mora
/ˈmɔːɹə/
mora noun: a delay in bringing a claim. Also the alternative form of morra.
Noun (1)
- A delay in bringing a claim.
- A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
- In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae and a light syllable equivalent to one mora.1918, Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, volume 35, page 22
- A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g., Japanese).
- Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound.2011, Senko K. Maynard, Learning Japanese for Real, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 32
Noun (2)
mora (plural moras)
- Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
- At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.1904, W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Noun (3)
mora (plural moras)
- The common mora (Mora moro).
- Synonyms:
- ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod
Noun (4)
mora (plural morai)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mora
Mora
- A female given name.
- A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
- A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mora
Mora
Also used as
mora is also the alternative form of morra.
mora is also the alternative form of morah.
mora meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mora in Hindi
- मोरा
mora in Tamil
- மொரா, மோரா
mora in Marathi
- मोरा
mora in Urdu
- مورا, مورہ
More languagesFewer languages
- mora in Bengali
- মোরা
- mora in Telugu
- మొరా, మోర, మోరా
- mora in Malayalam
- മോറ, മൊറ
- mora in Kannada
- ಮೊರಾ, ಮೋರಾ, ಮೋರ
- mora in Punjabi
- ਮੋਰਾ
- mora in Gujarati
- મોરા
- mora in Odia
- ମୋରା
- mora in Nepali
- मोरा
Examples of mora in a sentence
- Sino-Japanese mononoms are all short, since all Sino-Japanese morphs are one or two moras.
- The 'letter' thus corresponds with a mora, and the nouns in question could be termed quadrimoraic.
- Mora, simarupa, tauronira, wamara, silverballi, kabukalli, wallaba rolled off our tongues with the smoothness of the seeds we savoured.
Synonyms of mora
- ribaldo
- goodly-eyed cod
- googly-eyed cod
Forms of mora
| plural | morae |
|---|---|
| plural | moras |
| plural | morai |
Origin of mora
Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora.
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).
Words formed from mora
- bimoraic
- bimoric
- dimoraic
- dimoric
- heptamoric
- hexamoric
- monomoraic
- monomoric
- moraic
- moric
- moraically
- morically
- moraify
- moratorium
- nonmoraic
- nonmoric
- pentamoraic
- pentamoric
- quadrimoraic
- quadrimoric
- submoraic
- tetramoraic
- tetramoric
- trimoraic
- trimoric
- Mora County
- Mora River
Phrases with mora
Words that rhyme with mora
13 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about mora
- What does mora mean?
- Mora means a delay in bringing a claim.
- What is mora in Hindi?
- Mora in Hindi is मोरा. See Mora meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mora?
- Mora can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mora?
- Mora is pronounced /ˈmɔːɹə/.
- What is the plural of mora?
- The plural of mora is morae.
Words near mora in the dictionary
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