muro

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾoʔ/,

• (file)

• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

murô (Basahan spelling ᜋᜓᜍᜓ)

1. (Naga, anatomy) finger, toe

   Synonym: guramoy

Derived terms

Catalan

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /muˈɾo/,

Verb

muro

1. to glower; to look or stare with anger

Noun

muro

1. a glower; an angry glare or stare

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:muro.

Anagrams

• urom

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

muro

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Italian muro, French mur, both from Latin mūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro (accusative singular muron, plural muroj, accusative plural murojn)

1. wall (outdoors)
   • 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:

     Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.

     The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.

Derived terms

• fajromuro
• murhorloĝo
• murpentraĵo

See also

• vando

Finnish

Etymology

mur- +‎ -o. Originally a variant of muru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. (usually in the plural) breakfast cereal
2. (baking, as modifier) short (brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat)

   murokakku ― shortcake

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “muro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• romu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese muro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo̝/

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall (stone structure built for defense)

   Synonym: muralla

2. wall (stone structure built for delimitation)

   Synonyms: valado, valo

3. wall (division of a structure)

   Synonym: parede

4. (regional) hill-fort
5. breakwater

Derived terms

Related terms

• muralla
• murar

References

• “muro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “muro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “muro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “muro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto muro, ultimately from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muro (plural muri)

1. wall

Derived terms

• enmurigar (“to immure”)

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muro. Cognates include dialectal Finnish muro and Estonian muru.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. lawn

Declension

Etymology 2

From murtaa (“to break”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. Synonym of muru (“crumb”)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 320

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mù‧ro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

muro m (plural muri m or (collectively, when referring to the walls of a town, castle, etc.) mura f)

1. wall

   Synonym: parete

Usage notes

• The feminine plural mura denotes the walls of a town, castle or similar, viewed collectively:

  Le mura di Roma hanno dodici porte. ― Rome's walls have twelve gates.

• Otherwise the masculine plural muri is used:

  I muri hanno orecchie. ― The walls have ears.

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murare

Anagrams

• umor

Japanese

Romanization

muro

1. Rōmaji transcription of むろ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/,

Noun

mūrō

1. dative/ablative singular of mūrus

References

• “muro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of muru

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese muro, from Latin murus, from Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences, strengthen”).

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall (outdoors)

Usage notes

• Portuguese differentiates between external and internal walls. The barrier that surrounds and divides lands is called muro, while the structures that make the outer part of a building and divide its rooms are called parede.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Romani

Pronoun

muro

1. Alternative form of miro

   muro jilo

   my heart

   muro shavo

   my son

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo/
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”). Cognate with German Mauer (“wall”) and obsolete English mure. Compare English mural.

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. (physical) wall

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared

2. (figurative) wall

   El muro del silencio. ― The wall of silence.

3. (Internet) wall (on Facebook)

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Further reading

• “muro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/,
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

muro

1. lawn

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology 2

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

Noun

muro

1. crumb, piece

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yagara

Noun

muro

1. nose

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Turubul Body Parts.