mur

See also: MUR, múr, mùr, mûr, mür, and můr

Languages (36)

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Aromanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur/

Noun

mur m (plural muri)

1. wall

   Synonyms: greb, stizmã

Related terms

• murisci

Asturian

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Alternative forms

• mure

Etymology

From Latin mūrem, accusative singular of mus, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɾ/ [ˈmuɾ]

Noun

mur m (plural mures)

1. mouse

   Synonyms: ratu, xurnia

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton mur, from Old Breton mur, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉr, from Latin mūrus.

Noun

mur f

1. wall

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmur]

• Audio:

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Noun

mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

Derived terms

• Mur de les Lamentacions

Related terms

• extramurs
• intramurs
• mural
• muralla

Further reading

• “mur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin morus; cf. Italian mora, moro.

Noun

mur f

1. blackberry

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mare, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

mur

1. sea

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːˀr/, [ˈmuˀɐ̯], [ˈmuɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -ur

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múrr m, borrowed via Old English mūr or Old Saxon mūr from Latin mūrus. Compare also German Mauer f, Dutch muur m.

Noun

mur c (singular definite muren, plural indefinite mure)

1. wall (defence structure)
2. wall (a wall-like structure built by overlapping bricks or by stones)
3. (soccer) wall

Declension

Declension of mur

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mur	muren	mure	murene
genitive	murs	murens	mures	murenes

Derived terms

• mure

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mur

1. imperative of mure

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūrus.

Noun

mur m (plural murs) (ORB, broad)

1. wall

References

• mur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• mur in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mur, from Old French mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myʁ/
• Rhymes: -yʁ

• Audio:

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• Homophones: mûr, murs, mûrs, mure, mûre, mures, mûres, murent

Noun

mur m (plural murs)

1. wall

Derived terms

• aller droit dans le mur
• au pied du mur
• avoir été bercé trop près du mur
• emmurer
• être dos au mur
• faire le mur
• les murs ont des oreilles
• mur de Berlin
• mur de soutènement
• mur des Lamentations
• mur du son
• mur mitoyen
• muraille
• muret
• pariétaire des murs
• parler à un mur
• tégénaire des murs

See also

• paroi

Further reading

• “mur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic مُرّ (murr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mûr/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̂r]

Noun

mûr̃ m

1. myrrh

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch moer, a shortening of moerschroef, from moer (“mother”) +‎ schroef (“bolt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur/

Noun

mur (plural mur-mur)

1. nut (fastener for a bolt)