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• Received-Pronunciation: mô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɔː(ɹ)/
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• General-American: môr
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• General-American: /mɔɹ/
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• mōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /mo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /moə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /moʊ/ non-rhotic, dough-door merger, African-American Vernacular
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• homophone: moor
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• homophone: Moor
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• homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
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• homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• homophone: mow (non-rhotic, dough–door merger)
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• /mɔːˈreɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈmɔɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː/
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• /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈmoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• homophone: mow (dough–door merger)
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• /ˈmɔː.ɹeɪ/
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• rhymes with -ɔːɹeɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Faroese and Icelandic meira (“more”).

From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).

* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore. * As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”). * As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

From Middle English more, moore (“root”), from Old English more, moru (“carrot, parsnip”) from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“edible herb, tuber”). Akin to Old Saxon moraha (“carrot”), Old High German morha, moraha (“root of a plant or tree”) (German Möhre (“carrot”), Morchel (“mushroom, morel”)). More at morel.

Back-formation from mores.

From Middle English moren, from the noun. See above.

282 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺 (ixoy) — comparative of much
• Arabic: أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar) — comparative of much
• Armenian: ավելին (avelin) — comparative of much
• Assamese: বেছি (besi) — comparative of much
• Belarusian: бо́льш (bólʹš) — comparative of much
• Bourguignon: pus — comparative of much
• Bulgarian: повече (poveče) — comparative of much
• Catalan: més — comparative of much
• Chinese: 閣較 /阁较 (zh-min-nan) — comparative of much
• Chinese Mandarin: 更多 (gèngduō) — comparative of much
• Chinese Mandarin: 更加 (gèngjiā) — comparative of much
• Czech: víc — comparative of much
• Czech: více — comparative of much
• Danish: mere — comparative of much
• Dutch: meer — comparative of much
• Esperanto: pli — comparative of much
• Estonian: rohkem — comparative of much
• Finnish: enemmän — comparative of much
• French: plus — comparative of much
• French: davantage de — comparative of much
• Friulian: plui — comparative of much
• Galician: máis — comparative of much
• Galician: chus — comparative of much
• German: mehr — comparative of much
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌹𐍃 (haldis) — comparative of much
• Greek: περισσότερο (perissótero) — comparative of much
• Ancient Greek: μᾶλλον (mâllon) — comparative of much
• Gujarati: વધારે (vadhāre) — comparative of much
• Hindi: अधिक (adhik) — comparative of much
• Hindi: ज्यादा (jyādā) — comparative of much
• Hungarian: jobban — comparative of much
• Ido: plu — comparative of much
• Ido: plu multe — comparative of much
• Interlingua: plus — comparative of much
• Irish: tuilleadh — comparative of much
• Istriot: pioûn — comparative of much
• Italian: più — comparative of much
• Japanese: よりたくさん — comparative of much
• Japanese: よりおおく (...yori ōku) — comparative of much
• Japanese: もう (mō) — comparative of much
• Javanese: luwih — comparative of much
• Korean: 더 (deo) — comparative of much
• Ladin: plu — comparative of much
• Latin: magis — comparative of much
• Latin: plūs — comparative of much
• Latin: abundantior — comparative of much
• Mansaka: labi — comparative of much
• Marathi: जास्त (jāsta) — comparative of much
• Mongolian: дээр (deer) — comparative of much
• Nepali: धेरै (dherai) — comparative of much
• Norman: pus — comparative of much
• Norwegian Bokmål: mer — comparative of much
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meir — comparative of much
• Persian: بیشتر (bištar) — comparative of much
• Picard: pus — comparative of much
• Polish: więcej — comparative of much
• Portuguese: mais — comparative of much
• Quechua: yalli — comparative of much
• Quechua: aswan — comparative of much
• Romansh: pli — comparative of much
• Romansh: ple — comparative of much
• Romansh: pü — comparative of much
• Romansh: plü — comparative of much
• Russian: бо́льше (bólʹše) — comparative of much
• Russian: ещё (ješčó) — comparative of much
• Scots: mair — comparative of much
• Scottish Gaelic: motha — comparative of much
• Scottish Gaelic: tuilleadh — comparative of much
• Slovak: viac — comparative of much
• Slovak: viacej — comparative of much
• Slovak: viacero — comparative of much
• Spanish: más — comparative of much
• Swedish: mer — comparative of much
• Swedish: mera — comparative of much
• Turkish: daha fazla — comparative of much
• Ukrainian: бі́льше (bílʹše) — comparative of much
• Ukrainian: ще (šče) — comparative of much
• Zazaki: dehana vêşi — comparative of much
• Zazaki: tayna (diq) — comparative of much
• Zazaki: zeder — comparative of much
• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕀𐕒𐔺 (ixoy) — word to form a comparative
• Aramaic: טפי — word to form a comparative
• Armenian: ավելի (aveli) — word to form a comparative
• Azerbaijani: daha — word to form a comparative
• Azerbaijani: -rək — word to form a comparative
• Bulgarian: повече (poveče) — word to form a comparative
• Catalan: més — word to form a comparative
• Chinese: 較 /较 (zh-min-nan) — word to form a comparative
• Chinese Mandarin: 更 (gèng) — word to form a comparative
• Ngazidja Comorian: raha — word to form a comparative
• Danish: mere — word to form a comparative
• Dutch: meer — word to form a comparative
• Esperanto: pli — word to form a comparative
• Finnish: -mpi — word to form a comparative
• Finnish: enemmän — word to form a comparative
• French: plus — word to form a comparative
• Galician: máis — word to form a comparative
• Greek: πιο (pio) — word to form a comparative
• Ancient Greek: -τερος (-teros) — word to form a comparative
• Ancient Greek: -ίων (-íōn) — word to form a comparative
• Ancient Greek: -τερον (-teron) — word to form a comparative
• Ancient Greek: -ιον (-ion) — word to form a comparative
• Hindi: अधिक (adhik) — word to form a comparative
• Hindi: और (aur) — word to form a comparative
• Hungarian: -abb — word to form a comparative
• Hungarian: -ebb — word to form a comparative
• Hungarian: -obb — word to form a comparative
• Hungarian: -bb — word to form a comparative
• Ido: plu — word to form a comparative
• Interlingua: plus — word to form a comparative
• Irish: níos mó — word to form a comparative
• Italian: più — word to form a comparative
• Japanese: もっと (motto) — word to form a comparative
• Khmer: ជាង (cieŋ) — word to form a comparative
• Korean: 더 (deo) — word to form a comparative
• Latin: plus — word to form a comparative
• Latin: -ior — word to form a comparative
• Latin: -or — word to form a comparative
• Latin: -ius — word to form a comparative
• Latin: -us — word to form a comparative
• Macedonian: по- (po-) — word to form a comparative
• Marathi: अजून (ajūn) — word to form a comparative
• Mongolian: сайн (sajn) — word to form a comparative
• Mongolian: дээр (deer) — word to form a comparative
• Norwegian Bokmål: mer — word to form a comparative
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meir — word to form a comparative
• Persian: -تر (-tar) — word to form a comparative
• Polish: bardziej — word to form a comparative
• Portuguese: mais — word to form a comparative
• Quechua: yalli — word to form a comparative
• Quechua: aswan — word to form a comparative
• Romani: -eder — word to form a comparative
• Romani: po — word to form a comparative
• Romani: maj — word to form a comparative
• Romanian: mai — word to form a comparative
• Romansh: pli — word to form a comparative
• Romansh: ple — word to form a comparative
• Romansh: pü — word to form a comparative
• Romansh: plü — word to form a comparative
• Russian: бо́лее (bóleje) — word to form a comparative
• Scots: mair — word to form a comparative
• Slovene: bòlj — word to form a comparative
• Spanish: más — word to form a comparative
• Spanish: en más — word to form a comparative
• Swedish: mer — word to form a comparative
• Tagalog: mas — word to form a comparative
• Thai: อีก (ìik) — word to form a comparative
• Turkish: daha — word to form a comparative
• Ukrainian: більш (bilʹš) — word to form a comparative
• Urdu: زیادہ (zyādā) — word to form a comparative
• Urdu: اور (aur) — word to form a comparative
• Vietnamese: hơn — word to form a comparative
• Walloon: pus — word to form a comparative
• Afrikaans: meer — comparative of many
• Albanian: më — comparative of many
• Albanian: ma — comparative of many
• Ambonese Malay: lebe — comparative of many
• Arabic: أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar) — comparative of many
• Arabic: اكتر (ʔaktar) — comparative of many
• Arabic: أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar, ʔaktar) — comparative of many
• Assamese: সৰহ (xoroh) — comparative of many
• Assamese: বেছি (besi) — comparative of many
• Belarusian: больш (bolʹš) — comparative of many
• Bhojpuri: अधिका (adhikā) — comparative of many
• Bourguignon: pus — comparative of many
• Bulgarian: по́вече (póveče) — comparative of many
• Bulgarian: още (ošte) — comparative of many
• Catalan: més — comparative of many
• Chinese Mandarin: 更多 (gèng duō) — comparative of many
• Czech: víc — comparative of many
• Czech: více — comparative of many
• Danish: mere — comparative of many
• Dutch: meer — comparative of many
• Esperanto: pli da — comparative of many
• Esperanto: pli multaj — comparative of many
• Esperanto: pli multe da — comparative of many
• Finnish: enemmän — comparative of many
• Finnish: useampi — comparative of many
• French: plus — comparative of many
• French: mieux (Saint-Étienne) — comparative of many
• Friulian: plui — comparative of many
• Galician: máis — comparative of many
• German: mehr — comparative of many
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza) — comparative of many
• Greek: περισσότερος (perissóteros) — comparative of many
• Greek: κι άλλος (ki állos) — comparative of many
• Ancient Greek: πλείων (pleíōn) — comparative of many
• Hebrew: יוֹתֵר (yotér) — comparative of many
• Hindi: अधिकतर (adhiktar) — comparative of many
• Hungarian: több — comparative of many
• Ido: plu multa — comparative of many
• Interlingua: plus — comparative of many
• Italian: più — comparative of many
• Japanese: ...よりたくさん — comparative of many
• Japanese: ...より多く (...yori ōku) — comparative of many
• Japanese: もっと多く (motto ōku) — comparative of many
• Ladin: plu — comparative of many
• Latgalian: vaira — comparative of many
• Latgalian: vairs — comparative of many
• Latin: plus — comparative of many
• Latvian: vairāk — comparative of many
• Macedonian: повеќе (poveḱe) — comparative of many
• Malay: lebih — comparative of many
• Malayalam: കൂടുതൽ (kūṭutal) — comparative of many
• Maltese: aktar — comparative of many
• Mansaka: labi — comparative of many
• Mongolian: илүү (ilüü) — comparative of many
• Neapolitan: chiù — comparative of many
• Norman: pus — comparative of many
• Norwegian Bokmål: flere — comparative of many
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fleire — comparative of many
• Occitan: mai — comparative of many
• Occitan: pus — comparative of many
• Persian: بیشتر (bištar) — comparative of many
• Picard: pus — comparative of many
• Polish: więcej — comparative of many
• Portuguese: mais — comparative of many
• Romanian: mai mult — comparative of many
• Russian: бо́льше (bólʹše) — comparative of many
• Scots: mair — comparative of many
• Scottish Gaelic: motha — comparative of many
• Serbo-Croatian: ви̏ше̄ — comparative of many
• Serbo-Croatian: vȉšē — comparative of many
• Slovak: viac — comparative of many
• Slovak: viacej — comparative of many
• Slovak: viacero — comparative of many
• Slovene: več — comparative of many
• Spanish: más — comparative of many
• Swedish: fler — comparative of many
• Swedish: flera — comparative of many
• Tashelhit: ati — comparative of many
• Tocharian B: allek — comparative of many
• Tocharian B: auṣap — comparative of many
• Ukrainian: бі́льше (bílʹše) — comparative of many
• Uzbek: ko’proq — comparative of many
• Vietnamese: nhiều hơn — comparative of many
• Walloon: pus di — comparative of many
• Walloon: dipus di — comparative of many
• Yiddish: מער (mer) — comparative of many
• Afrikaans: meer — comparative of much
• Ambonese Malay: lebe — comparative of much
• Armenian: ավելի շատ (aveli šat) — comparative of much
• Belarusian: больш (bolʹš) — comparative of much
• Belarusian: яшчэ́ (jaščé) — comparative of much
• Breton: mui — comparative of much
• Bulgarian: още (ošte) — comparative of much
• Chinese Cantonese: 多啲 — comparative of much
• Chinese Cantonese: 再多啲 — comparative of much
• Chinese Mandarin: 更多 (gèng duō) — comparative of much
• Dalmatian: ple — comparative of much
• Danish: flere — comparative of much
• Esperanto: pli da — comparative of much
• Esperanto: pli multe da — comparative of much
• French: mieux (Saint-Étienne) — comparative of much
• Greek: περισσότερος (perissóteros) — comparative of much
• Greek: κι άλλος (ki állos) — comparative of much
• Ancient Greek: πλείων (pleíōn) — comparative of much
• Hebrew: יוֹתֵר (yotér) — comparative of much
• Hungarian: több — comparative of much
• Hungarian: még — comparative of much
• Ido: plu multa — comparative of much
• Japanese: ...よりたくさん — comparative of much
• Japanese: ...より多く (...yori ōku) — comparative of much
• Japanese: もっと多く (motto ōku) — comparative of much
• Latgalian: vēļ — comparative of much
• Latin: plus — comparative of much
• Latvian: vēl — comparative of much
• Malay: lebih — comparative of much
• Mongolian: илүү (ilüü) — comparative of much
• Neapolitan: chiù — comparative of much
• Romanian: mai — comparative of much
• Tashelhit: uggwar — comparative of much
• Tocharian B: allek — comparative of much
• Tocharian B: auṣap — comparative of much
• Walloon: pus di — comparative of much
• Walloon: dipus di — comparative of much
• Welsh: mwy — comparative of much
• Farefare: mõorɛ — Volta-Congo language
• French: moré — Volta-Congo language
• French: mooré — Volta-Congo language
• Moore: moore — Volta-Congo language
• Russian: мооре (moore) — Volta-Congo language