mur

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See also: MUR, múr, mùr, mûr, mür, and můr

Aromanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to strengthen).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural muri)

  1. wall
    Synonyms: greb, stizmã

Asturian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural mures)

  1. mouse
    Synonyms: ratu, xurnia

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton mur, from Old Breton mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

Noun

mur f

  1. wall

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to strengthen).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Derived terms

Further reading

Cimbrian

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin morus; cf. Italian mora, moro.

Noun

mur f

  1. blackberry

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mur

  1. sea

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múrr m, borrowed via Old English mūr or Old Saxon mūr from Latin mūrus. Compare also German Mauer f, Dutch muur m.

Noun

mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)

  1. wall (defence structure)
  2. wall (a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones)
  3. (soccer) wall
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mur

  1. imperative of mure

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūrus.

Noun

mur m (plural murs) (ORB, broad)

  1. wall

References

  • mur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • mur in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to strengthen).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic مُرّ (murr).

Pronunciation

Noun

mûr̃ m

  1. myrrh

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch moer, a shortening of moerschroef, from moer (mother) +‎ schroef (bolt).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur (first-person possessive murku, second-person possessive murmu, third-person possessive murnya)

  1. nut (fastener for a bolt)

Irish

Pronunciation

Determiner

mur

  1. Ulster form of bhur

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

mur m (plural mures)

  1. mouse

References

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • mu'r (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *murëh. Cognate with Estonian mure, Finnish murhe.

Noun

mur

  1. grief
  2. sorrow

Declension

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *mraŋ² (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu (mu), Burmese မြင်း (mrang:).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur 

  1. (Yao'an) horse

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to strengthen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmyːr/ (Milanese)

Noun

mur m

  1. wall

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to strengthen).

Verb

mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Descendants

  • French: mur

References

  • mur on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Middle Low German

Noun

mur or mür f

  1. Alternative form of mure.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (to fix, to build fortifications or fences).

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

  1. (Guernsey) wall

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

Noun

mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

  1. a wall (a free-standing barrier, typically made of bricks, stone or concrete)
    En vegg av tre er mindre solid enn en mur av stein.
    A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

Usage notes

Norwegian uses two different words for "wall". One, "mur", refers to independent outdoor structures used to fortify and delineate. The other, "vegg", is used to refer to the walls of a building, regardless of its location and material composition. Both are occasionally used metaphorically, "mur" more so. "Mur" can also refer to the type of material such walls are typically made of, hence the possible construction "murvegg", meaning the wall of a house composed of brick or concrete.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse múrr, from Latin murus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (definite singular muren, indefinite plural murar, definite plural murane)

  1. a wall (of stone, concrete or similar material)
    Ein vegg av tre er mindre solid enn ein mur av stein.
    A wall made of wood is less solid than a wall made of stone.

Usage notes

  • The words mur and vegg are both translated into English as wall. However, they are widely distinguished in the following manner: only mur is commonly used for freestanding walls. Only vegg is commonly used for the walls of a building, whether internal or external. Mur is restricted to stone or concrete walls, whereas vegg is used regardless of material. A wall made from brick or stone can be called a murvegg.

Derived terms

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (to fix, to build fortifications or fences).

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

  1. wall

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mūr m

  1. a wall
    Synonym: weall

Declension

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (to fix, to build fortifications or fences).

Noun

mur oblique singularm (oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)

  1. wall

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

  1. A mouse or rat

Descendants

  • Galician: murar
  • Portuguese: murar
    Trasmontano: muro (mouse)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mūs.

Noun

mur m

  1. mouse
    • 1251, anonymous, Calila e Dimna 14, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, María Jesús Lacarra, Madrid: Castalia, 1993):
      Et alçó los ojos contra las dos ramas et vio estar en las raízes dellas dos mures, el uno blanco et el otro negro, royendo sienpre, que non quedavan.
      And he raised his eyes towards the two branches , and saw that at the roots there were two mice, one white and the other black, constantly gnawing to the point there hardly remained any roots anymore.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mur m

  1. wall

Derived terms

Polish

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Etymology

    Borrowed from Middle High German mūre.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mur m inan (diminutive murek)

    1. wall (defensive rampart)
      Synonym: wał
    2. wall (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
      Synonym: wał

    Declension

    Derived terms

    particle
    adjectives
    nouns
    verbs

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • mur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • mur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin mōrus, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

    Noun

    mur m (plural muri)

    1. blackberry bush
    Declension

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin mūrus (19th century).[1] Perhaps preserved as popular in its use as a rare regionalism from Maramureș and Ardeal.[2]

    Noun

    mur m (plural muri)

    1. (rare) wall
      Synonyms: perete, zid
    Declension

    References

    Scottish Gaelic

    Conjunction

    mur

    1. Alternative form of mura

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin mūrem. Displaced by ratón, an augmentative form of rata (rat).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾ/
    • Rhymes: -uɾ
    • Syllabification: mur

    Noun

    mur m (plural mures)

    1. (archaic) mouse
      Synonym: ratón

    Further reading

    Sumerian

    Romanization

    mur

    1. Romanization of 𒄯 (mur)

    Swedish

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    en mur (the immediate intuition for the word)
    en till mur (another mur – size is irrelevant)
    mur (sense 2)

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish mur, from Latin murus, possibly through an intermediate like Middle Low German mûre.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mur c

    1. a (usually free-standing) wall built of overlapping bricks or stones or cement or the like
      Berlinmuren
      the Berlin Wall
      kinesiska muren
      the Great Wall of China
      Hadrianus mur
      Hadrian's Wall
      1. a wall (defensive structure surrounding a city, castle, etc.)
    2. (uncountable) the type of material such a wall is made of, usually brick (including when not making up a free-standing wall)
      Vi gjorde ett hål i rummets trävägg och såg att det var mur innanför
      We made a hole in the wooden wall of the room and saw that there was brick behind it
    3. (soccer) a wall

    Usage notes

    An inner or outer wall of a building is a vägg. More rarely, mur might refer to a vägg made of brick or the like. Other terms for such a vägg is murvägg or murad vägg.

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    See also

    References

    Anagrams

    Tolai

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    mur

    1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

    Declension


    Welsh

    mur

    Etymology

    From Middle Welsh mur, from Old Welsh mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mur m (plural muriau)

    1. wall

    Usage notes

    The most commonly used word for wall in Welsh is wal. The word mur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city or Mur Mawr Tsieina (the Great Wall of China). It is also used in compound words, for example murlun, rhagfur, cellfur, briwydd y mur. The word pared refers to an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.

    Derived terms

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of mur
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    mur fur unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.