murre
English edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɜː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /mɝ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophones: murr, myrrh
Noun edit
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[1], 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.
Synonyms edit
- (any bird of genus Uria): guillemot
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From murdma (“to break”) + -e, most likely influenced by Finnish murre.
Noun edit
murre (genitive murde, partitive murret)
Declension edit
Declension of murre (ÕS type 6/mõte, rd-rr gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | murre | murded | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | murde | ||
genitive | murrete | ||
partitive | murret | murdeid | |
illative | murdesse | murretesse murdeisse | |
inessive | murdes | murretes murdeis | |
elative | murdest | murretest murdeist | |
allative | murdele | murretele murdeile | |
adessive | murdel | murretel murdeil | |
ablative | murdelt | murretelt murdeilt | |
translative | murdeks | murreteks murdeiks | |
terminative | murdeni | murreteni | |
essive | murdena | murretena | |
abessive | murdeta | murreteta | |
comitative | murdega | murretega |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “murre”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
murtaa + -e. First attested in 1820.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
murre
Declension edit
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. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
- aluemurre
- etelämurre
- hämäläismurteet
- inkeroismurre
- itämurre
- itämurteinen
- kaakkoismurteet
- kansanmurre
- keskimurre
- kotimurre
- lounaismurre
- lyydiläismurre
- lyydiläismurteet
- länsimurre
- murreaineisto
- murreaines
- murrealue
- murreasu
- murrehavainto
- murreilmaus
- murrejatkumo
- murrekartta
- murrekirjailija
- murrekirjallisuus
- murremaantiede
- murreoppi
- murrepakina
- murreraja
- murreryhmä
- murresana
- murresanakirja
- murretutkija
- murretutkimus
- murrevaihtelu
- murteenpuhuja
- murteentutkija
- murteentutkimus
- näköismurre
- paikallismurre
- pohjalaismurre
- pohjoismurre
- savakkomurteet
- savolaismurre
- silmämurre
- yksilömurre
- äyrämöismurre
- äyrämöismurteet
Further reading edit
- “murre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from the verb murista (“to growl”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
murre (dialectal)
Declension edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
murre
- inflection of murren:
Middle English edit
Noun edit
murre
- Alternative form of mirre
Swedish edit
Noun edit
murre c
- (colloquial, chiefly in compounds) a chimney sweep
- (colloquial) a cat
Declension edit
Declension of murre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | murre | murren | murrar | murrarna |
Genitive | murres | murrens | murrars | murrarnas |