moor

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɔɹ/, /mʊ(ə)ɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔː/ (with the pour–poor merger), IPA^(key): /mʊə(ɹ)/ (without the pour–poor merger)

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r) or Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
• Homophone: Moore (all accents)
• Homophone: more (with the pour–poor merger)
• Homophone: mooer (some accents)

Usage notes

More is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while mooer is homophonous only in those accents.

Etymology 1

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.

Noun

moor (plural moors)

1. an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

   A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.

   • Carew

     In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.

2. a game preserve consisting of moorland

Derived terms

• Bodmin Moor
• Dartmoor
• Exmoor
• moorland
• moortop
• moorhen

Translations

region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath

• Arabic: بِرْكَة‎‎ f (birka), سَبْخَة‎‎ f (sabḵa), مُسْتَنْقَع‎‎ m (mustanqaʿ)
• Breton: lann (br) m
• Catalan: erm m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荒澤, 荒泽 (huāngzé), 荒地 (zh) (huāngdì)

• Czech: vřesoviště n
• Danish: hede (da) c
• Dutch: veen (nl) n
• Esperanto: stepo
• Estonian: raba (et)
• Finnish: nummi (fi)
• French: lande (fr) f
• Galician: braña (gl) f, illó m, groto (gl) m, lagumeira f, lenteiro m, lameira m, bulleiro (gl) m, marnel
• Georgian: ტორფნარი (ṭorpnari)
• German: Hochmoor (de) n
• Hungarian: mocsár (hu), láp (hu), ingovány (hu)
• Icelandic: mýri (is) f, heiði f
• Irish: móinteán m, caorán m
• Italian: landa (it) f, brughiera (it) f

• Japanese: 荒野 (ja) (あらの, arano, こうや, kōya), 荒れ地 (あれち, arechi, こうち, kōchi)
• Latin: loca fruticetis obsita
• Norman: lande f
• Norwegian: lynghei
• Old Irish: slíab m, n
• Polish: wrzosowisko (pl) n, torfowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: charneca (pt) f
• Russian: ве́ресковая пу́стошь f (véreskovaja pústošʹ), пу́стошь (ru) f (pústošʹ)
• Scots: muir
• Scottish Gaelic: monadh m, sliabh m, mòinteach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вресиште n, вријесиште n

  Roman: vresište n, vrijesište n

• Spanish: brezal m, pantano (es) m, turbera f
• Swedish: hed (sv) c
• Tagalog: labon
• Turkish: kır (tr)
• Welsh: gwaun f, rhos f

game preserve

• Russian: охо́тничье уго́дье n (oxótničʹje ugódʹje), уча́сток для охо́ты m (učástok dlja oxóty)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: (2) ^{(please verify)} brughiera f

See also

• bog
• marsh
• swamp

Etymology 2

From Middle English moren, from unattested Old English *mārian, from Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”). Cognate with Dutch meren (“to moor”), marren (“to bind”).

Verb

moor (third-person singular simple present moors, present participle mooring, simple past and past participle moored)

1. (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like

   the vessel was moored in the stream

   they moored the boat to the wharf.

3. (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

Derived terms

• mooring
• moor up

Translations

to cast anchor or become fastened

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系泊 (jìbó), 泊 (zh) (bó), 停泊 (zh) (tíngbó)

• Danish: fortøje
• Dutch: aanmeren (nl), aanleggen (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittyä, ankkuroitua
• French: mouiller (fr), amarrer (fr), ancrer (fr)
• Galician: fondear (gl), ancorar (gl)
• German: anlegen (de)
• Ido: amaragar (io)

• Italian: ancorare (it), attraccare (it)
• Japanese: 停泊する (ja) (ていはくする, teihaku suru)
• Persian: مهار کردن‎‎ (mahār kardan)
• Polish: cumować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: ancorar (pt), atracar (pt)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} пришварто́вываться (ru) impf (prišvartóvyvatʹsja), ^{(please verify)} пришвартова́ться impf (prišvartovátʹsja), ^{(please verify)} станови́ться на я́корь impf (stanovítʹsja na jákorʹ) , ^{(please verify)} стать на я́корь pf (statʹ na jákorʹ)
• Spanish: anclar (es)
• Swedish: förtöja (sv)

to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains

• Danish: fortøje
• Dutch: meren (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittää (fi), ankkuroida (fi)
• French: ancrer (fr) (with an anchor), amarrer (fr) (with ropes or cables)
• Ido: amaragar (io)
• Irish: feistigh, múráil
• Italian: attraccare (it), ancorarsi
• Japanese: 停泊させる (ja) (ていはくさせる, teihaku saseru)

• Norman: amather
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortøye

• Polish: cumować (pl) impf, przycumować pf, zacumować pf
• Portuguese: ancorar (pt)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} ста́вить на я́корь impf (stávitʹ na jákorʹ) , ^{(please verify)} поста́вить на я́корь pf (postávitʹ na jákorʹ) , ^{(please verify)} швартова́ть (ru) impf (švartovátʹ), ^{(please verify)} пришвартова́ть (ru) pf (prišvartovátʹ)
• Spanish: anclar (es) (with an anchor), amarrar (es) (with ropes, cables or chains)
• Swedish: förtöja (sv)

to secure or fix firmly

• Dutch: verankeren (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
• German: festmachen (de)
• Irish: feistigh, fosaigh, suigh, daingnigh

• Portuguese: atracar (pt)
• Russian: крепи́ть (ru) impf (krepítʹ), закрепи́ть (ru) pf (zakrepítʹ)
• Spanish: atar (es), amarrar (es), asegurar (es) fijar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} amarrar
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} silduma, ^{(please verify)} otsi kinnitama

• French: ^{(please verify)} amarrer (fr)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} amarrar

Anagrams

• Moro, Romo, room

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Dutch

Etymology

from Moor (North African people, became synonymous with Saracene)

Pronunciation

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Noun

moor m (plural moren, diminutive moortje n)

1. Something black, notably a black horse
2. A whistling kettle, used to boil water in, as for tea or coffee

Synonyms

• (kettle): fluitketel

Derived terms

• moorkop

Anagrams

• room

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/

Noun

moor (genitive moori, partitive moori)

1. (pejorative) an elderly woman; a crone

Declension

Declension of moor (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	moor	moorid
genitive	moori	mooride
partitive	moori	moore / moorisid
illative	moori / moorisse	mooridesse
inessive	mooris	moorides
elative	moorist	mooridest
allative	moorile	mooridele
adessive	mooril	mooridel
ablative	moorilt	mooridelt
translative	mooriks	moorideks
terminative	moorini	moorideni
essive	moorina	mooridena
abessive	moorita	moorideta
comitative	mooriga	mooridega

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.

Adjective

moor

1. more

Adverb

moor

1. more