More
English
Etymology 1
From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔːˈreɪ/
Proper noun
More
- The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
Translations
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for More, mos
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic mór (“big”). Also a variant of Moore.
Alternative forms
- Morus (Latinized)
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: môr, IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mô, IPA(key): /ˈmɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: mōr, IPA(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈmoə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore (all three only in accents with the pour–poor merger); maw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger); mow (non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger)
Further reading
Thomas More on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁ/
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French More, from Latin Maurus.
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