English

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /mʊɹ/

Etymology 1

From the French More, Maure ; from the Latin Maurus a Moor , meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania. Webster1913 also says: Gr. ?; cf. ? black, dark. Cf. {Morris} a dance, {Morocco} but I don't know what that means so I can't adapt it.'

Proper Noun

Moor

1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns.
2. (Hist.) Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion.

Translations

• Dutch: moren
• Esperanto: Maŭroj
• Estonian: maur , moorlane
• French: Maures
• German: Maure m
• Romanian: Mauri
• Russian: Мавры (Mavri)
• Slovenian: Mavri
• Spanish: Moro

Etymology 2

Old English mor, AS. mör moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and probably to Goth. marei sea , E. mere. See Mere a lake.

Noun

moor

1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Translations

• Estonian: raba (1)
• German: Moor n (1)

Etymology 3

imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring .
Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.

Verb

to moor

1. (intransitive) To cast anchor or become fastened.
2. (transitive) (Nautical) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf.
3. (transitive) To secure, or fix firmly.

Translations

• Estonian: silduma , otsi kinnitama

Estonian

Noun

moor

1. grimalkin