muur

See also: müür

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [myr]

Noun

muur (plural [please provide])

1. wall

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myr/, [myːr]

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• Hyphenation: muur
• Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch muur, mure, from Old Dutch *mūr, *mūra, from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muur m (plural muren, diminutive muurtje n)

1. A wall.
2. A type of fast-food vending machine with compartments arranged similar to a wall that contain snacks (chiefly in the phrase "uit de muur trekken").

Derived terms

• buitenmuur
• muuranker
• muurbloem
• ommuren
• snackmuur
• stadsmuur

Descendants

• Afrikaans: muur

Etymology 2

Noun

muur m (plural muren, diminutive muurtje n)

1. chickweed

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch mūr, mūra, from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muur f or m

1. wall

Inflection

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Alternative forms

• mure
• muer

Descendants

• Dutch: muur
  • Afrikaans: muur
• Limburgish: moer
• West Flemish: meur

Further reading

• “muur (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “muur (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Nzadi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

muur (plural baar)

1. person

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN