morra

See also: Morra and morrà

English

Etymology

From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈmɒɹə/

Noun

morra (uncountable)

2. A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: morra f
• German: Mora f
• Italian: morra (it)
• Sicilian: murra f
• Spanish: morra f
• Venetan: mòra (vec) f

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} micatio

Further reading

• morra (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Armor, Marro, Morar, armor, maror

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.ra]

Noun

morra f (plural morres)

1. morra (game)

Further reading

• “morra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

morra

1. inflection of morrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Of unknown origin; possibly from Arabic [script needed] (mora), [script needed] (muraḥ), or of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *meur (“finger”) (see mér). This game was inherited from the Romans, who called it micātiō, from the phrase micāre digitīs (“to flash one’s fingers”). Akin to Venetan mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔrra
• Hyphenation: mòr‧ra

Noun

morra f (plural morre)

1. the game of morra

Derived terms

• morra cinese

Descendants

• → Catalan: morra
• → German: Mora
• → English: morra
• → Polish: mora
• → Spanish: morra

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁɐ/ [ˈmo.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁɐ/ [ˈmo.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁɐ/ [ˈmo.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁa/ [ˈmo.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -oʁɐ
• Hyphenation: mor‧ra

Verb

morra

1. inflection of morrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: mo‧rra

Etymology 1

Related to morro.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. upper part of the head
2. (Mexico) chick; gal; missy; kiddo

Interjection

morra

1. used to call a cat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra.

Noun

morra f (plural morras)

1. morra (game)
2. (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

Further reading

• “morra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse murra, of imitative origin. See also Middle Low German murren.

Verb

morra (present morrar, preterite morrade, supine morrat, imperative morra)

1. to growl, to snarl (of an animal, or more or less figuratively of a human)

   Grr, morrade vargen

   Grr, the wolf growled

Conjugation

Conjugation of morra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	morra		morras
supine	morrat		morrats
imperative	morra		—
imper. plural1	morren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	morrar	morrade	morras	morrades
ind. plural1	morra	morrade	morras	morrades
subjunctive2	morre	morrade	morres	morrades
present participle		morrande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• morrhår (“whisker”)

Related terms

• morr

See also

• brumma (“growl (of a bear)”)
• fräsa (“hiss”)
• growla (“growl (perform death growl vocals)”)
• knota (“grumble”)
• kurra (“growl (of a stomach)”)
• muttra (“mutter”)

References

• “morra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “morra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “morra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)