English

Alternative forms

• Māori (preferred usage in Māori text)
• Mäori, Maaori (alternative usage in Māori text when macrons are not available)

Adjective

Maori

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Maori

1. The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
2. The language of these people.

Translations

Noun

Maori ‎(plural Maori or Maoris)

1. A member of this people.

Usage notes

The plural form "Maoris" is sometimes used for members of the people, but "Maori" is preferred, as the term is invariant in Māori.

Translations

Derived terms

• Maoriland

See also

• te reo
• Index of Maori words
• Wiktionary's coverage of Maori terms

eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre

• A Dictionary of the Maori Language, by Herbert Williams (1957).
• Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, by Edward Tregear (1891).
• First Lessons in Maori, by Bishop William Williams (1930)

Anagrams

• Mario
• Moira
• moria

Catalan

Adjective

maori m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural maoris)

1. Maori

Noun

maori m, f ‎(plural maoris)

1. Maori person

Proper noun

maori m

1. Maori language

Finnish

Noun

maori

1. A Maori (member of the indigenous people of New Zealand).
2. The Maori language.

Declension

Synonyms

• (language) maorin kieli

Anagrams

• aromi, omari, Raimo, roima

French

Adjective

maori m ‎(feminine singular maorie, masculine plural maoris, feminine plural maories)

1. Maori (of or relating to the Maori people or language)

Noun

maori m ‎(plural maori, feminine maorie)

1. a person of Maori descent
2. (uncountable) the Maori language

Italian

Adjective

maori ‎(invariable)

1. Maori

Noun

maori m, f ‎(invariable)

1. Maori

Anagrams

• amori
• aromi
• Mario
• moria
• omari
• ormai
• riamo, riamò

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maori m ‎(definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maorier, definite plural maoriene)

1. a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
2. (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)

Usage notes

Maori, not maorisk, is the correct Norwegian name for the Maori language, despite the article in Wikipedia.

Related terms

• maorisk (adjective)

References

• “maori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maori m ‎(definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maoriar, definite plural maoriane)

1. a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
2. (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)

Related terms

• maorisk (adjective)

References

• “maori” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Maori Māori ‎(“Maori”), from māori ‎(“normal”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈo.ɾi/

Adjective

maori ‎(plural maoris, comparable)

1. Maori (of, from, or pertaining to the Maori)
2. Maori (of the Maori language)

Noun

maori m f (plural maoris)

1. Maori (native of New Zealand)
2. (uncountable) Maori (language)