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muro
muro
Esperanto
Etymology
Latin mūrus, reinforced by several Romance languages.
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.
- Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.
- 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:
Derived terms
Finnish
Noun
muro
- Singular form of murot.
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 |
| gen. | muron | ||
| 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 | |
Usage notes
Rarely used in singular, as a single grain of breakfast cereal is rarely mentioned.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Noun
muro m (plural muros)
Synonyms
- (division): parede
References
- “muro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto muro, ultimately from Latin mūrus.
Noun
muro (plural muri)
Derived terms
- enmurigar (“to immure”)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.ro/, [ˈmuː.r̺o]
- Hyphenation: mù‧ro
- Rhymes: -uro
Noun
muro m (plural muri) (see also: mura)
Synonyms
Related terms
Verb
muro
- first-person singular present indicative of murare
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
mūrō
References
- muro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese

muro
Etymology
From Old Portuguese muro, from Latin murus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”).
Pronunciation
Noun
muro m (plural muros)
Synonyms
- parede f
Related terms
- muralha f
Verb
muro
Romani
Pronoun
muro m (feminine muri, plural mure)
- (possessive) my
- muro jilo - my heart
- muro shavo - my son
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾo/
Noun
muro m (plural muros)
Synonyms
- pared f
Related terms
Verb
muro
References
- “muro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.