Aromanian

Noun

mur m ‎(plural muri)

1. wall

Synonyms

• stizmã, greb

Related terms

• murisci

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mūrus.

Noun

mur m ‎(plural murs)

1. wall

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mur

1. sea

Danish

Noun

mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)

1. wall; defence structure
2. A wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones
3. (soccer) wall

Inflection

See also

• murer
• mure

Verb

mur

1. imperative of mure

French

Etymology

From Old French (nominative murs), from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei ‎(“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myʁ/

Noun

mur m ‎(plural murs)

1. wall

See also

• muraille
• paroi

Hausa

Noun

mûr̃ m

1. myrrh

Interlingue

Noun

mur

1. wall

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠəɾˠ/

Determiner

mur

1. Ulster form of bhur

Lojban

Rafsi

mur

1. rafsi of murta.

Middle Low German

Noun

mur or mür f

1. Alternative form of mure.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei ‎(“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

Noun

mur m ‎(plural murs)

1. (Guernsey) wall

Synonyms

• muthâle (Jersey)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin murus and Old Norse múrr

Noun

mur m ‎(definite singular muren, indefinite plural murer, definite plural murene)

1. a wall

Synonyms

• vegg

Derived terms

References

• “mur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin murus and Old Norse múrr

Noun

mur m ‎(definite singular muren, indefinite plural murar, definite plural murane)

1. a wall

Synonyms

• vegg

Derived terms

References

• “mur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• (Guardiol) mura

Etymology

From Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei ‎(“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [myr]

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mūrum, accusative singular of mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei ‎(“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).

Noun

mur m ‎(oblique plural murs, nominative singular murs, nominative plural mur)

1. wall

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ/

Noun

mur m

1. A mouse or rat
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 326 (facsimile):

     oſ uiu iaz(er) com(o) iaz / o cõello aſcõdud ou o mur

     he saw them hiding like a cowering rabbit or a mouse.

Descendants

• Portuguese: mure, muro

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German mūr, mūre, from Old High German mûra, from Latin mūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur/

Noun

mur m inan ‎(diminutive murek)

1. wall

Declension

Related terms

• (verb) murować
• (nouns) murarka, murarstwo, murarz
• (adjectives) murarski, murowy

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin mōrus.

Noun

mur m ‎(plural muri)

1. blackberry bush

Related terms

• mură

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mūrus (19th century) ^[1]. Perhaps preserved as popular in its use as a rare regionalism from Maramureș and Ardeal.^[2]

Noun

mur m ‎(plural muri)

1. (rare) wall

Synonyms

• zid, perete

References

1. ↑ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://dexonline.ro/definitie/mur
2. ↑ Dictionary of Regionalisms and Archaisms from Maramureș.https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Dic%C8%9Bionar_de_regionalisme_%C8%99i_arhaisme_din_Maramure%C8%99/Litera_M

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

mur

1. Alternative form of mura

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Displaced by ratón, an augmentative form of rata ‎(“rat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɾ/

Noun

mur m ‎(plural mures)

1. (archaic) mouse

Synonyms

• ratón m

Related terms

• múrido
• musaraña

References

“mur” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin murus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

mur c

1. wall; defense structure
2. A wall-like structure built of overlapping bricks or of stones
3. (soccer) wall

Declension

See also

• murare
• mura
• stenmur
• vall

Tolai

Alternative forms

• amur

Pronoun

mur

1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin mūrus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /miːr/

Noun

mur m (plural muriau)

1. wall

Mutation