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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan moro, inherited from Latin maurus.

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
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of morir

References

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

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. custom, mores

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

moro (colloquial)

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

Used especially in Häme (Tavastia) region.

Derived terms

Further reading

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
abessive morotta moroitta
instructive — moroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of moro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative moroni moroni
accusative nom. moroni moroni
gen. moroni
genitive moroni morojeni
partitive moroani morojani
inessive morossani moroissani
elative morostani moroistani
illative morooni moroihini
adessive morollani moroillani
ablative moroltani moroiltani
allative morolleni moroilleni
essive moronani moroinani
translative morokseni moroikseni
abessive morottani moroittani
instructive — —
comitative — moroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative morosi morosi
accusative nom. morosi morosi
gen. morosi
genitive morosi morojesi
partitive moroasi morojasi
inessive morossasi moroissasi
elative morostasi moroistasi
illative moroosi moroihisi
adessive morollasi moroillasi
ablative moroltasi moroiltasi
allative morollesi moroillesi
essive moronasi moroinasi
translative moroksesi moroiksesi
abessive morottasi moroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — moroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative moromme moromme
accusative nom. moromme moromme
gen. moromme
genitive moromme morojemme
partitive moroamme morojamme
inessive morossamme moroissamme
elative morostamme moroistamme
illative moroomme moroihimme
adessive morollamme moroillamme
ablative moroltamme moroiltamme
allative morollemme moroillemme
essive moronamme moroinamme
translative moroksemme moroiksemme
abessive morottamme moroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — moroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative moronne moronne
accusative nom. moronne moronne
gen. moronne
genitive moronne morojenne
partitive moroanne morojanne
inessive morossanne moroissanne
elative morostanne moroistanne
illative moroonne moroihinne
adessive morollanne moroillanne
ablative moroltanne moroiltanne
allative morollenne moroillenne
essive moronanne moroinanne
translative moroksenne moroiksenne
abessive morottanne moroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — moroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative moronsa moronsa
accusative nom. moronsa moronsa
gen. moronsa
genitive moronsa morojensa
partitive moroaan
moroansa 		morojaan
morojansa
inessive morossaan
morossansa 		moroissaan
moroissansa
elative morostaan
morostansa 		moroistaan
moroistansa
illative moroonsa moroihinsa
adessive morollaan
morollansa 		moroillaan
moroillansa
ablative moroltaan
moroltansa 		moroiltaan
moroiltansa
allative morolleen
morollensa 		moroilleen
moroillensa
essive moronaan
moronansa 		moroinaan
moroinansa
translative morokseen
moroksensa 		moroikseen
moroiksensa
abessive morottaan
morottansa 		moroittaan
moroittansa
instructive — —
comitative — moroineen
moroinensa

Further reading

Galician

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

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
Related terms
  • 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

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *môrô. Compare Apalaí moro, Trió mërë, Wayana mëlë, Waiwai moro, Akawaio mörö, Macushi mîrîrî, Pemon mörö, Ye'kwana mödö.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

moro

  1. the inanimate singular distal demonstrative pronoun; that

Inflection

Kari'na demonstratives
category inanimate pronoun animate pronoun
singular plural singular plural
proximal visible ero erokon mose mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV
invisible eny enykon
medial — — mòko mòkaro(n)
distal visible moro morokon moky mòkan, mókykonV
invisible mony monykon
anaphoric iro irokon inoro inaro(n), inorokonV
V. Venezuelan dialect.

Derived terms

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 319
  • Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “moro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 303; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 296

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

Noun

moro

  1. genitive singular of muir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾo
  • Syllabification: mo‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin Maurus. Doublet of Mauro.

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
    Synonym: musulmán
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

moro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of morar

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English more.

Pronunciation

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

  1. black, dark
  2. Moorish

Noun

moro m (plural mori)

  1. negro

Etymology 2

Noun

moro m (plural mori)

  1. mulberry

Zaghawa

Noun

moro

  1. gazelle

References

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