mure
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English muren, from Middle French murer, from Old French murer (“to close by a wall”), from Late Latin mūrō, mūrāre, from Latin mūrus (“wall”). Related to German Mauer (“wall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun
mure (plural mures)
- (obsolete) wall
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv], line 2870:
- Th' incessant care and labour of his mind
Hath wrought the mure that should confine it in
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- (obsolete) husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh
Adjective
mure (not comparable)
- (obsolete) mural (as a postmodifier)
Verb
mure (third-person singular simple present mures, present participle muring, simple past and past participle mured)
- (obsolete) to wall in or fortify
- (archaic) To enclose or imprison within walls.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- Therewith he mured up his mouth along ,
And therein shut up his blasphemous tong
- a. 1765, Bible, Joshua 10 (heading)
- The five kings are mured in a cave.
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References
- Meaning "Husks of fruit": 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes. From Wright's Dialect Dict.
Anagrams
- Meru
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuːrə/, [ˈmuːɐ]
- Homophone: murer
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múra, derived from the noun. Compare German mauern.
Verb
mure (imperative mur, infinitive at mure, present tense murer, past tense murede, perfect tense er/har muret)
- to build a wall, to lay bricks
Inflection
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | murer | murede |
| perfect | har muret | havde muret |
| passive | mures | muredes |
| participle | murende | muret |
| imperative | mur | — |
| infinitive | mure | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | muren | — |
Derived terms
- murer
- muret
- mure inde
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mure c
- indefinite plural of mur
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mureh.
Noun
mure (genitive mure, partitive muret)
- sorrow, woe, grief
- care, concern
- anxiety, distress
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mure | mured |
| genitive | mure | murede |
| partitive | muret | muresid |
| illative | muresse | muredesse |
| inessive | mures | muredes |
| elative | murest | muredest |
| allative | murele | muredele |
| adessive | murel | muredel |
| ablative | murelt | muredelt |
| translative | mureks | muredeks |
| terminative | mureni | muredeni |
| essive | murena | muredena |
| abessive | mureta | muredeta |
| comitative | murega | muredega |
Derived terms
- muretsema
Further reading
- mure in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- mure in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- mure in Sõnaveeb
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: mur, mûr, murs, mûrs, mûre, mures, mûres, murent
Verb
mure
- inflection of murer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Adjective
mure
- Alternative spelling of mûre
Anagrams
- muer
Ingrian
Noun
mure
- grief
Interlingua
Noun
mure (plural mures)
- mouse
- Synonym: mus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.re/, [ˈmuːrɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.re/, [ˈmuːre]
Noun
mūre
- ablative singular of mūs
- vocative singular of mūrus
Middle English
Alternative forms
- meur, mewre, moyre
Etymology
From Old French meur, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of mature.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miu̯r/
Adjective
mure
- grave, serious, modest
- (rare) mature, ripe
Related terms
- demure
References
- “mūre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
- mur, mür
Etymology
From Old Saxon mūra, from Latin mūrus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːrə/, /myːrə/
Noun
mûre or mü̂re f
- wall
Usage notes
The form with /yː/ and the form with /uː/ existed next to each other.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mûre | mûren |
| accusative | mûren | mûren |
| dative | mûren | mûren |
| genitive | mûren | mûren |
| Middle Low German nouns often switch to other declension classes, and new declension patterns are created throughout the period. As such, this table need not necessarily portray the only existing pattern but might merely be an exemplary of an original or common form. | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mü̂re | mü̂ren |
| accusative | mü̂ren | mü̂ren |
| dative | mü̂ren | mü̂ren |
| genitive | mü̂ren | mü̂ren |
| Middle Low German nouns often switch to other declension classes, and new declension patterns are created throughout the period. As such, this table need not necessarily portray the only existing pattern but might merely be an exemplary of an original or common form. | ||
Descendants
- Dutch Low Saxon: mure
- → Estonian: müür
References
- "mûre" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múra.
Verb
mure (present tense murer, past tense mura or murte, supine and past participle mura or murt)
- to mason
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mura, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ.
Noun
mure f or m (definite singular mura or muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)
- (botany) any plant of the potentilla family
- Synonym: potentilla
References
- “mure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múra.
Alternative forms
- mura (a-infinitive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mʉː.rə/
Verb
mure (present tense murar, past tense mura, past participle mura, passive infinitive murast, present participle murande, imperative mure/mur)
- to mason
Derived terms
- murar
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mura, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ. Akin to German Möhre (“carrot”).
Noun
mure f (definite singular mura, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)
- (botany) any plant of the potentilla family
- Synonym: potentilla
References
- “mure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɾ(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: mu‧re
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese mur, from Latin mūrem, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognate with Spanish mur and Romansh mieur.
Alternative forms
- muro
Noun
mure m (plural mures)
- (archaic, dialectal) mouse
- Synonym: rato
Derived terms
- murar
Related terms
- morcego
- murganho
- musaranho
- músculo
Verb
mure
- inflection of murar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- muri (Campidanese)
Etymology
From Latin mūrem, accusative of mūs. Compare Italian mure, Romansch mieur, Portuguese mure/muro, Spanish mur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmure/
Noun
mure m (plural mures)
- mouse
- Synonym: sorighe
Spanish
Verb
mure
- inflection of murar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative