murre
English
Etymology
Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.
Pronunciation
Noun
murre (plural murres)
- Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
- 1990, David G. Ainley, Seabirds of the Farallon Islands: Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community, page 252,
- It may be that in one year alone, the Farallon murre population was reduced to the level at which it stood during the mid-1990s
- 1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296,
- About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.
- 2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52,
- Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.
- 1990, David G. Ainley, Seabirds of the Farallon Islands: Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community, page 252,
Synonyms
- (any bird of genus Uria): guillemot
Derived terms
Translations
seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family
See also
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
murre (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
murre
Declension
Inflection of murre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation) | ||||
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nominative | murre | murteet | ||
genitive | murteen | murteiden murteitten | ||
partitive | murretta | murteita | ||
illative | murteeseen | murteisiin murteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | murre | murteet | ||
accusative | nom. | murre | murteet | |
gen. | murteen | |||
genitive | murteen | murteiden murteitten | ||
partitive | murretta | murteita | ||
inessive | murteessa | murteissa | ||
elative | murteesta | murteista | ||
illative | murteeseen | murteisiin murteihin | ||
adessive | murteella | murteilla | ||
ablative | murteelta | murteilta | ||
allative | murteelle | murteille | ||
essive | murteena | murteina | ||
translative | murteeksi | murteiksi | ||
abessive | murteetta | murteitta | ||
instructive | — | murtein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
compounds
Etymology 2
Probably from the verb murista (“to growl”)
Noun
murre
Declension
Inflection of murre (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | murre | murret | ||
genitive | murren | murrejen | ||
partitive | murrea | murreja | ||
illative | murreen | murreihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | murre | murret | ||
accusative | nom. | murre | murret | |
gen. | murren | |||
genitive | murren | murrejen murreinrare | ||
partitive | murrea | murreja | ||
inessive | murressa | murreissa | ||
elative | murresta | murreista | ||
illative | murreen | murreihin | ||
adessive | murrella | murreilla | ||
ablative | murrelta | murreilta | ||
allative | murrelle | murreille | ||
essive | murrena | murreina | ||
translative | murreksi | murreiksi | ||
abessive | murretta | murreitta | ||
instructive | — | murrein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Verb
murre
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of murren.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of murren.
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of murren.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of murren.
Ingrian
Noun
murre
Middle English
Noun
murre
- Alternative form of mirre
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