amora

See also: Amora

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto amoro

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto amora

From amoro + -a.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. sexual

   amora kontakto / sperto ― sexual contact / experience

   amora sceno ― sex scene

Galician

Alternative forms

• mora

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mora (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔɾa̝/

Noun

amora f (plural amoras)

1. blackberry
   • 1845, Alberto Camino, O desconsolo:

     Xa non iremos mais po-los roleiros
     en compaña amorosa áas moras, non.
     Nin baixo dos follosos ameneiros
     as coitas che direi do corazon.

     We'll no longer go by the hedges
     in loving company for blackberries, no.
     Nor under the leafy alders
     the afflictions of the heart I'll tell you.

2. mulberry (fruit)

Derived terms

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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “amora”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “amora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmuro̞/

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Noun

amora f (plural amoras)

1. mulberry
2. blackberry

Derived terms

• amorièr

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 and Spanish mora and French mûre.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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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”)
• mórula

Further reading

• “amora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026