murrey

See also: Murrey

English

Etymology

From Middle English murrey, murreye, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French moré, morée, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məɹiː/

Noun

murrey (countable and uncountable, plural murreys)

1. The mulberry fruit.
2. (heraldry) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules and purpure.

Translations

mulberry — see mulberry

red colour

• Catalan: morat (ca)
• Dutch: murrey
• Finnish: murrey
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} дудинка (dudinka)
• Portuguese: morado (pt) m
• Spanish: morado (es)

Adjective

murrey (not comparable)

1. Of a mulberry colour.

Translations

having a murrey colour

• German: dunkelrotbraun
• Italian: morato

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• murreye, murre, morre, morrey, murray, morry, murry, murreiȝ

Etymology

From Middle French moré, from Latin moratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurɛi̯/, /ˈmureː/

Noun

murrey (uncountable)

1. purple-red, magenta (colour)
2. magenta fabric
3. A dish containing mulberries for flavour

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
• “murrei (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

murrey

1. purple-red, magenta

Descendants

• English: murrey

References

• “murrei (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret