morra

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See also: Morra and morrà

English

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Etymology

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From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈmɒɹə/

Noun

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morra (uncountable)

  1. A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian morra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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morra f (plural morres)

  1. morra (game)

Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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morra

  1. inflection of morrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Of unknown origin; akin to Venetan mòra, Sicilian murra, etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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morra f (plural morre)

  1. the game of morra

Descendants

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  • Catalan: morra
  • German: Mora
  • English: morra
  • Polish: mora
  • Spanish: morra

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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morra

  1. inflection of morrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmo.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Syllabification: mo‧rra

Etymology 1

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Related to morro.

Noun

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morra f (plural morras)

  1. upper part of the head
  2. (Mexico) chick; gal; missy; kiddo

Interjection

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morra

  1. used to call a cat

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian morra.

Noun

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morra f (plural morras)

  1. morra (game)
  2. (in a game of morra) a fist, which has the numeric value of zero

Further reading

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Swedish

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Verb

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morra (present morrar, preterite morrade, supine morrat, imperative morra)

  1. to growl, to snarl (of an animal, or more or less figuratively of a human)

Conjugation

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