Moor

See also: moor, мөөг, and Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Etymology

From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɔː/, /mʊə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mʊɹ/, /mɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r), -ʊə(r)

Noun

Moor (plural Moors)

1. (historical) A member of an ancient Berber people from Mauretania.
2. (historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Berber origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
3. (archaic) A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
4. (dated) A person of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
5. A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Black Moor
• Moorish
• Moorman
• morris

• Morris dancing
• White Moor

Translations

a member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people

• Belarusian: маўр m (maŭr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩爾人 (zh), 摩尔人 (zh) (мó'ěrrén)

• Czech: Maur m
• Danish: maurer c
• Dutch: Moor (nl)
• Esperanto: maŭro
• Estonian: maur (et)
• Faroese: móri m
• Finnish: mauri (fi)
• French: Maure (fr) m or f
• German: Maure (de) m, Maurin f, Mohr (de) m, Mohrin (de) f
• Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
• Hindi: मूर (hi) m (mūr)
• Hungarian: mór (hu)

• Icelandic: mári m
• Italian: moro (it) m
• Japanese: ムーア人 (мūajin)
• Korean: 무어인 (mueoin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurer m

  Nynorsk: maurar m

• Polish: Maur (pl) m
• Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt)
• Romanian: maur (ro) m
• Russian: мавр (ru) m (mavr)
• Spanish: moro (es) m
• Swedish: mor (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мавр m (mavr)

a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain

• Czech: Maur m
• Danish: maurer c
• Dutch: Moor (nl)
• Esperanto: maŭro
• Faroese: móri m
• Finnish: mauri (fi)
• French: Maure (fr) m or f

  Middle French: More m

• German: Maure (de) m, Maurin f, Mohr (de) m, Mohrin (de) f
• Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
• Hindi: मूर (hi) m (mūr)
• Hungarian: mór (hu)

• Icelandic: mári m
• Italian: mori (it) m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maurer m

  Nynorsk: maurar m

• Polish: Maur (pl) m
• Portuguese: mouro (pt), moiro (pt)
• Romanian: maur (ro) m
• Russian: мавр (ru) m (mavr)
• Spanish: moro (es) m
• Swedish: mor (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} Maur
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Mavri

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Moro (es)

See also

• Morian

Anagrams

• Moro, Romo, room

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moor, from Old French maure, from Latin Maurus, from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːr/

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• Hyphenation: Moor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

Moor m (plural Moren, diminutive Moortje n, feminine Morin)

1. (historical) A Moor (member of a Berber people from western North Africa, ruling parts of Spain during the Middle Ages).
2. (archaic, potentially offensive) A black person, a negro.

Derived terms

• moorkop
• Moors

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mōr, mūr, from Old Saxon mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European. Compare Dutch moer, English moor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːɐ̯/

• Audio

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• Homophone: Mohr
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

Moor n (genitive Moors or Moores, plural Moore)

1. marsh, mire, bog
2. (Hochmoor) moor
3. (Flachmoor) fen

Declension

Declension of Moor

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Moor	die	Moore
genitive	eines	des	Moores, Moors	der	Moore
dative	einem	dem	Moor, Moore1	den	Mooren
accusative	ein	das	Moor	die	Moore

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

• Fenn

Hypernyms

• Lebensraum

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of Moor

• Anmoor
• Armmoor

  Sauer-Armmoor

• Durchströmungsmoor
• Hangmoor
• Hochmoor
• Kesselmoor

• Niedermoor
• Quellmoor
• Regenmoor
• Reichmoor
• Überflutungsmoor
• Übergangsmoor
• Verlandungsmoor

• Versumpfungsmoor
• wurzelechtes Hochmoor
• Zwischenmoor

  Basen-Zwischenmoor

  Kalk-Zwischenmoor

  Sauer-Zwischenmoor

Derived terms

• Hochmoor
• Moorboden
• Moorbrand
• Mooreidechse
• Moorente
• Moorerde
• Moorfrosch
• Moorgebiet
• Moorhuhn
• moorig
• Moorkolonie
• Moorleiche
• Moorpackung
• Moorpflanze
• Moorschneehuhn
• Moorsiedlung
• Regenmoor
• Zwischenmoor

 

Related terms

• Moorhuhnjagd

Further reading

• “Moor” in Duden online