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See also: Appendix:Variations of "more"
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).
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More
- The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
Translations[edit]
Volta-Congo language
Further reading[edit]
- Ethnologue entry for More, mos
Etymology 2[edit]
- 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).
Alternative forms[edit]
- Morus (Latinized)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: môr, IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mô, IPA(key): /ˈmɔː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: mōr, IPA(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈmoə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: moor, Moor, Moore (all three only in accents with the pour–poor merger); maw (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger); mow (non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger)
Proper noun[edit]
More (countable and uncountable, plural Mores)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).
Further reading[edit]
- Thomas More on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
More m (plural Mores)
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
More f (genitive More, plural Moren)
Declension[edit]
Declension of More [feminine]
Further reading[edit]
- “More” in Duden online
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French More, from Latin Maurus.
Noun[edit]
More m (plural Mores)
- Moor (person of Berber descent)
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