morra
See also: Morra and morrà
English
Etymology
From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈmɒɹə/
Noun
morra (uncountable)
- A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.
Translations
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Further reading
morra (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Armor, Marro, Morar, armor, maror
Catalan
Etymology
From Italian morra.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈmo.rə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ra/
Noun
morra f (plural morres)
- morra (game)
Further reading
- “morra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Etymology
Of unknown origin; akin to Venetian mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔrra
- Hyphenation: mòr‧ra
Noun
morra f (plural morre)
- the game of morra
Descendants
- → Catalan: morra
- → English: morra
- → Spanish: morra
- → German: Mora
Portuguese
Verb
morra
- inflection of morrer:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmo.ra]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: mo‧rra
Etymology 1
Related to morro.
Noun
morra f (plural morras)
- upper part of the head
- (Mexico) chick; girl; missy
Interjection
morra
- Used to call a cat.
Etymology 2
From Italian morra.
Noun
morra f (plural morras)
- morra (game)
- (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero
Further reading
- “morra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Verb
morra (present morrar, preterite morrade, supine morrat, imperative morra)
- to growl, to snarl (of an animal, or more or less figuratively of a human)
Conjugation
Conjugation of morra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | morra | morras | ||
| Supine | morrat | morrats | ||
| Imperative | morra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | morren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | morrar | morrade | morras | morrades |
| Ind. plural1 | morra | morrade | morras | morrades |
| Subjunctive2 | morre | morrade | morres | morrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | morrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- morra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- morra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- morra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)