amora

Esperanto

Etymology

From amoro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmora/
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ra
• Rhymes: -ora

Adjective

amora (accusative singular amoran, plural amoraj, accusative plural amorajn)

1. sexual

   amora kontakto / sperto ― sexual contact / experience

   amora sceno ― sex scene

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔɾa̝/

Noun

amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. blackberry

Derived terms

• A Moreira
• Moreda
• Moredo
• moreira
• Moreira
• Moreiras

References

• “amora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “amora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “amora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “amora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “amora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmuro̞/

• (file)

Noun

amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry
2. blackberry

Derived terms

• amorièr

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Portuguese

amoras (1)

amoras (2)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), from Proto-Indo-European *moro. Compare Galician amora, Italian mora, Spanish mora and French mûre.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɔɾɐ/

Noun

amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. (by analogy) blackberry

   Synonyms: amora-silvestre, silva

Derived terms

• amoreira (“mulberry tree”)

Related terms

• morango (“strawberry”)