moro

See also: Moro, moró, and m’oro

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan moro, inherited from Latin maurus.

Pronunciation

Noun

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora)

  1. Moor (a member of an Islamic people of Arab, Berber and Islamized/Arabized Iberian origin ruling the Iberian peninsula from the 8th to the 15th centuries)
  2. Muslim
Derived terms

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of morir

References

  • “moro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading


Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈmoro]
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ro

Noun

moro (accusative singular moron, plural moroj, accusative plural morojn)

  1. custom, mores

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoro/, [ˈmo̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧ro

Etymology 1

Likely from Swedish morgon, morron (compare Swedish god morgon).

Interjection

moro

  1. (colloquial) Hello, hi (used when meeting, sometimes when parting).
Usage notes

Used especially in Häme (Tavastia) region.

Etymology 2

Probably a variant of muru.

Noun

moro

  1. (geology) gravel made of a coarse-grained rock, such as rapakivi
Declension
Inflection of moro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative moro morot
genitive moron morojen
partitive moroa moroja
illative moroon moroihin
singular plural
nominative moro morot
accusative nom. moro morot
gen. moron
genitive moron morojen
partitive moroa moroja
inessive morossa moroissa
elative morosta moroista
illative moroon moroihin
adessive morolla moroilla
ablative morolta moroilta
allative morolle moroille
essive morona moroina
translative moroksi moroiksi
instructive moroin
abessive morotta moroitta
comitative moroineen
Possessive forms of moro (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person moroni moromme
2nd person morosi moronne
3rd person moronsa

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔro
  • Hyphenation: mò‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin mōrus (black mulberry tree), from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Noun

moro m (plural mori)

  1. mulberry tree
    Synonym: gelso
  • mora (mulberry)

Etymology 2

From Latin Maurus.

Noun

moro m (plural mori, feminine mora)

  1. Moor (dark-skinned person)

Adjective

moro (feminine mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)

  1. Moorish
  2. dark-skinned

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

moro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もろ

Kuman

Adjective

moro

  1. blue

Derived terms


Latin

Noun

mōrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of mōrus

References

  • moro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • moro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mot (mind) + ro (pleasure, delight).

Noun

moro f or m (definite singular moroa or moroen, uncountable)

  1. amusement, fun

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mot (mind) + ro (pleasure, delight).

Noun

moro f (definite singular moroa, uncountable)

  1. amusement, fun

Derived terms

See also

References


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoro]

Noun

moro

  1. genitive singular of muir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
moro
also mmoro after a proclitic
moro
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

moro (Cyrillic spelling моро)

  1. vocative singular of mora

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾo/ [ˈmo.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -oɾo
  • Syllabification: mo‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin Maurus.

Noun

moro m (plural moros, feminine mora, feminine plural moras)

  1. a Moor (North African Muslim)
  2. (colloquial) a Muslim or Arab, particularly Muslims in the southern Philippines
  3. Muslim
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin morāre (to dwell).

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

Further reading


Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ro/

Adjective

moro

  1. more

Usage notes

Mowo is also used for the comparative form of an adjective.


Venetian

Etymology 1

Compare Italian moro.

Adjective

moro m (feminine singular mora, masculine plural mori, feminine plural more)

  1. black, dark
  2. Moorish

Noun

moro m (plural mori)

  1. negro

Noun

moro m (plural mori)

  1. mulberry

Zaghawa

Noun

moro

  1. gazelle

References

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