Plural of mora
regular plural
The plural of mora is moras.
Forms of mora
| Singular | mora /ˈmɔːɹə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | moras /ˈmɔːɹəz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Plural of mora by meaning
- any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.: moras
- a delay in bringing a claim.: morae or moras
- an ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed...: morai
Moras in a sentence
- Sino-Japanese mononoms are all short, since all Sino-Japanese morphs are one or two moras.2015, Haruo Kubozono, Handbook of Japanese Phonetics and Phonology, →ISBN. From the entry mononom
- In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.2008, Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai. From the entry cola
- In a given poem, a monoseme contains a short vowel of one mora, and a diseme contains two moras.2008, John William Johnson, “Music and Poetry in Somalia”, in Douglas Puchowski, editor, The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music…. From the entry monoseme
Meaning of mora
- noun A delay in bringing a claim.
- noun A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
- noun 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).
Questions about the plural of mora
- What is the plural of mora?
- The plural of mora is moras.
- Is mora countable?
- Mora is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mora (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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