mora

See also: Mora, móra, morá, and Móra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Etymology 1

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Noun

mora (plural morae or moras)

1. (Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.
2. (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
   • 1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22:

     In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.

3. (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
   • 2011, Senko K. Maynard, Learning Japanese for Real, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 32:

     Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bimoraic
• monomoraic
• moraic

• moraically
• nonmoraic

Translations

(poetry) unit to measure lines

• German: Mora f, More (de) f
• Russian: мора (ru) f (mora)

(phonology) unit of syllable weight

• French: more (fr) f
• German: Mora f, More (de) f
• Japanese: モラ, モーラ

• Romanian: moră (ro) f
• Russian: мора (ru) f (mora)
• Spanish: mora (es) f
• Turkish: bürünbirimcik, mora (tr)

See also

• syllable

Etymology 2

New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.

Noun

mora (plural moras)

1. (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
   • 1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest

     At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mora (plural moras)

1. The common mora (Mora moro).

Synonyms

• (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)

Translations

Mora moro

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

• Spanish: merluza canaria f, mollera moranella f

Etymology 4

Noun

mora (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of morra (finger-counting game)

Etymology 5

From the Ancient Greek μόρᾰ (móra).

Noun

mora (plural morai)

1. (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.

Translations

ancient Spartan military unit

• Greek:

  Ancient: μόρᾰ f (móra)

Anagrams

• Amor, Omar, Oram, Roma, amor, moar, roam, roma

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Albanian

Etymology

See Albanian marr (“I take”).

Verb

móra (first-person singular past tense móra, participle márrë)

1. first-person singular active aorist indicative of marr (I took)

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Latin mōra

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾa/

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. (law) delay

   Synonym: demora

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɾa/

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative form of móra (“blackberry, mulberry”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾa/

Noun

mora f (plural mores)

1. female equivalent of moro (“moor”)

Further reading

• “mora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mora

1. vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorɑ/, [ˈmo̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora

1. (linguistics) mora

Declension

Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		mora	morat
genitive		moran	morien
partitive		moraa	moria
illative		moraan	moriin
		singular	plural
nominative		mora	morat
accusative	nom.	mora	morat
	gen.	moran
genitive		moran	morien morainrare
partitive		moraa	moria
inessive		morassa	morissa
elative		morasta	morista
illative		moraan	moriin
adessive		moralla	morilla
ablative		moralta	morilta
allative		moralle	morille
essive		morana	morina
translative		moraksi	moriksi
instructive		—	morin
abessive		moratta	moritta
comitative		—	morineen

Possessive forms of mora (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	morani	moramme
2nd person	morasi	moranne
3rd person	moransa

Etymology 2

Named after Swedish Mora in Sweden.

Noun

mora

1. (colloquial) knife, hunting knife

Declension

Inflection of mora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		mora	morat
genitive		moran	morien
partitive		moraa	moria
illative		moraan	moriin
		singular	plural
nominative		mora	morat
accusative	nom.	mora	morat
	gen.	moran
genitive		moran	morien morainrare
partitive		moraa	moria
inessive		morassa	morissa
elative		morasta	morista
illative		moraan	moriin
adessive		moralla	morilla
ablative		moralta	morilta
allative		moralle	morille
essive		morana	morina
translative		moraksi	moriksi
instructive		—	morin
abessive		moratta	moritta
comitative		—	morineen

Possessive forms of mora (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	morani	moramme
2nd person	morasi	moranne
3rd person	moransa

Anagrams

• armo

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese morar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mora.

Verb

mora

1. to live somewhere
2. to reside

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Icelandic

Etymology

From mor (“swarm”). Related to merja (“crush”). Cognate with Faroese mora (“to crush”).

Verb

mora

1. to be teeming with

   Það er allt morandi í stafsetningarvillum hérna. ― This is teeming with spelling errors.

   Það er allt morandi í Íslendingum á Tene. ― Tenerife is overcrowded with Icelanders.

Synonyms

• úa og grúa
• hellingur

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: mò‧ra

Noun

mora f (plural more)

1. mulberry (fruit); fruit of a plant of the genus Morus

   Synonyms: gelso, mora del gelso

2. (by analogy) blackberry (fruit), and similar fruits such as loganberry; fruit of a plant of the genus Rubus

   Synonym: mora di rovo

3. arrears

Related terms

• moratorio
• moro (“blackberry tree”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora (archaic)

1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of morire

Alternative forms

• muoia (non-archaic)

Anagrams

• Roma, amor, armo, armò, maro, marò, orma, ramo, ramò, roma

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese morar.

Verb

mora

1. to live somewhere
2. to reside

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember, care for”). Some offer as cognates Latin memor, Ancient Greek μέρμηρα (mérmēra), μέριμνα (mérimna), μάρτυρ (mártur), μέλλειν (méllein).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ra/, [ˈmɔːrä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

mora f (genitive morae); first declension

1. delay, or any duration of time.

   Synonym: prōditiō

   • sine morā

     without delay

2. (by extension) hindrance

   Synonym: retardātiō

3. obstacle, impediment

   Synonyms: impedīmentum, obstāculum

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mora	morae
Genitive	morae	morārum
Dative	morae	morīs
Accusative	moram	morās
Ablative	morā	morīs
Vocative	mora	morae

Derived terms

• morātiō
• morātōrius
• moror
• morula

 

Descendants

• Asturian: muera

References

• “mŏra¹”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “mora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mora in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2022) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• mora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to retard, delay a thing: moram alicui rei afferre, inferre, facere
    
  • to make all possible haste to..: nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to detain a person: in mora alicui esse
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
    
  • (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
    
• “mora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

• amor, armō, Rōma

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• moren

Noun

mora m or f

1. definite feminine singular of mor

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mora f

1. definite singular of mor

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• मोर (Devanagari script)
• মোর (Bengali script)
• මොර (Sinhalese script)
• မောရ or မေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โมร or โมระ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂມຣ or ໂມຣະ (Lao script)
• មោរ (Khmer script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

Noun

mora m

1. peacock

Declension

Declension table of "mora" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	moro	morā
Accusative (second)	moraṃ	more
Instrumental (third)	morena	morehi or morebhi
Dative (fourth)	morassa or morāya or moratthaṃ	morānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	morasmā or moramhā or morā	morehi or morebhi
Genitive (sixth)	morassa	morānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	morasmiṃ or moramhi or more	moresu
Vocative (calling)	mora	morā

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmura/

Noun

mora f (plural more)

1. mulberry

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mora (“delay”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal)

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• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾa/, /ˈmɔɾɐ/
• Homophone: Mora

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. a delay

   Synonyms: atraso, delonga, demora

2. (law) a delay in the payment of a debt
3. (law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time
4. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

Related terms

• demorar
• morar
• moratória

 

Verb

mora

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of morar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of morar

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmora/

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

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

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Scots

Etymology

From Latin mora.

Noun

mora (plural morae)

1. (Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mora, from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras (“plague, pestilence”), Latin mors (“death”), Sanskrit मर (mara, “death, dying”), English mare (“evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȍra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ра)

1. (obsolete or historical) a mythical creature which feeds on people's blood while they are asleep
2. an anxiety-inducing concern, a hardship

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

Derived terms

• noćna mora (“nightmare”)

References

• “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒːra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

móra f (Cyrillic spelling мо́ра)

1. (phonology, poetics) mora

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

References

• “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 3

From Italian morra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môːra/
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Noun

mȏra f (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ра)

1. morra (ancient game)

Declension

Declension of mora

	singular	plural
nominative	mora	more
genitive	more	mora
dative	mori	morama
accusative	moru	more
vocative	moro	more
locative	mori	morama
instrumental	morom	morama

References

• “mora” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

1. inflection of more (“sea”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

mora (Cyrillic spelling мора)

1. third-person singular present of morati (“to have to; must”)

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Slovak

Noun

mora

1. genitive singular of more

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾa/, [ˈmo.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: mo‧ra

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mora, from Latin mōrum.

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. a mulberry, a mulberry fruit
   • 2005, J. M. Arribas Castrillo and Emilio Vallina Álvarez, Hematología Clínica: Temas de Patología Médica ' (Clinical Hematology: Topics in Medical Pathology, Universidad de Oviedo, →ISBN, page 230:

     Es posible observar inclusiones lipoproteicas (cuerpos de Russell) o agregados en forma de mora (células de Mott).

     It is possible to observe inclusions of lipoprotein (Russell bodies) or aggregates in the shape of a mulberry (Mott cells).

   • 2009, Luis Alberto Moreno (Spanish translator), R. A. Cawson and E. W. Odell (English authors), Cawson Fundamentos de Medicina y Patología Oral, Octavo Edición (Cawson’s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Eighth Edition), Elsevier España, →ISBN, page 207:

     Los núcleos degenerativos distendidos de las células epiteliales forman un grupo que adquiere el aspecto de una mora.

     The distended degenerating nuclei of the epithelial cells cluster together to give the typical mulberry appearance.

2. a blackberry

Derived terms

• hierba mora
• mora azul
• mora de los pantanos
• morado
• moral
• morera

 

Etymology 2

From Latin mora (“delay”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras)

1. default (failure to meet an obligation on time)
2. (phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)

Etymology 3

From Latin maura (“female Moor”).

Noun

mora f (plural moras, masculine moro, masculine plural moros)

1. female equivalent of moro

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mora

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of morar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of morar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of morar.

Anagrams

• amor, maro, Omar, ramo, roma, Roma

Further reading

• “mora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014