mor
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forMoro . mor
we ( dual ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
mor (present mor present participle morende past participle gemor
togrumble ,complain FromLatin morior Romanian mor, muri
mor first-singular present indicative (past participle muritã
todie FromMiddle Breton Old Breton mor Proto-Brythonic *mor Proto-Celtic *mori Proto-Indo-European *móri
mor m plural morioù
sea Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
mor
inflection ofmorir third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative An mor Mor (2) FromMiddle Cornish Old Cornish mor Proto-Brythonic *mor Proto-Celtic *mori Proto-Indo-European *móri
mor m plural moryow
sea FromProto-Brythonic *muɨar Breton mouar Welsh mwyar Proto-Celtic *smiyoros Irish sméar
mor (collective singulative moren f
berries Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
Inherited fromProto-Slavic *morъ Proto-Indo-European *mer-
mor m inan
plague ( specific disease ) pestilence ,plague ( any highly contagious disease ) Declension ofmor (hard masculine inanimate )
FromLatin mūrus
mor m
wall Frommoder Old Norse móðir Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
mor c singular definite moren plural indefinite mødre
mother ( woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child ) Han elsker sinmor . He loves hismother . ViaOld Norse mǫr Middle Low German mōr Proto-Germanic *mōraz
mor c singular definite moren or morren not used in plural form )
( geology ) humus Borrowing fromLatin Maurus Ancient Greek μαυρός ( maurós ,“ dark ” ) .
mor c singular definite moren plural indefinite morer
( dated ) Moor mor
imperative ofmore mor
inflection ofmorren first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative FromOld Galician-Portuguese moor maor Latin maior
mor m or f plural mores
( in titles ) head ;chief ;main ( foremost in rank ) principal ;main ( foremost in importance ) Synonyms: maior principal Unknown.
mor m uncountable
( pathology ) erysipelas Synonym: disipela mor
romanization ofꦩꦺꦴꦂ FromOld English mōr Proto-West Germanic *mōr
mor plural mores
moor FromOttoman Turkish مور ( mor ) .[ 1]
Northern Kurdish mor Central Kurdish مۆر ( mor )
mor
violet ,purple Cabolov, R. L. (2001 ),Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language 680 Chyet, Michael L. (2003 ), “mor ”, inKurdish–English Dictionary [1] page397a Frommoder Old Norse móðir Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
mor f or m definite singular mora or moren indefinite plural mødre or mødrer definite plural mødrene
amother Han elskermoren sin. He loves hismother . “mor” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse móðir English mother
moder ( archaic, formal or jokingly ) mor f definite singular mora indefinite plural mødrer definite plural mødrene
mother Han elskarmora si. He loves hismother . ThroughGerman Mohr Latin Maurus
mor m definite singular moren indefinite plural morar definite plural morane
aMoor “mor” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *mōr Old Saxon mōr Dutch moer Middle Low German mōr German Moor Old High German muor Old Norse mǫr
mōr m
moor Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan On þǣmmōrum eardiað Finnas; and þæt bȳne land is ēasteweard brādost, and symle swā norðor swā smælre. Ēastewerd hit mæġ bīon syxtiġ mīla brād, oþþe hwēne brǣdre; and middeweard þritiġ oððe brādre; and norðeweard, hē cwæð, þǣr hit smalost wǣre, þæt hit mihte bēon þrēora mīla brād tō þǣmmōre ; and sēmōr syðþan, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on twām wucum oferferan; and, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on syx dagum oferferan. Finns dwell on themoors ; and that inhabited land is widest in the east, and always smaller farther north. In the east it can be sixty miles wide, or a bit wider; and in the middle, thirty miles or broader; and in the north, he said, where it was smallest, it might be three miles across to themoor ; and themoor , in some places, is as wide as a man can cross in two weeks; and in some places, as broad as a man can cross in six days. mountain Stronga -stem:
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguese moor maor Latin maior Doublet ofmaior major
Rhymes:( Portugal, São Paulo ) -ɔɾ ( Brazil ) -ɔʁ Hyphenation:mor mor m or f plural mores
( in titles ) head ;chief ;main ( foremost in rank ) principal ;main ( foremost in importance ) Synonym: principal Clipping ofamor
mor m plural mores
apheretic form ofamor por mor de Synonym: mô ( as a term of address ) “mor ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2025 “mor ”, inDicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa 2025 “mor ”, inDicionário da Língua Portuguesa 2025 “mor ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2025 “mor ”, inDicionário Aulete Digital 2025 Onomatopoeic .
mor
inflection ofmuri first-person singular present indicative / subjunctive third-person plural present indicative mor
sound made by a bear FromSerbo-Croatian more
mor m
sea Antonietta Marra (2012 ), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” inMorphologies in Contact . Short form ofmoder Old Norse móðir Proto-Germanic *mōdēr Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
mor c
mother Slightly old-fashioned or solemn. The more everyday word ismamma
Derived fromLatin Maurus Ancient Greek μαυρός ( maurós ) . Compare origin ofmorian mauretanier
mor c
Moor Mostly plural.
Cognate withPersian مار ( mâr ) .
mor
snake FromOttoman Turkish مور ( mor ) . See it for more.
mor (definite accusative moru plural morlar
purple mor (intensive mosmor
purple Perhaps related tomawr ( “ great, large ” ) , compareIrish mór- ( “ great-, grand- ” ) .
mor (causes soft mutation )
how ,so ,as FromMiddle English mọ̄r Old English mōr Proto-West Germanic *mōr
mor
moor 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 1, page108 :Zing ug amor fane a zour a ling. [Sing to themoor iris, the sorrel and the ling.] Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page108 
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