Moor

See also: moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Etymology

From French More, Maure, from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Noun

Moor (plural Moors)

1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
3. (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
4. (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Black Moor
• Moorish
• Moorman
• morris

• Morris dancing
• White Moor

Translations

a member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people

• Belarusian: маўр m (maŭr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩爾人／摩尔人 (zh) (mó'ěrrén), 摩尔人 (zh) (мó'ěrrén)

• Czech: Maur m
• Dutch: Moor (nl)
• Esperanto: maŭro
• Estonian: maur (et)
• Finnish: mauri (fi)
• French: Maure (fr) m or f
• German: Maure (de) m, Maurin f, Mohr (de) m, Mohrin (de) f
• Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
• Hindi: मूर (hi) m (mūr)
• Hungarian: mór (hu)
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• Italian: moro (it) m
• Japanese: ムーア人 (мūajin)
• Korean: 무어인 (mueoin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurer m

  Nynorsk: maurar m

• Polish: Maur (pl) m
• Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt)
• Romanian: maur (ro) m
• Russian: мавр (ru) m (mavr)
• Spanish: moro (es) m
• Swedish: mor (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мавр m (mavr)

a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain

• Czech: Maur m
• Dutch: Moor (nl)
• Esperanto: maŭro
• Finnish: mauri (fi)
• French: Maure (fr) m or f

  Middle French: More m

• German: Maure (de) m, Maurin f, Mohr (de) m, Mohrin (de) f
• Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
• Hindi: मूर (hi) m (mūr)
• Hungarian: mór (hu)
• Italian: mori (it) m pl
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurer m

  Nynorsk: maurar m

• Polish: Maur (pl) m
• Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt)
• Romanian: maur (ro) m
• Russian: мавр (ru) m (mavr)
• Spanish: moro (es) m
• Swedish: mor (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} Maur
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Mavri
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Moro (es)

See also

• Morian

Anagrams

• Moro, Romo, room

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/
• Hyphenation: Moor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

Moor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n)

1. (historical) A Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages).
2. (archaic, potentially offensive) A black person, a negro.

Derived terms

• moorkop
• Moors

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːɐ̯/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Mohr
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Moor n (genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

1. marsh, mire, bog
2. (Hochmoor) moor
3. (Flachmoor) fen

Synonyms

• Fenn

Hypernyms

• Lebensraum

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of Moor

• Anmoor
• Armmoor

  Sauer-Armmoor

• Durchströmungsmoor
• Hangmoor
• Hochmoor
• Kesselmoor

• Niedermoor
• Quellmoor
• Regenmoor
• Reichmoor
• Überflutungsmoor
• Übergangsmoor
• Verlandungsmoor

• Versumpfungsmoor
• wurzelechtes Hochmoor
• Zwischenmoor

  Basen-Zwischenmoor

  Kalk-Zwischenmoor

  Sauer-Zwischenmoor

Derived terms

• Hochmoor
• Moorboden
• Moorbrand
• Mooreidechse
• Moorente
• Moorerde
• Moorfrosch
• Moorgebiet
• Moorhuhn
• moorig
• Moorkolonie
• Moorleiche
• Moorpackung
• Moorpflanze
• Moorschneehuhn
• Moorsiedlung
• Regenmoor
• Zwischenmoor

 

Related terms

• Moorhuhnjagd

Further reading

• “Moor” in Duden online