

  1. (law) late fee, overdue fine
Related terms
  • moratorio

Further reading

  • mora3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora (archaic)

  1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of morire
Alternative forms
  • muoia (non-archaic)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mora

  1. feminine singular of moro

References

Anagrams

  • Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, orma, ramo, ramò, roma

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese morar.

Verb

mora

  1. to live somewhere
  2. to reside

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *morā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember, care for”).

Some offer as cognates Latin memor, Ancient Greek μέρμηρα (mérmēra), μέριμνα (mérimna), μάρτυρ (mártur), μέλλειν (méllein).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.ra]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.ra]

Noun

mora f (genitive morae); first declension

  1. delay, or any duration of time.
    Synonyms: cū̆nctātiō, prōlātiō, prōditiō
  2. (by extension) hindrance
    Synonym: retardātiō
  3. obstacle, impediment
    Synonyms: impedīmentum, obstāculum
Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Asturian: muera
  • Italian: mora
  • → Polish: mora (learned)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.ra]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.ra]

Noun

mōra

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mōrum

References

  • “mŏra¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mora in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • "mora", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “mora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

  • amor, armō, Rōma

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • moren

Noun

mora m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of mor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mora f

  1. definite singular of mor

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.rɑ/

Noun

mōra

  1. genitive plural of mōr

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mɔra/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mɔra/

Noun

mora f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) sycomore (Ficus sycomorus)

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “mora”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

Noun

mora m (feminine morinī)

  1. peacock
    Synonyms: mayūra, sikhaṇḍī, nīlagīva

Declension

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mora”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmura/

Noun

mora f (plural more)

  1. mulberry

Polish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Syllabification: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French moire. First attested in 1677–1690. Doublet of moher.

Noun

mora f

  1. moiré (a fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance)
  2. moiré (a pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications, such as in weaving, screenprinting, and halftoning)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra. First attested in 1677–1690.

Noun

mora f

  1. morra (a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown)
Declension

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin mora. First attested in 1677–1690.

Noun

mora f

  1. (poetry) mora (a unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry)
  2. (phonology) mora (a unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g)
Declension

Etymology 4

Brückner rejects a relationship to mara (“mare, nightmare”). Variation of zmora. First attested in 1528.

Noun

mora f

  1. (obsolete or regional) alternative form of zmora
  2. (Biecz, Lasovia) synonym of niecierpliwość
Declension

References

Further reading

  • mora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Ewa Rodek (20.02.2023) “MORA I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mora”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1039
  • Roman Zawiliński (1880) “mory”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 230
  • Szymon Matusiak (1880) “mᵘory”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 175

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
  • Homophone: Mora

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“delay”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

  1. a delay
    Synonyms: atraso, delonga, demora
  2. (law) a delay in the payment of a debt
  3. (law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time
  4. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

mora

  1. inflection of morar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “mora” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Scots

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora (plural morae)

  1. (Scots law) mora (a delay in bringing a claim)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mora, from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), possibly from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Russian кикимора (kikimora), Lithuanian mãras (“plague, pestilence”), Latin mors (“death”), Sanskrit मर (mara, “death, dying”), English mare (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môra/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȍra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ра)

  1. (obsolete or historical) a mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
  2. an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship
Declension
Derived terms
  • noćna mora (“nightmare”)

References

  • “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒːra/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

móra f (Cyrillic spelling мо́ра)

  1. (phonology, poetics) mora
Declension

References

  • “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

From Italian morra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môːra/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȏra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ра)

  1. morra (ancient game)
Declension

References

  • “mora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

  1. inflection of more (“sea”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

  1. third-person singular present of morati (“to have to; must”)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔra]

Noun

mora n

  1. genitive singular of more

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾa/ [ˈmo.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum.

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

  1. a mulberry, a mulberry fruit
    • 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:
    • 2009, Luis Alberto Moreno (Spanish translator), R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell (English authors), Cawson Fundamentos de Medicina y Patología Oral, Octavo Edición (Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition), Elsevier España, →ISBN, page 207:
  2. a blackberry
  3. a berry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“delay”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

  1. default (failure to meet an obligation on time)
  2. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

Etymology 3

From Latin maura (“female Moor”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

  1. female equivalent of moro

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora

  1. inflection of morar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “mora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

References

Anagrams

  • amor, maro, Omar, ramo, roma, Roma

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