adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Moorish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmʊə.ɹɪʃ/
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UK: /ˈmɔː.ɹɪʃ/
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US: /ˈmʊɹ.ɪʃ/
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US: /ˈmɔɹ.ɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ɔːɹɪʃ
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UK: /ˈmɔːɹɪʃ/
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CMU ARPABET: M UH1 R IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish and Portuguese architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or characteristic of the Moors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Moorish courtyard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Moresque
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Moorish architecture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Moor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Moorish From Moor + -ish.
From moor + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: moresc — of or pertaining to Moors
- Czech: maurský — of or pertaining to Moors
- Danish: maurisk — of or pertaining to Moors
- Finnish: maurilainen — of or pertaining to Moors
- French: mauresque — of or pertaining to Moors
- Galician: mourisco — of or pertaining to Moors
- German: maurisch — of or pertaining to Moors
- Hungarian: mór — of or pertaining to Moors
- Irish: Múrach — of or pertaining to Moors
- Italian: moresco — of or pertaining to Moors
- Norwegian Bokmål: maurisk — of or pertaining to Moors
- Norwegian Nynorsk: maurisk — of or pertaining to Moors
- Polish: mauryjski — of or pertaining to Moors
- Portuguese: mouro — of or pertaining to Moors
- Portuguese: mourisco — of or pertaining to Moors
- Romanian: mauresc — of or pertaining to Moors
- Russian: маврита́нский (mavritánskij) — of or pertaining to Moors
- Slovak: maurský — of or pertaining to Moors
- Spanish: morisco — of or pertaining to Moors
- Swedish: morisk — of or pertaining to Moors
- Welsh: Mwraidd — of or pertaining to Moors
- Finnish: maurilainen — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- Galician: mourisco — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- German: maurisch — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- Irish: Múrach — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- Norwegian Bokmål: maurisk — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- Norwegian Nynorsk: maurisk — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
- Russian: маврита́нский (mavritánskij) — of or pertaining to architecture of Moors in Spain
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