murre
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Common murre or common guillemot
English
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Etymology
Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɜː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /mɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophones: murr, myrrh
Noun
murre (plural murres)
- Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
- 1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296,
- About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.
- 2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52,
- Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.
Synonyms
- (any bird of genus Uria): guillemot
Derived terms
Translations
seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family
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Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From murdma (“to break”) + -e, most likely influenced by Finnish murre.
Noun
murre (genitive murde, partitive murret)
Declension
| Declension of murre (ÕS type 6/mõte, rd-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | murre | murded | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | murde | ||
| genitive | murrete | ||
| partitive | murret | murdeid | |
| illative | murdesse | murretesse murdeisse | |
| inessive | murdes | murretes murdeis | |
| elative | murdest | murretest murdeist | |
| allative | murdele | murretele murdeile | |
| adessive | murdel | murretel murdeil | |
| ablative | murdelt | murretelt murdeilt | |
| translative | murdeks | murreteks murdeiks | |
| terminative | murdeni | murreteni | |
| essive | murdena | murretena | |
| abessive | murdeta | murreteta | |
| comitative | murdega | murretega | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “murre”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
Etymology 1
murtaa + -e. First attested in 1820.
Pronunciation
Noun
murre
Declension
| Inflection of murre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | murre | murteet | |
| genitive | murteen | murteiden murteitten | |
| partitive | murretta | murteita | |
| illative | murteeseen | murteisiin murteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | murre | murteet | |
| accusative | nom. | murre | murteet |
| gen. | murteen | ||
| genitive | murteen | murteiden murteitten | |
| partitive | murretta | murteita | |
| inessive | murteessa | murteissa | |
| elative | murteesta | murteista | |
| illative | murteeseen | murteisiin murteihin | |
| adessive | murteella | murteilla | |
| ablative | murteelta | murteilta | |
| allative | murteelle | murteille | |
| essive | murteena | murteina | |
| translative | murteeksi | murteiksi | |
| abessive | murteetta | murteitta | |
| instructive | — | murtein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- aluemurre
- etelämurre
- hämäläismurteet
- inkeroismurre
- itämurre
- itämurteinen
- kaakkoismurteet
- kansanmurre
- keskimurre
- kotimurre
- lounaismurre
- lyydiläismurre
- lyydiläismurteet
- länsimurre
- murreaineisto
- murreaines
- murrealue
- murreasu
- murrehavainto
- murreilmaus
- murrejatkumo
- murrekartta
- murrekirjailija
- murrekirjallisuus
- murremaantiede
- murreoppi
- murrepakina
- murreraja
- murreryhmä
- murresana
- murresanakirja
- murretutkija
- murretutkimus
- murrevaihtelu
- murteenpuhuja
- murteentutkija
- murteentutkimus
- näköismurre
- paikallismurre
- pohjalaismurre
- pohjoismurre
- savakkomurteet
- savolaismurre
- silmämurre
- yksilömurre
- äyrämöismurre
- äyrämöismurteet
Further reading
- “murre”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Probably from the verb murista (“to growl”)
Pronunciation
Noun
murre (dialectal)
Declension
| Inflection of murre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | murre | murret | |
| genitive | murren | murrejen | |
| partitive | murrea | murreja | |
| illative | murreen | murreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | murre | murret | |
| accusative | nom. | murre | murret |
| gen. | murren | ||
| genitive | murren | murrejen murrein rare | |
| partitive | murrea | murreja | |
| inessive | murressa | murreissa | |
| elative | murresta | murreista | |
| illative | murreen | murreihin | |
| adessive | murrella | murreilla | |
| ablative | murrelta | murreilta | |
| allative | murrelle | murreille | |
| essive | murrena | murreina | |
| translative | murreksi | murreiksi | |
| abessive | murretta | murreitta | |
| instructive | — | murrein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
murre
- inflection of murren:
Middle English
Noun
murre
- Alternative form of mirre
Swedish
Noun
murre c
- (colloquial, chiefly in compounds) a chimney sweep
- (colloquial) a cat
Declension
Declension of murre