muro

See also: muró and murò

Bikol Central

Noun

murô

1. finger; toe

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Esperanto

Etymology

Latin mūrus, reinforced by many descendants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro
• Rhymes: -uro
• Audio:

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Noun

muro (accusative singular muron, plural muroj, accusative plural murojn)

1. wall
   • 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:

     Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.

     The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.

Derived terms

• fajromuro
• murhorloĝo

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Finnish

Noun

muro

1. (usually in the plural) breakfast cereal

Usage notes

Rarely used in singular, as a single grain of breakfast cereal is rarely mentioned.

Declension

Inflection of muro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		muro	murot
genitive		muron	murojen
partitive		muroa	muroja
illative		muroon	muroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		muro	murot
accusative	nom.	muro	murot
	gen.	muron
genitive		muron	murojen
partitive		muroa	muroja
inessive		murossa	muroissa
elative		murosta	muroista
illative		muroon	muroihin
adessive		murolla	muroilla
ablative		murolta	muroilta
allative		murolle	muroille
essive		murona	muroina
translative		muroksi	muroiksi
instructive		—	muroin
abessive		murotta	muroitta
comitative		—	muroineen

Anagrams

• romu

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall (structure built for defense)
2. wall (division of a structure)

Synonyms

• (division): parede

References

• “muro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto muro, ultimately from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muro (plural muri)

1. wall

Derived terms

• enmurigar (“to immure”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin murus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/, [ˈmuː.r̺o]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mù‧ro
• Rhymes: -uro

Noun

muro m (plural muri m, alternative plural mura f)

1. wall

   Synonym: parete

Usage notes

The feminine plural mura denotes the walls of a town, castle or similar, viewed collectively:

Le mura di Roma hanno dodici porte. ― Rome's walls have twelve gates.

Otherwise the masculine plural muri is used:

I muri hanno orecchie. ― The walls have ears.

Related terms

• muraglia
• muraiolo, muraiuolo
• murale
• muramento
• murare

• murario
• muratore
• muratura
• muricciolo
• muricolo

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murare

Anagrams

• umor

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Japanese

Romanization

muro

1. Rōmaji transcription of むろ

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Latin

Noun

mūrō

1. dative singular of mūrus
2. ablative singular of mūrus

References

• muro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Portuguese

muro

Etymology

From Old Portuguese muro, from Latin murus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall

Synonyms

• parede f

Related terms

• muralha f

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of murar

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Romani

Pronoun

muro m (feminine muri, plural mure)

1. (possessive) my

   muro jilo - my heart

   muro shavo - my son

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin murus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo/

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall

Synonyms

• pared f

Related terms

• mural
• muralla f

Verb

muro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of murar.

References

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