muro
Catalan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
- IPA(key): /muˈɾo/, [mʊˈɾ̪o]
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:muro.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmuro]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
Noun
muro (accusative singular muron, plural muroj, accusative plural murojn)
- wall (outdoors)
- 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.
- 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:
Derived terms
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
- Rhymes: -uro
- Syllabification(key): mu‧ro
Noun
muro
- (usually in the plural) breakfast cereal
- (baking, as modifier) short (brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat)
- murokakku ― shortcake
Declension
Inflection of muro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | murotta | muroitta | ||
instructive | — | muroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “muro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Galician

Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese muro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾo̝/
Noun
muro m (plural muros)
References
- “muro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “muro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “muro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “muro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “muro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Derived terms
- enmurigar (“to immure”)
Ingrian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *muro. Cognates include dialectal Finnish muro and Estonian muru.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
- Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
Declension
Declension of muro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | muro | murot |
genitive | muron | murroin, muroloin |
partitive | murroa | muroja, muroloja |
illative | murroo | murroi, muroloihe |
inessive | muros | murois, murolois |
elative | murost | muroist, muroloist |
allative | murolle | muroille, muroloille |
adessive | murol | muroil, muroloil |
ablative | murolt | muroilt, muroloilt |
translative | muroks | muroiks, muroloiks |
essive | muronna, murroon | muroinna, muroloinna, murroin, muroloin |
exessive1) | muront | muroint, muroloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro̞]
- Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
Declension
Declension of muro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | muro | murot |
genitive | muron | murroin, muroloin |
partitive | murroa | muroja, muroloja |
illative | murroo | murroi, muroloihe |
inessive | muros | murois, murolois |
elative | murost | muroist, muroloist |
allative | murolle | muroille, muroloille |
adessive | murol | muroil, muroloil |
ablative | murolt | muroilt, muroloilt |
translative | muroks | muroiks, muroloiks |
essive | muronna, murroon | muroinna, muroloinna, murroin, muroloin |
exessive1) | muront | muroint, muroloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 320
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.ro/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: mù‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).
Noun
muro m (plural muri m or (collectively, when referring to the walls of a town, castle, etc.) mura f)
Usage notes
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.roː/, [ˈmuːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ro/, [ˈmuːro]
References
- “muro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɾu/
- Rhymes: -uɾu
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese muro, from Latin murus, from Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences, strengthen”).
Usage notes
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Romani
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾo/ [ˈmu.ɾo]
- (Peruvian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uɾo
- Syllabification: mu‧ro
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish muro, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”). Cognate with German Mauer (“wall”) and obsolete English mure. Compare English mural.
Noun
muro m (plural muros)
- (physical) wall
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared
- (figurative) wall
- El muro del silencio. ― The wall of silence.
- (Internet) wall (on Facebook)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “muro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Votic
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmuro/, [ˈmuro]
- Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: mu‧ro
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
Declension of muro (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | muro | murod |
genitive | muro | murojõ, muroi |
partitive | murroa | muroitõ, muroi |
illative | murrosõ, murro | muroisõ |
inessive | muroz | muroiz |
elative | murossõ | muroissõ |
allative | murolõ | muroilõ |
adessive | murollõ | muroillõ |
ablative | muroltõ | muroiltõ |
translative | murossi | muroissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
Declension of muro (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | muro | murod |
genitive | muro | murojõ, muroi |
partitive | murroa | muroitõ, muroi |
illative | murrosõ, murro | muroisõ |
inessive | muroz | muroiz |
elative | murossõ | muroissõ |
allative | murolõ | muroilõ |
adessive | murollõ | muroillõ |
ablative | muroltõ | muroiltõ |
translative | murossi | muroissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Yagara
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Turubul Body Parts.