muro

See also: muró, murò, and můro

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾoʔ/ [muˈɾoʔ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

murô (Basahan spelling ᜋᜓᜍᜓ)

1. (Naga, anatomy) finger, toe

   Synonym: guramoy

Derived terms

• gigis
• kamot
• manlalabaw
• panukdo
• singsingan
• tanggurang
• tuldo

Catalan

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /muˈɾo/ [mʊˈɾ̪o]

Verb

muro

1. to glower; to look or stare with anger

Noun

muro

1. a glower; an angry glare or stare

Anagrams

• urom

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian muro, French mur, both from Latin mūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

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
• murpentraĵo

See also

• vando

Finnish

Etymology

mur- +‎ -o. Originally a variant of muru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. (usually in the plural) breakfast cereal
2. (baking, as modifier) short (brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat)

   murokakku ― shortcake

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
abessive		murotta	muroitta
instructive		—	muroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of muro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative muroni muroni accusative nom. muroni muroni gen. muroni genitive muroni murojeni partitive muroani murojani inessive murossani muroissani elative murostani muroistani illative murooni muroihini adessive murollani muroillani ablative muroltani muroiltani allative murolleni muroilleni essive muronani muroinani translative murokseni muroikseni abessive murottani muroittani instructive — — comitative — muroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative murosi murosi accusative nom. murosi murosi gen. murosi genitive murosi murojesi partitive muroasi murojasi inessive murossasi muroissasi elative murostasi muroistasi illative muroosi muroihisi adessive murollasi muroillasi ablative muroltasi muroiltasi allative murollesi muroillesi essive muronasi muroinasi translative muroksesi muroiksesi abessive murottasi muroittasi instructive — — comitative — muroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative muromme muromme accusative nom. muromme muromme gen. muromme genitive muromme murojemme partitive muroamme murojamme inessive murossamme muroissamme elative murostamme muroistamme illative muroomme muroihimme adessive murollamme muroillamme ablative muroltamme muroiltamme allative murollemme muroillemme essive muronamme muroinamme translative muroksemme muroiksemme abessive murottamme muroittamme instructive — — comitative — muroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative muronne muronne accusative nom. muronne muronne gen. muronne genitive muronne murojenne partitive muroanne murojanne inessive murossanne muroissanne elative murostanne muroistanne illative muroonne muroihinne adessive murollanne muroillanne ablative muroltanne muroiltanne allative murollenne muroillenne essive muronanne muroinanne translative muroksenne muroiksenne abessive murottanne muroittanne instructive — — comitative — muroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative muronsa muronsa accusative nom. muronsa muronsa gen. muronsa genitive muronsa murojensa partitive muroaan muroansa murojaan murojansa inessive murossaan murossansa muroissaan muroissansa elative murostaan murostansa muroistaan muroistansa illative muroonsa muroihinsa adessive murollaan murollansa muroillaan muroillansa ablative muroltaan muroltansa muroiltaan muroiltansa allative murolleen murollensa muroilleen muroillensa essive muronaan muronansa muroinaan muroinansa translative murokseen muroksensa muroikseen muroiksensa abessive murottaan murottansa muroittaan muroittansa instructive — — comitative — muroineen muroinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• aamiaismuro
• aamiaismurot
• lesemuro
• maissimuro
• murokakku
• murokeksi
• muroleivos
• muropaketti
• murotaikina
• riisimuro
• vehnämuro

Further reading

• “muro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• romu

Galician

Muros (Gallaecian oppidum of San Cibrao de Las)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese muro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo/ [ˈmu.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall (stone structure built for defense)

   Synonym: muralla

2. wall (stone structure built for delimitation)

   Synonyms: valado, valo

3. wall (division of a structure)

   Synonym: parede

4. (regional) hill-fort
5. breakwater

   Synonyms: crebaondas, quebraondas

Derived terms

• Canto do Muro
• Mura
• Murada
• Muradela
• Muradella
• Murallón
• Muras
• Muro
• Muros

Related terms

• muralla
• murar

References

• “muro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “muro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “muro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “muro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “muro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto muro, ultimately from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muro (plural muri)

1. wall

Derived terms

• enmurigar (“to immure”)

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muro. Cognates include dialectal Finnish muro and Estonian muru.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. lawn

Declension

Declension of muro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	muro	murot
genitive	muron	murroin, muroloin
partitive	murroa	muroja, muroloja
illative	murroo	murroi, muroloihe
inessive	muros	murois, murolois
elative	murost	muroist, muroloist
allative	murolle	muroille, muroloille
adessive	murol	muroil, muroloil
ablative	murolt	muroilt, muroloilt
translative	muroks	muroiks, muroloiks
essive	muronna, murroon	muroinna, muroloinna, murroin, muroloin
exessive1)	muront	muroint, muroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Etymology 2

From murtaa (“to break”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro

1. Synonym of muru (“crumb”)

Declension

Declension of muro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	muro	murot
genitive	muron	murroin, muroloin
partitive	murroa	muroja, muroloja
illative	murroo	murroi, muroloihe
inessive	muros	murois, murolois
elative	murost	muroist, muroloist
allative	murolle	muroille, muroloille
adessive	murol	muroil, muroloil
ablative	murolt	muroilt, muroloilt
translative	muroks	muroiks, muroloiks
essive	muronna, murroon	muroinna, muroloinna, murroin, muroloin
exessive1)	muront	muroint, muroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• muromaito
• voimuro

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 320

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mù‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Noun

muro m (plural muri m or (collectively, when referring to the walls of a town, castle, etc.) 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

Etymology 2

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murare

Anagrams

• umor

Japanese

Romanization

muro

1. Rōmaji transcription of むろ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.roː/, [ˈmuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/, [ˈmuːro]

Noun

mūrō

1. dative/ablative singular of mūrus

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of muru

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

muro

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

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. wall (outdoors)

Usage notes

• Portuguese differentiates between external and internal walls. The barrier that surrounds and divides lands is called muro, while the structures that make the outer part of a building and divide its rooms are called parede.

Derived terms

• murão
• murar
• mureta
• murinho

Related terms

• mural
• muralha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Romani

Pronoun

muro

1. Alternative form of miro

   muro jilo

   my heart

   muro shavo

   my son

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo/ [ˈmu.ɾo]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”). Cognate with German Mauer (“wall”) and obsolete English mure. Compare English mural.

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

1. (physical) wall

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared

2. (figurative) wall

   El muro del silencio. ― The wall of silence.

3. (Internet) wall (on Facebook)

Derived terms

• murar
• muro cortafuego
• muro de Berlín
• Muro de las Lamentaciones
• muro de pago

Related terms

• mural
• muralla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muro

1. first-person singular present indicative of murar

Further reading

• “muro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

muro

1. lawn

Inflection

Declension of muro (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muro	murod
genitive	muro	murojõ, muroi
partitive	murroa	muroitõ, muroi
illative	murrosõ, murro	muroisõ
inessive	muroz	muroiz
elative	murossõ	muroissõ
allative	murolõ	muroilõ
adessive	murollõ	muroillõ
ablative	muroltõ	muroiltõ
translative	murossi	muroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

muro

1. crumb, piece

Inflection

Declension of muro (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muro	murod
genitive	muro	murojõ, muroi
partitive	murroa	muroitõ, muroi
illative	murrosõ, murro	muroisõ
inessive	muroz	muroiz
elative	murossõ	muroissõ
allative	murolõ	muroilõ
adessive	murollõ	muroillõ
ablative	muroltõ	muroiltõ
translative	murossi	muroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yagara

Noun

muro

1. nose

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Turubul Body Parts.