moor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɔː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mʊə/
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• General-American: /mʊɹ/
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• General-American: /mɔɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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• /mʊə/ without the pour–poor merger
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• /mɔː/ pour–poor merger
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• /mʊ(ə)ɹ/ without the pour–poor merger
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• /moɹ/ pour–poor merger
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• Australian: /moː/
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• New-Zealand: /moː/
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• New-Zealand: [möː(ə̯)~mʊ̈ː(ə̯)]
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mʉːɹ/
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• Ireland: /muːɹ/
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• homophone: Moore
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• homophone: more (pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: maw (most non-rhotic accents with the pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: mooer (some accents)
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• CMU ARPABET: M UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.

From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn (“to moor, fasten to”), related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بِرْكَة (birka) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Arabic: سَبْخَة (sabḵa) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Arabic: مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Breton: lann — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Catalan: erm — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒澤 /荒泽 (huāngzé) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Chinese Mandarin: 荒地 (huāngdì) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Czech: vřesoviště — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Danish: hede — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Dutch: veen — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Esperanto: stepo — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Esperanto: plataĵo — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Esperanto: erikejo — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Estonian: raba — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Estonian: nõmm — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Estonian: soo — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Finnish: nummi — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• French: lande — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: braña — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: illó — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: groto — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: lagumeira — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: lenteiro — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: lameira — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: bulleiro — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: marnel — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Galician: páramo — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Georgian: ტორფნარი (ṭorpnari) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• German: Hochmoor — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Hungarian: mocsár — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Hungarian: láp — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Hungarian: ingovány — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Icelandic: mýri — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Icelandic: heiði — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Irish: móinteán — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Irish: caorán — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Old Irish: slíab — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Italian: landa — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Italian: brughiera — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Japanese: 荒野 — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Japanese: 荒れ地 — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Latin: loca fruticetis obsita — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Macedonian: голет (golet) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Norman: lande — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Norwegian: lynghei — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Polish: wrzosowisko — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Polish: torfowisko — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Portuguese: charneca — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Russian: ве́ресковая пу́стошь (véreskovaja pústošʹ) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Russian: пу́стошь (pústošʹ) — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Scots: muir — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Scottish Gaelic: monadh — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Scottish Gaelic: sliabh — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Serbo-Croatian: вресиште — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Serbo-Croatian: вријесиште — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Serbo-Croatian: vresište — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Serbo-Croatian: vrijesište — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Spanish: brezal — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Spanish: pantano — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Spanish: turbera — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Swedish: hed — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Swedish: ljunghed — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Tagalog: labon — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Turkish: kır — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Welsh: gwaun — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Welsh: rhos — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Zazaki: teverge — region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
• Russian: охо́тничье уго́дье (oxótničʹje ugódʹje) — game preserve
• Russian: уча́сток для охо́ты (učástok dlja oxóty) — game preserve
• Belarusian: маўр (mawr) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩爾人 /摩尔人 (Mó'ěrrén) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Czech: Maur — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Danish: maurer — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Dutch: Moor — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Esperanto: maŭro — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Estonian: maur — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Faroese: móri — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Finnish: mauri — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• French: Maure — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• German: Maure — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• German: Maurin — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• German: Mohr — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• German: Mohrin — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Greek: Μαυριτανός (Mavritanós) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Hindi: मूर (mūr) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Hungarian: mór — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Icelandic: mári — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Italian: moro — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Japanese: ムーア人 (mūajin) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Korean: 무어인 (mueoin) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Macedonian: Мавр (Mavr) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Norwegian Bokmål: maurer — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maurar — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤍 (Mahurin) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Polish: Maur — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Portuguese: mouro — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Portuguese: moiro — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Romanian: maur — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Russian: мавр (mavr) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Spanish: moro — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Swedish: mor — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Ukrainian: мавр (mavr) — a member of a certain mixed ethnicity of Arab and Amazigh people
• Czech: Maur — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Danish: maurer — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Dutch: Moor — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Esperanto: maŭro — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Faroese: móri — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Finnish: mauri — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• French: Maure — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Middle French: More — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• German: Maure — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• German: Maurin — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• German: Mohr — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• German: Mohrin — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Greek: Μαυριτανός (Mavritanós) — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Hindi: मूर (mūr) — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Hungarian: mór — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Icelandic: mári — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Italian: moro — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Norwegian Bokmål: maurer — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maurar — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Polish: Maur — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Portuguese: mouro — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Portuguese: moiro — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Romanian: maur — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Russian: мавр (mavr) — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Spanish: moro — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Swedish: mor — a member of a this ethnicity that formerly occupied Spain
• Bulgarian: акостирам (akostiram) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Bulgarian: приставам (pristavam) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Catalan: amarrar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Chinese Mandarin: 系泊 (jìbó) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Chinese Mandarin: 泊 (bó) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Chinese Mandarin: 停泊 (tíngbó) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Danish: lægge til — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Danish: fortøje — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Dutch: aanmeren — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Dutch: aanleggen — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Finnish: kiinnittyä — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Finnish: ankkuroitua — to cast anchor or become fastened
• French: mouiller — to cast anchor or become fastened
• French: amarrer — to cast anchor or become fastened
• French: ancrer — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Galician: fondear — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Galician: ancorar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• German: anlegen — to cast anchor or become fastened
• German: ankern — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Hungarian: kiköt — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Ido: amaragar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Italian: ancorare — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Italian: attraccare — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Japanese: 停泊する (teihaku suru) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Norwegian: legge til — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Norwegian: fortøye — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Persian: مهار کردن (mahâr kardan) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Pohnpeian: pei — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Polish: cumować — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Portuguese: ancorar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Portuguese: atracar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: прича́лить (pričálitʹ) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: прича́ливать (pričálivatʹ) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: стать на я́корь (statʹ na jákorʹ) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: става́ть на я́корь (stavátʹ na jákorʹ) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: пришвартова́ться (prišvartovátʹsja) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Russian: пришвартовыва́ться (prišvartovyvátʹsja) — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Spanish: anclar — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Swedish: lägga till — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Swedish: förtöja — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Turkish: yanaşmak — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Turkish: demir atmak — to cast anchor or become fastened
• Bulgarian: закотвям (zakotvjam) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Catalan: amarrar — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᎳᏗᎠ (ataladia) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Chinese: 拋碇 /抛碇 (zh-min-nan) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Danish: fortøje — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Dutch: meren — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Finnish: kiinnittää — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Finnish: ankkuroida — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• French: ancrer — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• French: amarrer — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• German: vertäuen — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Ido: amaragar — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Irish: feistigh — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Irish: múráil — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Italian: attraccare — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Italian: ancorarsi — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Japanese: 停泊させる (teihaku saseru) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Norman: amather — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Norwegian Bokmål: fortøye — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Polish: cumować — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Polish: przycumować — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Polish: zacumować — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Portuguese: ancorar — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Russian: ста́вить на я́корь (stávitʹ na jákorʹ) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Russian: поста́вить на я́корь (postávitʹ na jákorʹ) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Russian: швартова́ть (švartovátʹ) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Russian: пришвартова́ть (prišvartovátʹ) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Russian: пришвартовыва́ть (prišvartovyvátʹ) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Spanish: anclar — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Spanish: amarrar — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Swedish: förtöja — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Ukrainian: швартува́ти (švartuváty) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Ukrainian: пришвартува́ти (pryšvartuváty) — to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains
• Catalan: amarrar — to secure or fix firmly
• Dutch: verankeren — to secure or fix firmly
• Finnish: kiinnittää — to secure or fix firmly
• German: festmachen — to secure or fix firmly
• Irish: feistigh — to secure or fix firmly
• Irish: fosaigh — to secure or fix firmly
• Irish: suigh — to secure or fix firmly
• Irish: daingnigh — to secure or fix firmly
• Portuguese: atracar — to secure or fix firmly
• Russian: крепи́ть (krepítʹ) — to secure or fix firmly
• Russian: закрепи́ть (zakrepítʹ) — to secure or fix firmly
• Russian: закрепля́ть (zakrepljátʹ) — to secure or fix firmly
• Spanish: atar — to secure or fix firmly
• Spanish: amarrar — to secure or fix firmly
• Spanish: asegurar — to secure or fix firmly
• Spanish: fijar — to secure or fix firmly