muro

See also: muró, murò, and můro

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mu‧ro
IPA^(key): /muˈɾoʔ/

Noun

murô

(Naga, anatomy) finger, toe
Synonym: guramoy

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mu‧ro

IPA^(key): /muˈɾo/, [mʊˈɾ̪u]

Verb

muro

to glower; to look or stare with anger

Noun

muro

a glower; an angry glare or stare

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:muro.

Anagrams

urom

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmuro]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -uro
Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro (accusative singular muron, plural muroj, accusative plural murojn)

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

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

muro

(usually in the plural) breakfast cereal
(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
accusative	gen.	muron	murot
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
instructive		—	muroin
abessive		murotta	muroitta
comitative		—	muroineen

Possessive forms of muro (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	muroni	muromme
2nd person	murosi	muronne
3rd person	muronsa

Compounds

aamiaismuro
maissimuro
murokakku
murokeksi
muroleivos
muropaketti
murotaikina
riisimuro
vehnämuro

Anagrams

romu

Galician

Muros (Gallaecian oppidum of San Cibrao de Las)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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): /ˈmuɾo̝/

Noun

muro m (plural muros)

wall (stone structure built for defense)
Synonym: muralla
wall (stone structure built for delimitation)
Synonyms: valado, valo
wall (division of a structure)
Synonym: parede
(regional) hill-fort
breakwater

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, Royal Galician Academy.
“muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“muro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“muro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“muro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto muro, ultimately from Latin mūrus.

Noun

muro (plural muri)

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

lawn
- “Pääskölintu päivälintu”‎:
  Etsi maata maataksee, murroa muniaksee.
  She was searching for land to lie down [on], for a lawn to lay eggs [on].

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]

Rhymes: -uro

Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Noun

muro

Alternative form of muru

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.

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/
Audio (file)
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)

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

Verb

muro

first-person singular present indicative of murare

Anagrams

umor

Japanese

Romanization

muro

Rōmaji transcription of むろ

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.roː/, [ˈmuːroː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ro/, [ˈmuːro]

Noun

mūrō

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

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of muru

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɾu/

Rhymes: -uɾu
Hyphenation: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

muro

From Old 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)

wall
Synonym: parede

Related terms

muralha f

Verb

muro

first-person singular present indicative of murar

Romani

Pronoun

muro

Alternative form of miro
muro jilo
my heart
muro shavo
my son

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾo/ [ˈmu.ɾo]
Audio (Peru) (file)
Rhymes: -uɾo
Syllabification: mu‧ro

Etymology 1

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)

(physical) wall
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared
(figurative) wall
El muro del silencio. ― The wall of silence.
(Internet) wall (on Facebook)

Derived terms

murar
muro cortafuego
muro de Berlín
Muro de las Lamentaciones

Related terms

mural
muralla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muro

first-person singular present indicative of murar

Yagara

Noun

muro

nose

References

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

muro

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Noun

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Verb

Noun

Quotations

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Compounds

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Ido

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Usage notes

Related terms

Verb

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Verb

Romani

Pronoun

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Yagara

Noun

References